Cora

oil on canvas 27 X 18cm £700

Ginny

oil on canvas 30 X 20cm £775

Godwulf

oil on canvas 18 X 13cm £500

Lexi

oil on canvas 18 X 13cm £500

Pip

oil on canvas 18cm X 13cm £500

Sally

oil on canvas 18cm X 13cm £500

Meral

oil on canvas 12 X 16cm £450

Marjory

oil on canvas 27 X 18cm £700

Timothy Majik

oil on canvas 36 X 26cm £1350

Tommy Prince

oil on canvas 50 X 30cm £1750

In Catriona Millar's fifth solo exhibition since her sell-out degree show in 2005 and her first at the Queen's Gallery, we find an artist growing increasingly bolder in her expression of the human form and more demanding of herself.

Like a novelist or playwright Millar works by combining her life experience and her imaginary world. The results are unique and her richly observed, highly recognisable figurative paintings are acclaimed and collected around the world.

Millar says she is always striving for honesty in her work. "If it is not true, it has nothing." she has said.

Fuelled by remakable colour and pattern Millar's paintings possesses an emotional resonance and a deep truth that cuts through the usual boundaries that often surround art.

There is however, a classical and indeed an ancient voice lying beneath Millar's figures. It smiles or stares out at us telling us familiar yet half-forgotten stories about ourselves. It is this connection on a hidden level that brings Millar's work into our lives with such a potenty and lasting vigour.

In 2007 The Herald Newspaper ranked Millar in the top five most collectable Scottish artists. However amid growing media coverage and public interest she has continued to push the boundaries of her work by follwing her singular path through the landscape of the human condition.

Catriona Millar is listed in the 2010 edition of Who's Who in Scotland.