Born in 1970, Aine was originally from County Cork in Ireland and now lives in Scotland.

She graduated from Crawford College of Art and Design, Cork as a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1991, and then was awarded a Higher Diploma in the Principles of Teaching Art at Crawford College of Art and Design and University College Cork in 1995.

An award winning portrait artist, Aine is an experienced art teacher. She has been a Portrait Tutor at Edinburgh Drawing School since 2002.

Her work was shortlisted for the Irish National Portrait Award three years in a row and she was an award winner in 1993. In 2005 Aine painted Mo Mowlam for BBC 1's 'Star Portraits' and she was a finalist in the Sky Arts portrait artist of the year award 2014, painting Sir Ian McKellen in the final.

Her works are held in private collections in Canada, the United States, Holland and Ireland.

Awards:

2013 Finalist, Sky Arts “Portrait Artist of the Year Award”
2013 Windsor and Newton Award winner, RWS Annual Contemporary
Art Show
2012 Finalist, Jack Goldhill Painting Prize, Zabludowicz Collection
2009 Appointed official portrait Artist for Hibernian Football Club
2005 Winner of BBC’s “Star Portraits with Rolf Harris”, selected by Dr.
Mo Mowlam
1993 Award winner, Irish National Portrait Award

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2013 RWS Annual Contemporary Watercolour Competition,
Bankside Gallery, London
2013 Greywalls - A Work of Art, Gullane Art Gallery, East Lothian
2012 RSW 132nd Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy,
Edinburgh
2012 Macmillan Art Show, Edinburgh
2012 Jack Goldhill Showcase 2012, Zabludowicz Collection, London
2011 Macmillan Art Show, Edinburgh
2011 Gullane Masters, Gullane Art Gallery, East Lothian
2011 Wayfarers, Dancing Light Gallery, West Linton
2009 RSW 129th Annual Exhibition, the Meffan, Forfar
2006 Star Portraits Exhibition, County Hall, London
2005 Society of Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Engravers Annual
Show, Mall Galleries London

Bibliography:

Roy McGregor: “Greywalls – A Hidden Gem”, GFA publishing Ltd
2013, p. 159-183
Oliver Mittelbach: “Dan Browns Thriller-Schauplatze als Reiseziel”,
Books and Friends Gmb H. Essen 2006, p145
Pam Bates: “Star Portraits- a Programme in the Making”, Art of England
Jul-Aug 2005, p.21-41
“Star Portraits with Rolf Harris”, Impress Print 2005, p. 26-29

Texts:

Portraits of Character”, the Artist, June 2011, p. 50-52
“Painterly Portraits” the Artist, June 2009, p. 41-43
“Step by Step Portraits- Aine Divine” Art of England, Nov 2006, p. 56-60
“Divine Portraits” Art of England, July 2006, p. 21-24

Additional Information:

Instructional DVD “Watercolour Portraits with Aine Divine”, Townhouse
Films Ltd