Fi Thomson studied Fine Art in Hull in the 1980s, exploring landscape, ecology and gender through painting, printmaking and performance. After working in studios in Hull and on the continent, they returned to Bristol in 1992, exhibiting at Bristol Old Vic and King Street Gallery, and taking part in Mivart Street Open Studios. Time in London and Dublin followed, where they raised two children, before settling in North East Scotland 22 years ago.

Now working full-time across painting, drawing, print and performance, Thomson responds to the quiet, daily stories held within the local landscape. Their practice explores emptiness, storytelling and our relationship to place through immersive, large-scale ink drawings. Recent exhibitions include work for Deveron Projects as part of the National Galleries of Scotland Art Road Trip (2024), the Scottish Landscape Awards 2025, and VAS exhibitions Common Groundand Future Folklore: The Art and Craft of Storytelling (Annual Exhibition 2026).

Using Indian ink and a dip pen on cotton rag paper, Thomson builds repetitive, rhythmic marks that suggest stories embedded in the land. The pen’s unpredictability allows for accident and interruption. At scale, the drawings invite viewers to move physically across their surface, discovering shifting shapes and whispered narratives, as if the wind itself were speaking through the field.