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SPRING EXHIBITION 7th April - 1st May 2016
Published by scotlandart.com galleries, registed trading name of The Emerging Artists' Partnership, Ltd. scotlandart.com galleries, 193 Bath Street, Glasgow, G2 4HU www.scotlandart.com
First published by scotlandart.com galleries, April 2016 All text written by and copyright of Sam Reilly, 2016, except where quotation is indicated. Images remain copyright of the artists, unless otherwise credited.
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Catalogue of Works Featured
Works featured by Elaine Cunningham Mixed Media on Canvas (1) ‘Auchmithie' 115x115cm £3,200 (2) ‘Sheltering Sky' 115x115cm £3,200 (3) ‘Wild Sea’ 115x115cm £3,200 (4) ‘Every Breaking Wave' 115x115cm £3,200 (5) ‘Lunan’ 60x60cm £850 (6) ‘Breakwater’ 60x60cm £850 Works featured by Peter King Oil on Canvas (7) ‘The Waning Light Schiehallion’ 97x97cm £2,800 (8) 'Green Sea Ardnamurchan’ 97x97cm £2,800 (9) ‘Last Light Arran’ 76x76cm £1,800 (10) ‘The Waning Light’ 76x76cm £1,800 (11) ‘Winter Light Loch Lomond 76x76cm £1,800 (12) ‘The Cuillins 66x66cm £1,000 (13) ‘Goat Fell Arran’ 66x66cm £1,000 (14) ‘Winter Light Schiehallion' 53x53cm £600 Works featured by Deborah Phillips Acrylic on Canvas (15) ‘Lilac Harvest Ben’ 50x99cm £1,280 (16) ‘Teal Moonrise’ 61x61cm £970 (17) ‘Sunset Glow' 66x66cm £1,100 (18) ‘Plockton Reflections’ 41x61cm £590 (19) ‘Furrows at Fordelhill Farm’ 76x76cm £1,280 (20) ‘Breezy Day Iona’ 76x76cm £1,280 Works featured by Kevin Cantwell Mixed Media (Wood, found objects) (21) ‘Hummingbird' 18x15cm £1350 (22) 'Junkship' 34x60cm £1950 (23) 'Flower Power' 45x70cm £1750 (24) 'Cable Car' 45x65cm £1975 (25) 'Nina' 75x65cm £2000 Cover image: (1) Elaine Cunningham, 'Auchmithie' Facing page, top left: (2) Elaine Cunningham, 'Sheltering Sky' Top right: (20) Deborah Phillips, 'Breezy Day Iona’ Bottom Left: (8) Deborah Phillips, 'Green Sea Ardnamurchan’ Bottom Right: (21) Kevin Cantwell, 'Hummingbird'
Works by these artists are available to view, reserve and purchase at www.scotlandart.com Please note: Prices in this catalogue are for the exhibitions for which this catalogue was prepared. Some pieces may have sold; prices may change at a later time.
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ELAINE CUNNINGHAM Elaine Cunningham's expansive canvasses, employing a range of media from oil paint to charcoal and watercolour, have represented over a decade an original and bold voice in contemporary seascape. Her works forge a union between abstraction and representation, work carried out en plein air and studio work, and claim for themselves an emotional intensity both from the pervasive influence of Joan Eardley, but moreover from the constant influence of the sea itself. The paintings displayed for this collection are the last of this size and style before the artist has declared she will be striking forth into new ventures; they thus represent the stylistic culmination of many years' dedication and passion.
(5) 'Lunan'
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Elaine writes that:
I have lived most of my life near the sea. It is very close to my heart and a constant influence on my painting. My practice involved both plein air and studio work and I embrance an extensive range of materials and techniques including oil paint, charcoal and watercolour.
(4) 'Every Breaking Wave', (detail)
(6) ‘Breakwater’
(3) ‘Wild Sea’
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PETER KING Peter's work demonstrates a unique, and instantly recognisable style. He has been awarded 'The House for an Art Lover' prize for painting in 2010, and was featured in a Sunday Times Magazine article on contemporary British Landscape painting. Peter writes:
Colour and the tactile qualities of paint are essential to my style; the marks, free paint and textured shapes become the field, wood and sky of my favourite haunts - Kintyre, the Clyde Valley, and the vast panorama of land and sky dominated by Tinto Hill and the Scottish Borders.
(10) 'The Waning Light'
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(9) 'Last Light Arran'
(12) 'The Cuillins'
(13) 'Goat Fell Arran'
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DEBORAH PHILLIPS Deborah Phillips first exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy aged just 14. After a successful career working with design and arts and crafts, she now focuses on painting landscapes in acrylic from her Dundee studio overlooking the Firth of Tay. Deborah says;
I enjoy all aspects of creating a painting, from going out into the stunning Scottish countryside to collect reference material, priming the board on which I will paint, squeezing paint from the tubes and watching it glisten on the palette,holding the wellused brushes, mixing the squelchy colour and applying it in swathes, varnishing, framing and then seeing the finished article on a gallery wall - every stage gives me a thrill.
(19) 'Furrows at Fordelhill Farm'
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(16) 'Teal Moonrise'
(5) ‘Saints & Sinners', Acrylic on Canvas,
(15) 'Lilac Harvest Ben'
(17) 'Sunset Glow'
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KEVIN CANTWELL Kevin graduated with first-class honours in Contemporary Art Practices as recently as 2014. We are delighted to exhibit his elaborate creations for the first time at ScotlandArt. The elaborate sculptures in front of you are not created from plans; Kevin begins with found, or waste, objects from the studio, and allows the design to evolve; the final vision is informed by the process of creation. This is all the more remarkable given the sheer amount of detail evident in these works, which is so great that it almost reminds one of a Peter Bruegel painting - the fantastical conceit of, say, 'The Tower of Babel' is brought vividly to life by the mechanical realism, the deep knowledge of the building procedures and the sheer proliferation of detail. Kevin, likewise, has a great knowledge of aviation, which informs the structure of his work the tiny moveable parts all fuse together into a whole which is as imaginatively bizarre as it is realistic. Kevin's work represents a fantasy masterfully brought to life, before your very eyes.
(25) 'Nina'
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(24) 'Cable Car'
(22) 'Junkship'
(23) 'Flower Power'
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