New York-based Scottish artist Catriona Herd paints landscapes from plein air sketches done in Scotland, mainland Europe and North America.

Herd, who also paints the figure, is working towards her next solo exhibition in New York which starts on Thursday November 19, 2009, and runs through December.

This extensive show will be staged at Clover's Fine Art Gallery at 338 Atlantic Avenue in downtown Brooklyn.

Herd won a scholarship to paint at the Anderson Ranch Arts Centre in Aspen, Colorado, in the summer of 2009 and also undertook sketching trips to France and Scotland in August.

In 2008, Herd staged successful solo exhibitions at the Dundas Street Gallery in Edinburgh and at The Broome Street Gallery in Manhattan, where she will hold another solo show in June-July 2010.

Herd's work will be up for auction in the Scottish Contemporary Art Auction on November 10, 2009, with details at McTears.

Glasgow-born Herd graduated from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee in the 1980s, where her teachers included veteran Scottish painters James Morrison, Alberto Morocco and Jack Knox, who was a major influence.

Following stints in Edinburgh, Hong Kong and New Zealand, Herd settled in New York in 2003.

American buyers of Herd's work speak of the "honesty" of her paintings, strong on colour, atmosphere and technical structure.