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Preview Friday 1st November, 6-8pm until 1 December 2019

Firth of Forth – Matthew Draper

“Firth of Forth” Matthew Draper SSA VAS PS With Astronaut-ical Sculpture by Arran Ross Preview: Friday 1 November 6-8pm 2 November to 1 December 2019 Our only solo exhibition this year is with Matthew Draper and will open with a Preview on Friday 1 November 6-8pm. Following exhibitions featuring the grandeur of the Scottish Highlands and, most recently, the Sound of Raasay on the West Coast of Scotland, Matthew has turned his attention to the land and seascape closer to his adopted home in Edinburgh – the Firth of Forth. Matthew’s atmospheric cityscapes of Edinb...

28 September to 27 October. Preview Friday 27 September, 6-8pm.

Floral

Floral Douglas Davies RSW Alison McWhirter BA MA Gail Murray RSW PAI Ann Oram RSW Naoko Shibuya MFA Ronald F Smith RSW RGI PAI 28 September to 27 October Preview: Friday 27 September 6-8pm Our next exhibition has a Floral theme and features six invited artists who are all well known for their work in the genre. As with all our small group shows, each artist exhibits a completely different and recognisable style which results in an interesting and varied exhibition. Douglas Davies graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 1970 and lectured in Ceramics at Glasgow School of ...

24 August to 22 September 2019, Preview Friday 23 August 6-8pm

What’s the Story…?

Narrative Painting by Harry Holland, Alan Macdonald, Robert Macmillan & Paul Reid 24 August – 22 September 2019 Private View, Friday 23 August 6-8pm Our next small group exhibition features four outstanding figurative artists who lace their work with intriguing narrative. Imaginative and thought provoking, each artists work is immediately recognisable with their own very distinctive style. Harry Holland is widely regarded as one of Britain’s leading figurative artists. Born in Glasgow in 1941, he trained at St Martin’s School of Art in London and has been liv...

Saturday 15 June to Sunday 18 August, Preview Friday 14 June 6-8pm

Mixed Summer Exhibition

Our next exhibition is a little longer than normal and spans two months over the summer and will feature a variety of gallery artists as well as introducing a few new artists who haven't shown with us before. At the moment the lineup includes work by; Sam Bain, George Birrell, Georgina Bown, Alison Burt, Dominique Cameron, Alan Connell, Ann Cowan, Joseph Davie, Carol Dewart PAI RSW, Fee Dickson, Aine Divine, Matthew Draper SSA VAS PA, George Gilbert RSW, Andy Heald, Jennifer Irvine RGI RSW, Stephen Mangan, Rachel Marshall, Hazel Nagl RSW RGI PAI, Jacqueline Orr RSW RGI PAI, Angela Reppin...

11 May to 9 June, Preview Friday 10 May 6-8pm.

Group 13 Artists

Colin Brown, John Brown RSW, Rowena Comrie, Annette Edgar, Alexandra Gardner, Charles Jamieson MFA PAI PPAI, John Kingsley DA RSW PAI, Liz Knox DA PAI PPAI, Steven Lindsay, Michael G Clark PAI RSW, Kim Scouller, Elaine Speirs and Peter Tudhope. Our next exhibition leads us into the Summer months and with a theme of Cafés and Tearooms there are a number of pieces that will get you in the mood for lazy, sunny days, coffee and croissants, continental cafés and village squares. The work has been provided by the Group 13 Artists. A little background... "In 2010, artist Liz...

6 April to 5 May. Preview Friday 5 April, 6-8pm.

Abstracted

Chris Brook, John Brown RSW, Dominique Cameron, Alison Dunlop RSW, Simon Laurie RSW RGI, Christopher Wood RSW and ceramics from Lucy Dunce. 6 April to 5 May, Preview Friday, 5 April from 6-8pm The third of our small group shows this year concentrates on an Abstract theme. The Chambers Dictionary defines “abstract” as, to draw away, to separate or to summarize, and as a noun, “That part or thing which represents the essence.” In many ways all painting and drawing is abstracted to some extent. Some of the best drawing is achieved using the very minimum of lines, abstra...