Aberdeen Art Gallery
AAS Website
Online AAS Catalogue on issuu.com
Aberdeen Artists Society’s Exhibition at
Aberdeen Art Gallery 16th April - 3rd July 2022 In partnership with
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Credits
Aberdeen Artists Society Council Rita Kermack Charles Smith Martin Stevenson Gerry Stott Bruce Swanson Fenneke Wolters-Sinke
Donnie Ross (President) Trisha Richie (Vice-President) Ann Craig (Treasurer) Margaret Brown Alan Florence Susie Hunt
Exhibition Organising Committee Susie Hunt Donnie Ross Gerry Stott Andrew Dewar
Bruce Swanson Ruth Kermack Fenneke Wolters-Sinke
Catalogue Production Group Gerry Stott Andrew Dewar
Donnie Ross
Video Project Ruth Kermack Andrew Dewar
Susie Hunt Donnie Ross 2
Venue management, Transport & Logistics Susie Hunt
Alan Florence
Senior Curators for AAS 2022 Alan Florence Susie Hunt Donnie Ross
Gerry Scott Bruce Swanson
Video Direction & Production
Catalogue Design
Martina Camatta
Phil Thompson
Auditors
Banner Design
Manningtons Chartered Accountants
Laura McAra
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Foreword
... and I am waiting for a rebirth of wonder © Laurence Ferlinghetti, from A Coney Island of the Mind, 1958 In partnership with Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums, we are delighted to present the Aberdeen Artists Society’s 2022 Exhibition in Aberdeen Art Gallery.
Selection Committee, the Exhibition Organisers, the Curators, the Parallel Programme Team, and all who have worked away tirelessly to make this exhibition a success. And let us not forget the spouses and partners who in many fortunate cases put up with being sidelined for months at a time but nevertheless slip us a cup of coffee or a surreptitious glass of wine in the middle of yet another interminable Zoom meeting!
A beautifully re-imagined exhibition space, stapped to the absolute gunnels with marvellously new-minted artworks. Videos, you want? We have them. Paintings, prints, three-dimensional works, silverwork, jewellery, performance, all that and more.
Nothing would work, however, without the efforts of over 400 artists who submitted nearly 600 artworks in response to our call. We sincerely congratulate those whose work survived the rigours of selection, but equally sincerely we offer condolences to artists who were not successful this year; we have all been in that situation, many times!
Yes, in this mad dangerous world, we are here again. War, pestilence and famine are back again too, although for a vast number of people in the world they’ve never been away. But the spirit of humanity continues, bloody but unbowed; human creativity burns ever more brightly; and Aberdeen Art Gallery shines as a beacon of hope and enlightenment in the world.
To the AAS 2022 prizewinners we say: Well done, you brilliant artists, and we wish you every possible future success!
With our 2022 Exhibition, Aberdeen Artists Society presents an enduring illumination from the combined light of three hundred creative minds.
It has been a real pleasure to work with the staff of Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums: Deirdre Grant, Jason Williamson, Bill Reid, Diane Tulloch and their colleagues;
We owe grateful thanks to AAS Council, the
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Helen Fothergill, Margaret Sweetnam and Matthew Williams; Learning Officers Rachel Thibbotumunuwe and Karen Jamieson have been pivotal in setting up, along with AAS Council Members Rita Kermack, Ann Craig and Claire Kidd, the Parallel Programme of talks, workshops and demonstrations. These offer huge opportunities for learning, development and growth. For details of the Parallel Programme, see: www.aagm.co.uk
Appreciative thanks also to our eminent Judges, Ade Adesina RSA, Joe Fan RSA, Rachel Maclean and Martin Stevenson. We are immensely grateful to the AAS Membership for their continued and increasing support during the last couple of difficult years. Despite the rigours of the Covid-19 pandemic and having to endure the replacement of real exhibitions with online shows, Aberdeen Artists Society is stronger and more vibrant than ever, and we look forward to the future, helped and encouraged by our valued association with Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums.
We take this opportunity to thank our sponsors for their generous donation of prizes, Martin Stevenson of MSD Design Ltd and GRP Aberdeen Ltd, Donald Ritchie and Dr Donnie Ross.
Donnie Ross, President Aberdeen Artists Society
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Prizes and Awards
Judging Panel Joe Fan RSA Ade Adesina RSA
Rachel Maclean Martin Stevenson
Aberdeen Artists Society Prizes: First Prize: £1000 Prize for Video and Film: £750
Four awards: £250 each
Dr Donnie Ross Prize for Innovation & Creativity in Watercolour
The Donald Ritchie Prize for a young artist £250
One award of £500 and two awards of £250
The MSD Design Ltd Prize for Drawing and Painting 2022 Prize
The GRP Aberdeen Ltd Prize for Drawing and Painting 2022 Prize
£500
£500
The MSD Design Ltd and GRP Aberdeen Ltd prizes in the list above were gifted by Martin Stevenson, who is the owner of both Companies with the aim of encouraging and championing traditional drawing and painting imbued with the British school aesthetic. It would be expected that prize winners would display mastery in the techniques underpinning drawing, painting, draftsmanship and understanding of the emotional palette.
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Judges
Ade Adesina RSA
continues to live and work in Aberdeen.
Ade Adesina, born in Nigeria 1980, is currently a full time Artist based in Aberdeen, Scotland. Studied printmaking at Grays School of Art, Aberdeen. Royal Scottish Academician, member of the Royal Glasgow Institute of The Fine Art, The London Group and Associate Member Royal Society of Painter-printmakers. Past Artist in Residence at Eton College & Glasgow Print Studio.
Joe, who has been a professional member in the past, has exhibited regularly at Aberdeen Artists Society Annual Exhibitions and won prizes on several occasions. In 2003, Joe was elected to be a Royal Scottish Academy Academician.
Rachel Maclean Born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1987, artist Rachel Maclean has spent the last decade showcasing her ground-breaking work in galleries, museums, film festivals and on television. Working across a variety of media, including video, digital print and VR, she makes complex and layered works that reference politics, fairy tales, celebrity culture and more.
Ade’s work is a visual commentary around the ideas of ecology and our ever-changing world. He is a traditional printmaker, painter and sculptor. The artist combines cultures, producing work that makes people reflect on the past, present and the future.
Joe Fan RSA
She has shown her work widely, both in the UK and internationally, receiving critical acclaim in the spheres of film and visual art. Her major exhibitions include solo shows at Tate Britain and National Gallery, London; Arsenal Contemporary, New York; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Germany; KWM Artcentre, Beijing; and Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Maclean represented Scotland at the Venice Biennale in 2017 with her film commission Spite Your Face.
