Sylvia Moon is an outsider artist living in the Highlands, surrounded by wildlife and the mountains, forests, and rivers of the Cairngorms National Park. Born in Scotland, she has shown artwork and taken part in various group exhibitions and events both locally and in Kent, England, taking part in the Outsiders Exhibition, Don't Walk Walk Gallery, Deal Castle. A solo exhibition of her work shown at St. Margaret's, Braemar focused on the landscape in which her family plays, highlighting the importance of connecting with nature during the coronavirus pandemic.

I work from the small studio in my home where I can enjoy the view of mountains, trees, and animals from my window, allowing me to bring the outdoors in. My work is inspired by my many obsessions and love of time to play. As a girl, I loved the meditative aspect and escapism that drawing, playing, and nature provided, and later shared a room with my sister taking refuge in her record collection.

My projects explore themes of connection and disconnection with us, each other, and the environment experienced through childhood, music, animals, and nature and are inspired by the idea of identity, belonging, a sense of roots, respect for nature, and the importance of physical, emotional, and spiritual connectedness. My artwork aims to depict this conflict of connectedness through shared experiences, imagery, and subject matter - calling upon appreciation, knowledge, and empathy to look after ourselves, each other, and our world as best we can”.

Other interests include collecting Antique Victorian Lace and Postcards, Finding Feathers, Hoarding Horns, and Borrowing Bones.

Mysticism, Buddhism, Louis Wain, CoBrA, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Dolls, Red Roses and Robots, Angry Squirrels, and Vampire Cats continue to inspire…