The wind that blows the barley ~
Eleanor McGowan is a Scottish artist who works from her home in
Largs, Ayrshire. She is an elected member of the Paisley Arts Institute
and Glasgow Society of Women Artists. She is a regular exhibitor in
many popular UK Galleries.
Shaggy Sheep and The Colonel ~
Lucy Pittaway studied Art & Design at college, before taking a
place at Northumbria University to read Graphic Design where she
developed her skills in digital art, photography and mixed media.
After graduating Lucy took a gap year and ran her own business in
creative crafts, before pursuing a career in Graphic Design. After two
years as a Graphic Designer she was offered a teaching role at the
college where she had previously studied- she claims to have learnt as
much during that period as she did whilst she was a student! Like many
teachers she was given generous holidays and spent as much of that time
as possible drawing and creating canvases that were sold to various
clientelle in the Uk and Europe.
As time progressed, Lucy came to the conclusion that she enjoyed
creating her own paintings and drawings far more than teaching, so gave
up teaching to pursue her lifetime passion to become an artist.
Solway Breakers ~
Born in Coalsnaughton, Clackmannanshire, 1943 Secondary education in
Portland, Connecticut, USA Rhode Island School of Design, 1961-1963
Edinburgh College of Art, 1964-68
The works of Hugh Mcintyre, D.A.Edin are most typically out of doors,
enveloped in atmospheric overtones and continue the long tradition of
Scottish painting. Never working from a subject directly, he walks the
riverside or seashore in all weathers and then returns to his studio to
relive his experiences by putting them down on canvas. once he has
decided on a particular arrangement, it will be repeated over and over
until the concept is exhausted. Never working on fewer then three
canvases at a time, Mcintyre is able to maintain a high level of
intensity by constantly changing from one canvas to another, thereby
seeing each with a fresh eye. This technique allows the artist to
produce the prodigious amount of work for which he is noted. He
regularly returns to themes, sometimes years after the initial
investigation. Hugh Mcintyre knows his subject matter intimately and
from the time he began exhibiting, twenty years ago, has been recognised
as an artist who could distil essences from the landscape which were
unique. Never a slave to the physical reality of a situation he has
created a more meaningful and accurate representation by painting from
the heart those ordinary moments which make our landscape extraordinary.
Over the last few years, Hugh has travelled widely working in Germany,
France, Italy, Spain and Brazil. This has introduced a number of new
themes into his work and enriched his palette in a very positive way.
Summer Solstice (Harvest Moon also available to view) ~
Charles Monteith Walker was born in 1957 in Falkirk and attended
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design in Dundee from
1978-1982 where his influences at this time included Alberto Morrocco
and David McClure. After graduation he concentrated mainly on landscape
drawings in soft pastels. In the mid 1990’s his style began to evolve
after several visits to Italy, Spain and Portugal. The warmth of light
and colour, the piazzas, churches and towns provided him with a new,
rich source of inspiration and led to the development of his own
distinctive, unique style.
His work has become increasingly more bold in colour and composition,
mixing imagery, symbols and shapes from a variety of different sources
both geographically and historically. Charles is versatile in subject
matter moving easily from representational landscape and still life to
imaginative, vibrantly coloured stylised compositions all crafted in
thick layers of oil paint giving his works a strong, sculptural quality.
Since 2000 Charles has worked on a series of larger scale pieces that
are highly distinctive both in style and subject matter including a
series inspired by Scottish and Mediterranean landscapes. His work is
held in private and corporate collections both in the United Kingdom and
overseas and he is now regarded as one of our most original
contemporary Scottish artists at the forefront of the New Colourist
trend in Scottish Art.
Sundown Fife ~
One of the best loved painters of the recent Scottish exodus into the
London Art Market, Christine is a graduate of the famous Gray’s School
of Art in Aberdeen. Her numerous awards have brought her a large
following across the country and her extensive travels to Morocco,
Tunisia and Italy remain her principal inspiration.
Passenham original watercolour ~
Edward Stamp came to North Bucks as a wartime evacuee at the age of 4. His love for this part of England began at this time.
He acquired an NDD (National Diploma in Design) at Northampton School of
Art and became a full-time painter and engraver in 1973 and in 1980.
He was then elected as a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in
Watercolours. His election to the Society of Wood Engravers came soon
after.
He currently has work on show at the Obsidian Art Gallery in Stoke Mandeville near Aylesbury.
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