Joe Fan was born in Hong Kong and came to Scotland as a teenager to study English and then Graphic Design at Aberdeen College of Commerce. He progressed to study Fine Art at Gray’s School of Art where he gained a 1st Class Honours Degree. Following his graduation in 1988, Joe won the Miller Homes Young Scottish Artist of the Year, and was sent to Paris to spend time at the Cite Internationale des Arts from 1989-1990. Joe returned to Aberdeen and became a lecturer in Drawing and Painting at Gray’s School of Art until 1998. During this period, Joe also spent time as a visiting Lecturer at Cyprus College of Art, Paphos in 1994.
Her film, Make Me Up premiered at London Film Festival and on BBC4, then went on to screen in festivals around the world, including Rotterdam and Flying Broom International Women’s Film Festival, Turkey, where it won the International Federation of Film Critics award.
In 1998, Joe gave up his role as a lecturer to pursue a full time career as an artist. Joe
In 2013, Maclean was awarded the prestigious
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Judges Margaret Tait Award. She has been twice shortlisted for the Jarman Award and achieved widespread critical praise for her film Feed Me at British Art Show 8 in 2016. Maclean has also worked on several television commissions, including Billy Connolly: Portrait of a Lifetime, BBCScotland (2017); and The Shopping Centre: Artist in Residence, Channel 4 (2018).
the characters he paints, the layers of acrylic build up on the canvas through his interest and interaction with the individual during the sittings. The personal stories of the models in his portrait paintings are just as important to Stevenson as the finished works of art - this is reflected more in his recent paintings, with the use of bright colour and strong, deliberate brushstrokes.
Maclean’s biggest commission to date, upside mimi ᴉɯᴉɯ uʍop, is on permanent display at Jupiter Artland, Scotland. The installation includes her first fully animated short film, which had its premiere at the BFI London Film Festival, and is in competition at Tampere International Film Festival.
In 1992 Stevenson formed a company MSD Design Ltd which specialises in the design, manufacture and installation of onshore and offshore steel structures. Onshore structural contracts include the design and manufacture of the one hundred and eleven brushed stainless steel connection nodes for the French Oak Roof of the Main Debating Chamber of the Scottish Parliament as well as major works on the roof of Marischal College during its refurbishment.
Martin Stevenson Martin Stevenson is a contemporary Scottish painter.
Offshore works include complete derrick heat shielding for drilling rigs working alongside the Total gas giant of Elgin.
He has been selected three times for the BP Portrait Award and is a former winner of the Premier Award at the Scottish Society of Artists Annual Exhibition in Edinburgh
2003 saw Stevenson form a glass fibre moulding company GRP Aberdeen Ltd which has seen phenomenal growth over the years and manufactures very large GRP (Glass Reinforced Plastic) roofs and other specialist GRP structures which are installed on facilities throughout the UK, Ireland, the EU, the USA and as far away as Batan in the Philippines.
His works have been exhibited at The Scottish Portrait Award, The Royal Glasgow Institute, The Royal Society of Portrait Artists Annual Exhibition, The Royal Hibernian Academy Dublin, The Royal Ulster Academy Belfast, The Royal Scottish Academy and many other venues. His works are held in the collection of Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen Hospitals Arts Trust and many private collections
Both companies employ a total of around 35 specialists. Stevenson is a member of the Council of Aberdeen Artists Society.
Stevenson graduated DA in 1978 and completed a post graduate year at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in 1979. Inspired by
Website: www.mstevensonartist.com
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Entrants 1
2
3
Swanson, Shelagh
10
“Violet”
£2,350
£450
Paton, Keith
11
5
6
7
8
9
Mathers, Ursula
“Gravity”
“Worlds Apart”
£1,250
£350
Thomson, Val
12
Brown, Margaret “Primordial”
“Finding Space By The North Sea” £1,200 4
Platten, Catriona
“Journey’s End”
£1,400
Matheson, Fiona
13
McArdle, Charity
“Pink Rock”
“Loch Oich”
£1,950
£1,100
Comrie, Rowena
14
Bruce, Helen
“Glacial”
“Harbour”
£3,700
£1,200
Paton, Keith
15
Baptiste, Jean Paul
“Coatfield Lane Ii”
“No One Really Understands Crypto”
£950
£450
Hunt, Susie
16
Rose, Jonathan
“Through The Rectangle Window”
“Louvred 1”
£800
£7,500
Robertson, John
17
Baptiste, Jean Paul
“Aye In Aboot The Watter (Hommage To Af)”
“Post Covid”
£1,250
£450
McFarlane, Kathryn
18
Hart, Ivor
“Peeping Out Through The Window”
“Gravitational Kick”
£300
£1,500
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Entrants 19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
McFarlane, Kathryn
28
Swanson, Graeme
“Over Tobermory”
“Dancing At Dawn”
£300
£750
McFarlane, Kathryn
29
Inglis, John
“I Can Be Your Sunshine On A Cloudy Day”
“Cromarty: Layout”
£300
£1,200
Swanson, Graeme
30
Johnston, David
“Headland”
“Snowfall, Denlethen”
£5,000
£1,100
Behrens, Reinhard
31
MacLeod, Kenris
“Going Viral”
“Early Morning, Midsummer”
£4,950
£2,900
McCracken, Mark
32
McGee, Pauline
“Annie” [AAS 1st Prize]
“Dochas”
£850
£1,575
Baxter, Scott
33
Johnston, David
“Ben (6 Times)”
“Last Light, Denlethen”
£375
£1,500
Murray, Roderick
34
Fleming, Janice
“Untitled (Paris #813)”
“Dance Of The Flowers”
£450
£345
McInally, Nicola
35
Wyness, Joyce
“Near & Far”
“Birthday Flowers”
£400
£900
Guatelli, Melanie
36
Brown, Margaret
“The Fallen Are Decomposing All Around Us”
“Deep In Thought”
£700
£475
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Entrants 37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
Kewney, Iona
46
Inverarity, Anita
“The Bonfire”
“Fódla”
£1,500
£1,350
Whyte, Ian
47
MacLennan, Dolleen
“Overland Adventure!”
