Fiona’s painting, "Bramble”, took more than a year to finish and was made by building up layer upon layer of transparent colour with a tiny number one brush. However, she says this prize means ...

Fiona Strickland's peaceful north-facing studio on the outskirts of Falkirk is full of dead things – a vase of dried-out tulips on her desk, fragile leaves pinned to the walls and lots of ...