Áine Divine

Aine Divine is a portrait artist and art teacher from Co. Cork, who now lives in Penicuik, Scotland. In 1991 she graduated from the Crawford College of Art and Design. In 2005 she painted Mo Mowlam for the BBC 1 programme 'Star Portraits'. In 2007 she painted Olympic triple jumper, Jonathan Edwards and her commissioned portraits include winners of the British Open Golf Championship. She was a finalist in the Sky Arts portrait artist of the year award 2014, painting singer Neil Hannon in the first round, then a double portrait of Richard Dawkins and Sally Hitchner in the semi-final, and RSC voice coach Cicely Berry, and Sir Ian McKellen in the final. She exhibits widely in Scotland and won the watermark award at the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour summer show last year for a portrait of singer Lake Montgomery. Her work has featured in The Artist and Artist and Illustrators magazines.