“Contemplation”
£995
£230
Brown, Margaret
48
Johnston, David
“City Lights”
“September Thistledown”
£750
£975
Ritchie, Ian
49
Harrison, Stephen Howard
“Suitcase Of Dreams”
“St Monans Harbour, Fife”
£1,250
£1,300
Wiatrek, Richard
50
Cairns, Aimi
“The Milestones”
“Silver Lichen Necklace”
£2,300
£290
Baxter, Scott
51
Cairns, Aimi
“Landscape (Ali)”
“Silver Lichen Earrings”
£250
£125
Clyde, Maggie
52
Cairns, Aimi
“Pumkin Lovers Midnight Party”
“Silver Lichen Brooch”
£500
£173
Ross, Donnie
53
Falconer, Megan
“Mesolithic Flotsam”
“The Dunes”
£2,500
£7,750
Le Bigre, Jodi
54
Moore, Beverley Hutton
“Hippopotamuses Of Escobar”
“Fragile Earth Series-’Habitat”
£3,500
£695
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Entrants 55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
Moore, Beverley Hutton
64
Benzie, Amy
“Fragile Earth Series-’Pining”
“Tumbler Triptych”
£395
£95
Moore, Beverley Hutton
65
Hansford, Denise
“Fragile Earth Series-’Precipitation”
“Reflections”
£695
£275
Smith, Charles
66
Smith, Stephen
“Silver Vessel With Lid”
“Winter Morning, Loch Ard”
£450
£650
Swanson, Bruce
67
Rowland, John
“Rain”
“Finding Findhorn”
£475
£750
Swanson, Bruce
68
Fifield, Victoria
“Orb - 2022”
“Breaking Chains”
£625
£395
Wilson, Emma
69
Fifield, Victoria
“Spindrift Fine Silver & Enamel Bowl”
“Life & Death”
£1,450
£395
Swanson, Bruce
70
Anderson, Eric
“Cup & Ring”
“Deeside Landscape”
£550
£380
Coutts, Niamh
71
Tulloch, Diane
“Argentum Conchis”
“Summer Wind”
£860
£420
Wolters-Sinke, Fenneke
72
Johnson, Kathryn
“Interlocked”
“The Existence Of Balance”
£375
£420
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Entrants 73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
Ross, Donnie
82
Richardson, Jane
“Surf’S Up”
“Willem’s Pond”
£2,200
£100
Targonska, Malgorzata
83
Spry, Graham
“The Beach Side”
“Two Of Us”
£4,500
£550
Donaldson, Ken
84
Farquharson, Linda
“Planet Wave”
“Song For The Moon”
£420
£400
Turner, Olivia
85
Koetsier, Jonathan
“Sw3 8Ds”
“Secret Beach Near Durness”
£785
£2,800
Turner, Olivia
86
Kermack, Rita
“Ec2Y 8Qq”
“The Memory Of Walking”
£785
£960
Turner, Olivia
87
Hunt, Susie
“Wc1H 8Ds”
“The Road Most Travelled”
£785
£1,000
Skinner, Anne
88
Bruce, Helen
“December Walk”
“Kelp Line”
£625
£495
Coutts, Niamh
89
Le Bigre, Jodi
“Gaia”
“Disappearance Of The Unseen”
£320
£1,200
Morrice, Alan
90
Brown, Shelagh
“Thainstone Mart”
“Desolation Of The Moon”
£950
£340
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Entrants 91
92
93
94
Russell, Anne
100 Ka Kusowska, Aleksandra
“Looking Forward To Spring”
“Inwards Outwards”
£560
£1,000
Russell, Anne
101 May, Mary
“Spring Tide #2”
“Stealthy Fingers”
£560
£1,500
Young, Charles
102 Comrie, Rowena
“Assembly”
“Chop Chop”
£1,200
£2,000
MacIntosh, Susan
103 Baptiste, Jean Paul
“Peatland Margin, Uist”
“Wtf Is An Nft”
[Dr Donnie Ross Watercolour 2nd Prize]
£450
£1,200
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104 Utsler, Marta
Geerdes, Anna H
“Heavy Heart”
“Fence”
£3,000
105 Cumming, Pamela
£1,800
96
Davis, Peter
“Marina”
“Slingr”
£150
106 Stott, Gerard
£800
97
Donald, Robert E.
“A Bare Faced Lie”
“Uccello’s Hat, Fish & Ellipses”
£1,800
107 Hamilton, Struan
£1,600
98
Paton, Keith
“Nontopia”
“Poppy Field Exit”
£675
108 Mulford, Inês-Hermione
£950
99
Moller, Peter
“Entanglement”
“Chessington Court”
£2,250
£1,800
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Entrants 109 Geerdes, Anna H
118 Briggs, Donna
“Untitled”
“Ceremonial”
£1,800
£500
110 Garbutt, Celia
119 Ritchie, Ian
“Gloria / Glòrmhor” [AAS 2nd Prize]
“Mollie As The Hinds Daughter”
£1,500
£1,750
111 Stuart, Troy
120 Sainsbury, Jonathan
“Toys”
“We Are All Individuals”
£425
£3,000
112 Nicholson, John
121 Ramage, Clive
“City Lockdown”
“Catterline”
£1,750
£950
113 Stuart, Troy
122 McNally, Louis Sinclair
“C.E.O.”
“Edge Of The Field”
£575
£2,000
114 O’Neill, John
123 Durning Rsw Ppai Pai, Michael
“Approaching Peterculter”
“Once Is Unfortunate, Glasgow School Of Art”
£1,095
£1,600
115 Angus, Bryan
124 Adesina, Ade
“The Last Time I Saw You”
“Parallel”
