Keith Tilley

Contact me at  -  keithtilley@proton.me

About Me

I work mostly in watercolour. The effect of light and weather on the landscape is my main focus, but I am also interested in the history of the people who have inhabited it. 

I come from an artistic family and I have always had an interest in art of various kinds. I spent a short time following a more conventional career in agricultural research, but my creativity needed an outlet. I chose to take a different direction with my life, and I taught myself how to paint with watercolour.

I grew up in the south of England, but my mother was Scottish, which gave me a love of Scotland and its landscapes. I now live in Caithness, and my studio is on the edge of the wild and open Flow Country. I have shown my work throughout the Highland area, and have had buyers from the UK, USA and Europe. Since 2007, I have exhibited with the Society of Caithness Artists. In the first year I was fortunate to attract the attention of His Majesty King Charles III. Since then the King has become a regular patron and has built a large collection of my paintings at the Castle of Mey.