Rosie Playfair graduated from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Graphic Design, selling many of her college pieces to lecturers, other students and the public. Then she never picked up a paintbrush or pencil for the next 25 years or so, preferring PR, marketing and the occasional bit of interior design to satisfy her creativity.

A successful PR consultant, and partner in the Edinburgh firm Playfair Walker, Rosie was persuaded by an artist friend to revisit her artistic side, and subsequent demand for her work sparked a renewed passion for both drawing and painting.

Rosie has exhibited in galleries all over Scotland, including a few solo shows, and in London. Her work is now in private collections in London, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Dundee and in France and Italy.

Her eclectic style is more ‘designerly’ than painterly, but is driven by the desire to produce something which is attractive to look at.

Her stylised and varied subject matter covers everything from landscapes to portraits, including animals, and still life to abstract, but she is probably best known for her trees.