£600
£1,000
116 Wiatrek, Richard
125 Donald, Robert E.
“The Aftermath”
“Planes & Boats & Lanes”
£2,300
[Dr Donnie Ross Watercolour First Prize] £1,300
117 Angus, Bryan
126 Ross, Ann
“Remnants” £600
“Grassland” £750
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Entrants 127 Sinclair, James
136 Heggie, Colin
“Far From Home”
“Cloudy”
£315
£600
128 Leiper, Susie
137 Mach, David
“Catalogue”
“Catch A Tiger”
£350
£500
129 Hunter, Irene
138 Baxter, Scott
“Necklace For The Ice Queen”
“Between Aspiration & Realness”
£250
£375
130 Morris, Kevin
139 Balfour, Lesley
“Remembering Bill”
“Blackbird In The Hellebores”
£125
£100
131 Wolters-Sinke, Fenneke
140 Raine, John
“Iluliaq”
“Roses In A Brass Vase”
£650
£1,500
132 Sinclair, James
141 Strachan, Sarah
“Walk In The Park”
“Deadly Metal I”
£375
£150
133 Hunt, Susie
142 Adesina, Emma
“Locked Down Friendships”
“Levitate”
£1,000
£180
134 Donald, Margaret
143 Majewska, Oliwia
“Siesta”
“Fighting Censorship”
£800
£220
135 Nicholson, John
144 Salamon, Zuzanna
“Keeping Apart”
“I’ve Been Putting Sorrow To The Darkest Place”
£975
[The Donald Ritchie Prize for an Emerging Artist] £900
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Annie By Mark McCracken
Aberdeen Artists Society First Prize (£1000)
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The Tide Is High (But She’s Holdin On) By Alice McMurrough, PAI, RGI, RSW Aberdeen Artists Society Second Prize (£250)
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Gloria / Glórmhor (Acrylic on Canvas) by Celia Garbutt Aberdeen Artists Society Second Prize (£250)
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An Artists Impression Based On A Flemish Aristocrats Skull By Neal MacDonald Aberdeen Artists Society Second Prize (£250)
20
Cullen (Lino Print) by Bryan Angus
Aberdeen Artists Society Second Prize (£250)
21
Makin’ Bread (Video + Drawing) by Kate Steenhauer Aberdeen Artists Society Prize for Video or Film (£750)
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Planes And Boats And Lanes By Robert Donald Dr Donnie Ross Watercolour First Prize (£500)
23
Spring Fever (Charcoal & Watercolour) by Jonathan Sainsbury Dr Donnie Ross Watercolour Second Prize (£250)
24
Peatland Margin (Uist) (Ink & Watercolour) by Susan Macintosh Dr Donnie Ross Watercolour Second Prize (£250)
25
I’ve Been Putting Sorrow To The Darkest Place By Zuzanna Salamon The Donald Ritchie Prize for an Emerging Artist (£250)
26
Storm Across the Sound of Rum (Oils) by David Schofield
The MSD Design Ltd Prize for Drawing and Painting 2022 (£500)
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The Fateful Flight of Vincenzo Lunardo (Oils) by Neil MacDonald The GRP Aberdeen Ltd Prize for Drawing and Painting 2022 (£500)
28
Parallel By Ade Adesina
29
Swimmer And Seal By Libby Anderson
30
Going Viral By Reinhard Behrens
31
Herring With Apples By Ekaterina Belukhina
32
Tumbler Triptych By Amy Benzie
33
Deep In Thought By Margaret Brown
34
Tifosi 3 By Keith Byres
35
Figurine (1) By Richie Cameron
36
Telepathic Communicator By June Carey
37
Pumkin Lovers Midnight Party By Maggie Clyde
38
Flora By Brian Cumming
39
Cir Mhor, Isle Of Arran By Michael Durning, RSW PPAI, PAI
40
The Dunes By Megan Falconer
41
Prof. Flint By Rowan Flint
42
Self Portrait By Alan Florence
43
Nontopia By Struan Hamilton
44
The Road Most Travelled By Susie Hunt
45
Fòdla By Anita Inverarity
46
The Memory Of Walking By Rita Kermack
47
Cavallo Marino By Jodi Lebigre
48
Crumbs, It’s Blown Up! By David Mach
49
Chinatown, My Chinatown By Mary May
50
Bury The Hatchet By Kevin Morris
51
After Effect By Kyle Noble
52
Violet By Catriona Platten
53
Mesolithic Flotsam By Donnie Ross
54
Den Wood By Anna Shirron
55
Silver Vessel With Lid By Charles Smith
56
Evelin Horvath By Martin Stevenson
57
A Bare-Faced Lie By Gerard Stott
58
C.E.O. By Troy Stuart
59
Orb- 2022 By Bruce Swanson
60
Summer Wind By Diane Tulloch
61
The Milestones By Richard Wiatrek
62
Iluliaq By Fenneke Wolters-Sinke
63
The Flowering By Linda Farquharson
64
THEarcticFOX By Ann Bowes
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Entrants 145 Mach, Robert
154 Richardson, Jane
“The Soldier’s Leap”
“Empty Nest 2”
£1,200
£100
146 Cain, Patricia
155 Laird, Karen
“Pour Away The Ocean & Sweep Up The Wood”
“Towards Shapinsay From Mullhead”
£5,500
£200
147 Ratomski, Stephen
156 Cumming, Brian
“Flower Moon”
“Flora”
£1,000
£250
148 Shirron, Anna
157 Ross, Jenny
“After Arwen”
“I Remember The Energy”
£195
£525
149 O’Neill, John
158 McKenna, Martin
“The Kilt Shop”
“Postcard (Verona) I”
£1,095
£2,200
150 Carey, June
159 Rankine, Gregory
“Waiting For Love”
“Bacchanal I”
£770
£600
151 Yates, Catriona
160 Shirron, Anna
“Lonely As A Cloud”
“Fairy Woods”
£185
£195
152 McMurrough Pai Rgi Rsw, Alice
161 Farquharson, Linda
“The Tide Is High...” [AAS 2nd Prize]
“The Flowering”
£1,975
£400
153 Roberts, Claire
162 Kermack, Rita
“Darling”
“Pebble 1”
£350
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Entrants 163 Belukhina, Ekaterina
172 Wallace, Alasdair
“Herring With Apples”
“Cloudy”
£620
£850
164 Gannon, Ann
173 Johnston, Sandra
“Citrus”
“The Road To Ballater 1-3”
£250
£420
165 Wallace, Alasdair
174 Innes, Frances
“Ararat”
“Storm Debris 1”
£1,200
£280
166 Taylor, Lorraine
175 Dickson, Heather
“My Happy Place”
“Lochganvich Run Rig Isle Of Lewis”
£325
£120
167 Bowden, Samantha
176 Laird, Karen
“Beautifully Haunting”
“Cliffs At Mullhead”
£95
£200
168 Innes, Frances
177 Fifield, Victoria
“Storm Debris 2”
“From Above - Nablus 1”
£300
£395
169 Bowden, Samantha
178 Adamoglu, Hun
“Run Wild”
“Dapple Dream”
£125
£2,000
170 Carey, June
179 Byres, Keith
“Gesture Of Love”
“Tifosi 3”
£1,750
£250
171 Cumming, Brian
180 Davies, Julian
“Sisetta”
“Fly By Night”
£250
£150
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Entrants 181 Bruce, Helen
190 Cheevers, Samantha
“Spring Tide”
“The Cabrach Ii”
£325
£590
182 Grant, Aileen
191 Adamoglu, Hun
“Among The High Tops”
“Home Of A Child Murderer”
£375
£1,900
183 Strachan, Sarah
192 Cumming, Pamela
“Deadly Metal Ii”
“Ellie’s World”
£150
£220
184 Johnston, Tracey
193 Bowden, Samantha
“Highlander Still Life”
“Two Hats”
£680
£125
185 MacDonald, Neal
194 Yates, Catriona “Summer Breeze”
“An Artists Impression Based On A Flemish Aristocrats Skull Found...” [AAS 2nd Prize] £475
£185
186 Harrower, Toni
195 Ross, Jenny
“After Fruitful”
“I Would Plant Thorns”
£450
£525
187 Raine, John
196 Scott, Roderick
“Bettina’s Roses & A Teapot”
“Peppa With Mistletoe & Booze Arrives For A Work Meeting.” £150
£750
188 Rankine, Gregory
197 Le Bigre, Jodi
“Bacchanal Ii”
“Cavallo Marino”
£600
£2,200
189 Wright, Stephanie
198 Anderson, Eric
“Claire”
“Nature Boy”
£250
£1,280
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Entrants 199 Crawford, Frances
208 MacDonald, Neal
“The Nectar Of Transformation”
“Downtime Foley”
£750
£3,500
200 Stevenson, Catherine
209 Targonska, Malgorzata
“The Collection”
“Her Clouds”
£385
£6,500
201 Stevenson, Morag Mcg
210 Johnston, Sandra
“Sea Pinks At Findon Cliffs”
“Why Me”
£395
£2,850
202 McAlister, Kirsten
211 Behrens, Reinhard
“Granny’s Christmas Visit”
“Glacier Hunt”
£3,500
£1,950
203 Feilden, Rosemary
212 Anderson, Libby
“Winter Flora”
“Swimmer & Seal”
£400
£1,850
204 Nicol, Ruth
213 Dargie, Audrey
“Flora, Farmlands & Forth, Linlithgow”
“Trophic Cascade”
£4,900
£1,200
205 Sainsbury, Jonathan
214 Mac A’ Tsaoir, Greag
“Spring Fever”
“The Disasters Of War”
[Dr Donnie Ross Watercolour 2nd Prize]
£400
£3,500
215 Pope, Selina
206 Steenhauer, Kate
“Benedicte”
“Makin’ Bread”
£800
[AAS Prize for Video or Film]
216 Morrison, Gregor
£485
“Pop Aye?”
