About this artwork
Pat Grant and her husband Alex created their refrigeration business,'Norfrost', in Caithness in 1972. The company is now Britain's biggest manufacturer of freezers, with a purpose-built factory producing a machine every 15 seconds. Pat Grant was awarded an OBE for export achievement and has been UK and European Business Woman of the Year. In 1991 Grant expanded into the beauty business, opening a salon in Thurso, and supplying organic cosmetics.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Fionna Carlisle (born 1954) Scottish
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title:Pat Grant, born 1944. Businesswoman
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date created:1999
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materials:Oil on paper
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measurements:101.60 x 76.20 cm
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credit line:Purchased by commission 1999
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accession number:PG 3174
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Fionna Carlisle
Fionna Carlisle
Carlisle was born in Wick and studied at Edinburgh College of Art from 1972 to 76. She has earned an international reputation and has travelled widely, painting in China, the United States and Europe. Carlisle now divides her time between Scotland and Crete, where she has had a studio since the...