Contemporary minimal works
Quiet paintings, studies, and notes from the studio.
Rowanna Watson is a Scottish interdisciplinary artist and writer based in Moray, working across visual art, writing, and research-led projects that explore attention, relation, and atmosphere.
Burden
Oil on canvas
2026
Burden II
Acrylic on bread and butter paper
2026
Enclosure
Oil on canvas
2026
Enclosure II
Acrylic on bread and butter paper
2026
Estrangement
Oil on canvas
2026
Estrangement II
Acrylic on bread and butter paper
2026
Deranged Heart VIP
Bramble, clay slip, cob, emulsion, spray paint on a black wooden plinth
2025
Trapped Emotion
Helium-filled heart-shaped balloons, balloon anchor and thread netting
2025
Deranged Heart
Bramble, clay slip, cob, pink emulsion, on a black wooden plinth
2024
Essays
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May 29, 2026
Guarding Attention
Reflecting on attention as a form of life force. Exploring the difference between nourishing connection and parasitic distraction. Drawing on art (pun intended) horses, Buddhism, and social dynamics. This essay considers how sensitivity, boundaries, and discernment protect clarity, presence, and the conditions needed for genuine creative work.
January 21, 2025
How have artists changed in their approaches to earth, land related works over the years?
As ideas of ecology, energy, and interconnected ecological thinking have evolved, artists have increasingly re-imagined the relationship between humans, land and the natural world.