207 Steenhauer, Kate
£225
“The Making Of A Feminist” £1,395
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Entrants 217 Duncan, Jean
226 MacLennan, Dolleen
“Leek Root”
“Facing Up”
£180
£150
218 O’Neill, John
227 Moller, Peter
“Vårlivården”
“Incident”
£1,250
£1,200
219 Schofield, David
228 Carey, June
“Storm Across The Sound Of Rum”
“Telepathic Communicator”
[The MSD Design Ltd Prize for Drawing & Painting 2022]
£5,000
£4,900
229 Roychowdhury, Christine “Living The Dream”
220 Stevenson, Catherine
£4,000
“Evening Light”
230 Main, Sadie
£675
“A Winter Playland Scene”
221 Shirron, Anna
£800
“Den Wood”
231 Morris, Kevin
£495
“Bury The Hatchet”
222 Raine, John
£250
“Ru’s Birthday Flowers”
232 Hunter, Irene
£1,500
“Follow The Science”
223 Garbutt, Celia
£180
“Motherly / Màithreil”
233 Laukys, Vladas
£1,500
“Can’t Run Away From Yourself”
224 Cumming, Brian
£400
“Oriental Girl”
234 Rodzik, Alicja
£250
“Comb Me Not”
225 Hamilton, Struan
£1,600
“Nontopia” £675
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Entrants 235 Smith-Gordon, Stuart
244 Strachan, Sarah
“Royal Lyceum Theatre Proscenium Arch Model”
“Conscious Crystal”
£120
£350
236 Cameron, Richie
245 Kewney, Iona
“Figurine (1)”
“Cameron”
£180
£2,500
237 Scorgie, Jacque
246 Kermack, Rita
“Caught In Motion”
“Pebble 2”
£350
£350
238 Glassford, Helen
247 Findlay, Margaret
“Curtain”
“Beams Of Light”
£1,600
£425
239 Durning Rsw Ppai Pai, Michael
248 Campbell, Charlotte
“Cir Mhor, Isle Of Arran”
“Cornflower”
£4,500
£1,600
240 Roberts, Claire
249 Curran, Karen
“Dollyrocker”
“Seduction”
£750
£2,000
241 Davis, Peter
250 Comrie, Rowena
“Dwal”
“Wind Hammer”
£800
£1,200
242 Skinner, Anne
251 Florence, Alan
“Walking The Coast”
“Self Portrait”
£895
£30,000
243 Mach, David
252 Guatelli, Melanie
“Crumbs, It’s Blown Up!”
“Musings Of An Amateur Mycologist”
£780
£3,500
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Entrants 253 Angus, Bryan
262 O’Donnell, Patrick
“Cullen” [AAS 2nd Prize]
“Passing Place 2B”
£900
£200
254 Noble, Kyle
263 Dow, Dod
“Wild Hanging Woods”
“Yellow Chaos Squares”
£1,600
£450
255 Cain, Patricia
264 May, Mary
“Languages That Are Made To Die”
“Chinatown, My Chinatown”
£5,000
£1,500
256 Bowes, Ann
265 Fleming, Janice
“Thearcticfox”
“And It Was A Lovely Day”
£350
£345
257 Mach, David
266 Donald, Robert E.
“Chop”
“After San Romano”
£450
£1,300
258 Johnson, Kathryn
267 Johnston, Tracey
“Its A Feeling Like No Other”
“Halcyon”
£600
£1,800
259 Noble, Kyle
268 Stevenson, Martin
“After Effect”
“Evelin Horvath”
£1,600
£6,000
260 Dow, Dod
269 Flint, Rowan
“Tilted Chaos Squares”
“Prof. Flint”
£450
£550
261 O’Donnell, Patrick
270 Donald, Margaret
“Passing Place 1B”
“Billy”
£200
£1,100
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Entrants 271 Behrens, Reinhard
281 McElroy, Carol
“Before The Meltdown”
“Go Fish 2”
£1,750
£160
282 Shearer, Claire
272 Heggie, Colin “Birds”
“Sitting Girl Pendant: 9Ct Yellow Gold & Green Sapphire” £750
£400
273 Adesina, Ade
283 Shearer, Claire
“Twenty Twenty”
“Rhodalite Garnet Ring: 9Ct Yellow Gold”
£1,600
£550
274 McEwan, Iain
284 Shearer, Claire
“Re-Leaf”
“Double Girl Pendant: Silver & Rhodalite Garnet”
£300
£350
275 Rowland, John
285 Roychowdhury, Christine
“Mixed Fortunes”
“Dora & Iwona”
£750
£3,000
276 MacDonald, Neil
286 Fan, Joe
“The Fateful Flight Of Vincenzo Lunardi”
“Gardener Amazed”
[The GRP Aberdeen Ltd Prize for Drawing & Painting 2022]
£1,800
£5,000
287 Bushe, Robbie
277 Paterson, Hannah
“Fallen”
“I Give, I Take Away”
£600
£3,000
288 Steenhauer, Kate
278 Chatterjee, Tamar
“The Bell Explained”
“Sanctuary”
£3,000
£2,429
289 Zeco, Maja
279 McElroy, Carol
“In Search Of The Sun”
“Time Moves On”
£3,000
290 Lee, Susie
£210
280 McElroy, Carol
“Hebridean Symphonic Poem Ii”
“Go Fish 1” £180
£5,950
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Exhibitors
Exhibitors A-Z Cheevers, Samantha ................................ 190 Clyde, Maggie.......................................... 43 Comrie, Rowena .......................... 5, 102, 250 Coutts, Niamh .....................................62, 80 Crawford, Frances ................................... 199 Cumming, Brian ....................... 156, 171, 224 Cumming, Pamela ...........................105, 192 Curran, Karen ..........................................249
A Adamoglu, Hun ...............................178, 191 Adesina, Ade ..........................................124 Adesina, Emma........................................142 Adesina, Ade ..........................................273 Anderson, Eric ...................................70, 198 Anderson, Libby ...................................... 212 Angus, Bryan ........................... 115, 117, 253
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Dargie, Audrey ....................................... 213 Davies, Julian.......................................... 180 Davis, Peter .......................................96, 241 Dickson, Heather ......................................175 Donald, Margaret ............................ 134, 270 Donald, Robert E. ........................97, 125, 266 Donaldson, Ken .........................................75 Dow, Dod........................................ 260, 263 Duncan, Jean.......................................... 217 Durning, Michael ............................. 123, 239
Balfour, Lesley .........................................139 Baptiste, Jean Paul ........................ 15, 17, 103 Baxter, Scott ................................ 24, 42, 138 Behrens, Reinhard ...................... 22, 211, 271 Belukhina, Ekaterina .................................163 Benzie , Amy ............................................ 64 Bowden, Samantha ...................167, 169, 193 Bowes, Ann .............................................256 Briggs, Donna......................................... 118 Brown, Margaret ............................ 12, 36, 39 Brown, Shelagh......................................... 90 Bruce, Helen ................................14, 88, 181 Bushe, Robbie ..........................................287 Byres, Keith..............................................179
F Falconer, Megan ........................................53 Fan, Joe ..................................................286 Farquharson, Linda .............................84, 161 Feilden, Rosemary ................................... 203 Fifield, Victoria ............................. 68, 69, 177 Findlay, Margaret .....................................247 Fleming, Janice ..................................34, 265 Flint, Rowan .............................................269 Florence, Alan .........................................251
