Kirsty Whiten is one of the rising stars of the Scottish art world and it’s blindingly obvious why. I first came across her work when I had the pleasure of exhibiting in the same group show and was totally blown away by both her delicate pencil and water colour pieces accompanying her larger, bolder oil paintings. I still kick myself to this day for not buying one painting in particular when I had the chance. Pictured is Lace Monkey from 2009. Just so beautiful – I implore you to spend some time in her world.