Phoebe Sleath
Phoebe Sleath
Tour leaders
Phoebe Sleath is a Geology researcher and artist living in Aberdeen, studying how rocks deform as faults and folds in mountain belts. During her research she has developed a personal methodology of watercolour sketching in the field, inspired by the connection between geology and creativity that Scottish Victorian geologists, such as Hugh Miller, Ben Peach and Archibald Geikie, practiced in the 1700s and 1800s. Sketching helps us to observe better and feel a deep understanding with the landscape around us.
A published Creative with the Scottish Mountaineering Press, Phoebe took part in a panel discussion at the first Creatives Live event at the Fort William Mountain Festival in 2024. She has won grants to support her work from the John Muir Trust, the History of Geology Group and the Geologist’s Association. Artist-in-Residence at the Dundee Mountain Film Festival 2023, she has been featured by The Great Outdoors Magazine, Walk Highlands – Common Ground Series, and the Scottish Geology Trust.
Often found up in the hills and on the rocks of Scotland with her sketchbook and watercolour palette, she is a qualified Mountain Leader and training to be a rock-climbing instructor. Phoebe is looking forward to sharing her creative perspective and love of geology and landscape!