C Cain, Patricia ...................................146, 255 Cairns, Aimi ..................................50, 51, 52 Cameron, Richie.......................................236 Campbell, Charlotte .................................248 Carey , June ............................ 150, 170, 228 Chatterjee, Tamar.....................................278
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Gannon, Ann ......................................... 164 Garbutt, Celia..................................110, 223 Geerdes, Anna H ...............................95, 109 Glassford, Helen ......................................238 Grant, Aileen ...........................................182 Guatelli, Melanie ............................... 27, 252
Laird, Karen ..................................... 155, 176 Laukys, Vladas .........................................233 Le Bigre, Jodi ............................... 45, 89, 197 Lee, Susie ................................................290 Leiper, Susie ............................................128 M
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Mac A’ Tsaoir, Greag .............................. 214 MacDonald, Neal ............................185, 208 MacDonald , Neil .................................... 276 Mach, David ............................137, 243, 257 Mach, Robert ...........................................145 MacIntosh, Susan .......................................94 MacLennan, Dolleen ........................... 47, 226 MacLeod, Kenris ....................................... 31 Main, Sadie ............................................230 Majewska, Oliwia ................................... 143 Mathers, Ursula ........................................ 11 Matheson, Fiona ......................................... 4 May, Mary ......................................101, 264 McAlister, Kirsten......................................202 McArdle, Charity ...................................... 13 McCracken, Mark ......................................23 McElroy, Carol ......................... 279, 280, 281 McEwan, Iain .......................................... 274 McFarlane, Kathryn .......................... 9, 19, 20 McGee, Pauline .........................................32 McInally, Nicola ........................................26 McKenna, Martin .....................................158 McMurrough, Alice ..................................152 McNally, Louis Sinclair..............................122 Moller, Peter ...................................... 99, 227 Moore, Beverley Hutton ...................54, 55, 56 Morrice, Alan .......................................... 81 Morris, Kevin ...................................130, 231
Hamilton, Struan .............................. 107, 225 Hansford, Denise .......................................65 Harrison, Stephen Howard ..........................49 Harrower, Toni ....................................... 186 Hart, Ivor ................................................. 18 Heggie, Colin .................................. 136, 272 Hunt, Susie ....................................7, 87, 133 Hunter, Irene .................................... 129, 232 I Inglis, John ................................................29 Innes, Frances .................................. 168, 174 Inverarity, Anita ......................................... 46 J Johnson, Kathryn ................................ 72, 258 Johnston, David..............................30, 33, 48 Johnston, Tracey ............................... 184, 267 Johnston , Sandra.............................173, 210 K Ka Kusowska, Aleksandra ......................... 100 Kermack, Rita............................. 86, 162, 246 Kewney, Iona .................................... 37, 245 Koetsier, Jonathan ..................................... 85
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Exhibitors Morrison, Gregor .................................... 216 Mulford, Inês-Hermione ............................ 108 Murray , Roderick ......................................25
Russell, Anne .......................................91, 92 S Sainsbury, Jonathan......................... 120, 205 Salamon, Zuzanna .................................. 144 Schofield , David .................................... 219 Scorgie, Jacque .......................................237 Scott, Roderick .........................................196 Shearer, Claire......................... 282, 283, 283 Shirron, Anna ..........................148, 160, 221 Sinclair, James ................................ 127, 132 Skinner, Anne .................................... 79, 242 Smith, Charles ...........................................57 Smith, Stephen .......................................... 66 Smith-Gordon, Stuart ................................235 Spry, Graham ............................................83 Steenhauer, Kate ...................... 206, 207, 288 Stevenson, Catherine ........................200, 220 Stevenson, Martin.....................................268 Stevenson, Morag Mcg ............................ 201 Stott, Gerard........................................... 106 Strachan, Sarah .......................141, 183, 244 Stuart, Troy ..................................... 111, 113 Swanson, Shelagh ....................................... 1 Swanson, Graeme ................................21, 28 Swanson, Bruce ............................. 58, 59, 61
N Nicholson, John ...............................112, 135 Nicol, Ruth ............................................. 204 Noble, Kyle ..................................... 254, 259 O O’Donnell, Patrick ............................ 261, 262 O’Neill, John ........................... 114, 149, 218 P Paterson, Hannah .....................................277 Paton, Keith .......................................2, 6, 98 Platten , Catriona ..................................... 10 Pope, Selina ........................................... 215 R Raine, John.............................. 140, 187, 222 Ramage, Clive ........................................ 121 Rankine, Gregory ............................. 159, 188 Ratomski, Stephen ....................................147 Richardson, Jane ................................82, 154 Ritchie, Ian ...................................... 40, 119 Roberts, Claire .................................153, 240 Robertson, John........................................... 8 Rodzik, Alicja ..........................................234 Rose, Jonathan .......................................... 16 Ross, Ann ................................................126 Ross, Donnie........................................44, 73 Ross, Jenny ...................................... 157, 195 Rowland, John ....................................67, 275 Roychowdhury, Christine ................... 229, 285
T Targonska, Malgorzata ....................... 74, 209 Taylor, Lorraine ....................................... 166 Thomson, Val .............................................. 3 Tulloch, Diane ........................................... 71 Turner, Olivia ..................................76, 77, 78 U Utsler, Marta .......................................... 104
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Wallace, Alasdair ............................165, 172 Whyte, Ian ............................................... 38 Wiatrek, Richard ............................... 41, 116 Wilson, Emma .......................................... 60 Wolters-Sinke, Fenneke........................63, 131 Wright, Stephanie ....................................189 Wyness, Joyce ...........................................35
Yates, Catriona ................................151, 194 Young, Charles ..........................................93 Z Zeco, Maja .............................................289
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Members List
Members of Aberdeen Artists Society Adamoglu, Hun Ambrozevich, Carmen Anderson, Eric Anderson, Libby Andrews, Clare Angus, Bryan Angus, Emma Bayliss, Jennifer Jane Beattie, Holly E Behrens, Reinhard Binnie, Sonya Bonsall, Nanthakumaran Alex Bowes, Ann Brown, Margaret Brown, Shelagh Campbell, Catriona Cheyne, Rosalind Craig, Ann Crawford, F Crawford, Lorna Dargie, Celia Davidson, F Davis, Peter Dewar, Andrew Donald, Margaret Duncan, Hilary Durning RSW, PPAI, PAI, Michael Evans, Jennifer Farquharson, Doug Fleming, Janice Florence, Alan Florence, Alana Glue, Jane Gray, Mags
Hall, Emma Hare, Gemma Harrison, Howard Stephen Heggie, C D Henry, Gordon Hirst, Amanda Hunt, Susie Imhof-Cardinal, Catherine Innes, Frances Inverarity, Anita Johnston, David Johnston, Sandra Kermack, Rita Kusowska, Aleksandra LeBigre, Jodi Lilley, Lizzie Main, Sadie Maran, Innes Marr, Bill Matheson, Fiona May, Mary McAlister, Kirsten McAllister, Nancy McClelland, Edith McDonald, Michael McFarlane, Kathryn McIntosh, Chris McIvor, Neil McLachlan, Samantha McManus, Nicola Miller, Douglas Milne, Moira Moller-Bowden, Samantha Moller, Peter
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Members List Moore, Beverley Moreton, W J O’Neill, John Owen, Rose Petrie, Jess Platten, Catriona Rae, Katherine Rendall, Ian Richardson, Jane Richie, Trisha Riggs, Merlyn Ritchie, Daryl I Ritchie, Margaret Robertson, Ian Rodzik, Alicja Rose, Belinda Rose, Jonathan Ross, Donnie Ross, Jenny Russell, Anne Sainsbury, Jonathan Salamon, Zuzanna Scaife, Helen Scott, Roderick Shand Cook, Brian Shaw, Mary
Shearer, Claire Shirron, Anna Sim, Charley Sinclair, James Smart, Ian Smith, Charles M Smith, Susan Spry, Graham Stevenson, Catherine Stevenson, Martin Stevenson, Morag A Stott, Gerry Stuart, Troy Swanson, Bruce Swanson, Graeme Taylor, Fiona Taylor, Lorraine Thomson, Fiona M Thomson, Val Walker, Iris Ann Wankowicz, Peter Watt, Myrtle Wyness, Joyce Wilson, Louise Emma Wolters-Sinke, Fenneke Yates, Catriona
Honorary Members of Aberdeen Artists Society Gilbert, Martin McCoig, Malcolm McKenzie Smith, Ian McWilliam, Ailsa Mead, Duane Milne, Doreen Dr Ross, Donnie Dr
Simpson, Margaretha Stark,Edi Taylor, David Tyre, Doreen Walker, Frances M Watson, Arthur J Whimister, Alison
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In Memoriam Norman Matheson MBE commissioning of work from young artists was seen as an exciting way of introducing particular works to the hospital. The first was a series of paintings by Joe Fan, who had come from Hong Kong to study, first at Aberdeen College and then at Grays. This was followed by the first site specific work by Kate Downie, which remains a key work with its perspective-bending take on Aberdeen harbour at the height of the North Sea oil boom; always a favourite with visitors. Both artists are now established professionals and members of the Royal Scottish Academy. Under Norman’s direction the art project spread to other city hospitals then throughout the north east to hospitals and health centres. Budgets for art works were included in major refurbishments and new builds, enhancing healthcare facilities and supporting artists.
Mr Norman A. Matheson MBE had a brilliant career as a surgeon and researcher at Aberdeen Royal Infrmary. He was an Honorary Member of Aberdeen Artists Society and originator of Grampian Hospitals Art Trust, along with Ian McKenzie Smith, Andrew Dewar, Arthur Watson, Alexander Fraser, Donnie Ross and others Arthur Watson writes: I fi rst met Norman Matheson after he had invited me to attend a meeting to explore the potential of art to enhance the environment of Aberdeen Royal Infirmary (ARI) for patients, staff and visitors. At that time in my life I was on many boards and committees but none were remotely like this inaugural meeting of what would become Grampian Hospitals Art Trust (GHAT). Norman’s chairmanship of the meeting was, to say the least, vigorous - brushing aside any interventions from hospital administrators. During the mid-meeting tea break Norman left the building for a cigarette break before addressing a trolley of substantial cream cakes; an interesting perspective on the medical mindset, which continued after the meeting with large whiskies in his office.
Although here I am emphasising Norman Matheson’s pivotal role in embracing art throughout the healthcare provision in Grampian - from Laurencekirk up to Elgin, it is only one part of his complex make up. His reputation as a general surgeon was evidenced by the percentage of his patients who made a full recovery. His cultivation of rare rhododendrons, his salmon fishing on both Dee and Spey, and indeed his maps of key fishing beats illuminated by watercolour vignettes, and his prowess as a piper were all pursued at the highest level. As a young man he had studied piobaireachd with Robert Brown and Robert Nicol (the’Balmoral Bobs’) and had the foresight to tape hours of their teaching, mainly in sung form, the way that the classical music of the highland pipes had been passed down from the legendary MacCrimmon pipers in Skye to the ‘Bobs’, and then to Norman himself. These recordings formed the basis for the magisterial ‘Masters of Piobaireachd’ series of ten CDs which were embraced by piping aficionados throughout the world, particularly in Australia and New Zealand, the US, Canada and South Africa.
Having identified endowment funds within ARI that could not be used for the direct provision of healthcare, the meeting endorsed Norman’s plan and resolved to invite a hundred north east artists to donate a work to establish the collection. The basis of the list was the membership of the Aberdeen Artists Society, and this established a long-running and mutually beneficial relationship through purchase prizes from the Annual Exhibition. The combination of the commitment of hospital endowments and local artists made a powerful case for revenue funding from the then Scottish Arts Council. The selection of works for purchase was in the hands of a group of voluntary advisors whilst fiscal control and policy would be the preserve of the trustees. SAC funding enabled the employment of an art administrator who would also organise an exhibition programme in the first gallery space at ARI. From the inception of the project
I cherish memories of Norman whether long Sundays arranging pictures throughout long corridors, enlivened by wide ranging conversation,
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In Memoriam Norman Matheson MBE or watching him deliberate on the intricacies of piping as senior judge at highland gatherings.
field sports, stalked deer, fished for salmon, and excelled in playing the highland bagpipes.
Dr Ian McKenzie Smith writes:
He developed a productive research program in haemorrheology, renal pathophysiology, platelet function and Dextran pharmacology in collaboration with Pharmacia AB in Uppsala, Sweden and graduated ChM(hons) in 1965. A stream of Aberdeen surgical trainees benefited from clinical and laboratory research fellowships with secondments to Uppsala under his guidance. Although Norman was a senior lecturer for only three years, ten trainees acquired higher degrees under his supervision. This was a period of frequent scientific publications and he was particularly proud of three papers published in Nature.
I first met Norman when we joined the RGC CCF Pipe Band at the end of the 40’s. Norman was about two years ahead of me and was a boarder at Sillerton House. Neither of us was a brilliant piper then, but we both persevered and eventually graduated to the University Pipe Band. Norman continued his study of piping and developed a lifelong and fruitful research of the piobaireachd. Our next encounter occurred some time after 1968, when I had returned to Aberdeen and we met in the Art Gallery in 1968. Brief discussions then were usually about museum matters, but Norman held a dream of trying to do something about the dearth of visual stimuli in Aberdeen Hospitals where he was an eminent surgeon.
Norman Matheson was appointed consultant surgeon in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in 1967. He combined excellence in clinical decision making with technical ability. In 1976 he added endocrine surgery for the North East of Scotland to his portfolio. Always open to innovation, among a large number of improvements both in surgical techniques and in the provision of patient services in Grampian, he introduced and critically evaluated the role of aspiration cytology in thyroid swellings and risk based management of thyroid cancer. He enhanced his reputation as a leader in thyroid surgery and further higher degrees for surgical trainees resulted.
Norman was persistent and enthusiastic about this challenge and I was able to arrange an exhibition of some 200 works donated by local artists, many of whom were members of the Aberdeen Artists Society. This became the nucleus of the Grampian Hospitals Collection, the forerunner of the now renowned GHAT and many similar models throughout Scotland. Norman has left us a great legacy to the Arts in Grampian and Piping in Scotland.
Freed of his clinical commitment Norman’s talents as a polymath flourished over the next 25 years. An accomplished water colourist in his own right, in 1985 he discerned the potential for art to enhance the hospital environment. He founded and chaired for 14 years the Grampian Hospitals Art Trust, a charitable organisation to improve the amenity in Hospitals through the extensive introduction of contemporary visual art. By the time he stepped down this had become “the most impressive collection of quality art in any hospital or health authority throughout the UK” in recognition of which he was awarded the MBE.
Professor Zygmunt Krukowski writes: Norman A Matheson was born 26 March 1932 in Inverness. He grew up on Avonside in the shadow of the Cairngorm Mountains and his early education was in Tomintoul, the highest village in the UK, where his mother was the district nurse. His secondary education was as a boarder at Robert Gordon’s College in Aberdeen. During these formative years he developed a life long affinity with the culture and pursuits of the mountains and rivers of the North of Scotland. He was fond of
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Duncan Watson Musical Tribute
Notes by Duncan Watson on the Piobaireach tunes played in tribute to the late Norman Matheson MBE, at the opening of Aberdeen Artists Society's Exhibition at Aberdeen Art Gallery on 16th April 2022. "Piobaireach or Ceol Mor comprises of a Ground followed by variations in the shape of a melodic pastiche of the ground, analogous to art in highlighting or deepening the " note colouring" as the variations or layers are played, with ornamentation at times to embellish the hues of the notes." Norman Matheson studied this style of bagpipe music and has contributed in leaving a legacy of this art form with an instructional series of Compact Discs.
the book “A Speyside Odyssey” with beautiful illustrations in his own hand. This book addresses the plight of the Atlantic Salmon. and “A tribute Lament for Norman“ composed by Niall Matheson. This piece catches the high register notes of the bagpipe with a keening effect and also the darker lower notes reflecting Norman's application to his serious studying of his projects.
The pieces to be played are extracts of tunes: “Scarce of Fishing” relevant to Norman's passion for fishing. He was the author of
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Acknowledgments We are most grateful for the assistance and guidance of Deirdre Grant and her colleagues at Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums. It was a pleasure to work with Jason Williamson, Bill Reid, Diane Tulloch and all the Aberdeen Art Gallery staff.
social media, and thanks to the work of Rita Kermack, these portraits can be viewed as an animated video presentation as part of the AAS 2022 Exhibition. The Facing Forward digital collection pays 21st Century homage to the 19th Century vision of one of the Aberdeen Art Gallery’s founders, Alexander Macdonald, whose collection of artists’ portraits and self-portraits are still on display.
Our appreciative thanks go to the Facing Forward Team, Ann Craig, Shelagh Brown and Claire Kidd, who over the past two years have collected and presented self-portraits of AAS member artists. While we were all ‘hidden away’ at home during lockdown this project helped artists to maintain their visibility via
Finally it is a great pleasure to welcome the return of Arthur Watson PPRSA to open Aberdeen Artists Society’s 2022 Exhibition.
String Quartet: The Aurora Quartet
Int-Tech / OESS: Grateful thanks to Andy Laffan, Vandy Masson, Marc Masson
Graphic Design of Exhibition Catalogue and Posters: Phil Thompson
Cover Painting: Halcyon Days, by Mary May Bagpiper: Duncan Watson
Printing of Catalogue and Posters: Compass Print
Purchase of Works Enquiries about purchasing any of the works in the Exhibition should be made at the Gallery Shop.
A Red Spot indicates that a work has been sold. In the case of prints or other editioned work, please enquire at the Gallery Shop
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