Celebrating Contemporary Scottish Art

first published 2021 third edition 2022 back cover image Detail from Pinkie Maclure's 'Green Man Searches for Wilderness' 2020

Published by Kilmorack Gallery ltd, 2022 ISBN 978-1-8384862-7-3 Kilmorack Gallery, inverness-shire iv4 7al SCOTLAND art@kilmorackgallery.co.uk WWW.KILMORACKGALLERY.CO.UK

Celebrating Contemporary Scottish Art James Newton Adams Ade Adesina Paul Barnes Shona Barr Paul Bloomer Eoghan Bridge Colin Brown Sam Cartman Kirstie Cohen Peter Davis Helen Denerley Mark Edwards Henry Fraser Lotte Glob Gail Harvey Janette Kerr Liz Knox Alan MacDonald Allan MacDonald Pinkie Maclure Jane MacNeill Charles MacQueen RSW RGI Robert McAulay Illona Morrice Ann Oram Robert Powell Carina Prigmore Paul Reid Iona Roberts Beth Robertson Fiddes Patricia Shone Ian Westacott Peter White Adrian Wiszniewski Christopher Wood RSW Christine Woodside RSW RGI

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www.kilmorackgallery.co.uk/james-newton-adams

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JAMES NEWTON ADAMS Date Night acrylic on canvas, 60cm x 44cm

www.kilmorackgallery.co.uk/ade-adesina-prints

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ADE ADESINA Aurora, linocut, 93cm x 43cm

www.kilmorackgallery.co.uk/paul-barnes-artist

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PAUL BARNES You and Me plaster and acrylic, 20cm x 20cm

www.kilmorackgallery.co.uk/shona-barr-artist

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SHONA BARR Tangled Trees oil on canvas, 71cm x 71cm

www.kilmorackgallery.co.uk/paul-bloomer-artist

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PAUL BLOOMER Night Call, 2019 etching, 21cm x 15cm

www.kilmorackgallery.co.uk/eoghan-bridge

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EOGHAN BRIDGE Angel ceramic, 61cm (h) x 31cm x 21cm

www.kilmorackgallery.co.uk/colin-brown-artist

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COLIN BROWN Rosa centifolia mixed media, 136cm x 80cm

www.kilmorackgallery.co.uk/sam-cartman-artist

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SAM CARTMAN Loch Tracks oil on board, 91cm x 122cm

www.kilmorackgallery.co.uk/kirstie-cohen-artist

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KIRSTIE COHEN Dark Cloud oil on board, 24cm x 30cm

www.kilmorackgallery.co.uk/peter-davis-artist

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PETER DAVIS Smoosh watercolour on paper, 50cm x 70cm

www.kilmorackgallery.co.uk/helen-denerley-artist

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HELEN DENERLEY Lurcher ii scrap metal, 62cm x 54cm (h) x 17cm

www.kilmorackgallery.co.uk/mark-edwards

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MARK EDWARDS The Other Red Door mixed media, 40cm x 40cm

www.kilmorackgallery.co.uk/henry-fraser-artist

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HENRY FRASER La Chiesa acrylic on board, 122cm x 122cm

www.kilmorackgallery.co.uk/lotte-glob

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LOTTE GLOB Rock Flower ceramic, 21cm (h) x 30cm x 30cm

www.kilmorackgallery.co.uk/gail-harvey-artist

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GAIL HARVEY Movement Within oil on canvas, 131cm x 180cm

www.kilmorackgallery.co.uk/janette-kerr-artist

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JANETTE KERR Hvítt út, Skagastrond oil on canvas, 120cm x 130cm

www.kilmorackgallery.co.uk/liz-knox-artist

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LIZ KNOX Trilogy, 2021 oil on canvas, 92cm x 61cm

www.kilmorackgallery.co.uk/alan-macdoanld-artist

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ALAN MACDONALD Pearl Fisher oil on board, 36cm x 30cm

www.kilmorackgallery.co.uk/allan-macdonald-artist

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ALLAN MACDONALD gateway, North West oil on canvas, 122cm x 183cm

www.kilmorackgallery.co.uk/pinkie-maclure-artist

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PINKIE MACLURE A Nestling Listening stained glass lightbox, 62cm x 57cm

www.kilmorackgallery.co.uk/jane-macneill-artist

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JANE MACNEILL Twilight on the Loch in Winter (Loch Morlich and Carn Eilrig) oil on board, 74cm x 97cm

www.kilmorackgallery.co.uk/charles-macqueen

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CHARLES MACQUEEN RSW RGI Side Canal,Venice mixed media, 28cm x 31cm

www.kilmorackgallery.co.uk/robert-mcaulay-artist

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ROBERT MCAULAY A Dreamed of Garden 8 mixed media, 24cm x 25cm

www.kilmorackgallery.co.uk/illona-morrice

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ILLONA MORRICE foxy bronze, 40cm (h) x 37cm x 24cm

www.kilmorackgallery.co.uk/ann-oram

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ANN ORAM Espresso Cups and Chinese Lanterns, 2021 oil on canvas, 40cm x 60cm

www.kilmorackgallery.co.uk/robert-powell-artist

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ROBERT POWELL Work of the Dead etching and watercolour, 40cm x 40cm

www.kilmorackgallery.co.uk/carina-prigmore-artist

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CARINA PRIGMORE Early April Morning acrylic on canvas, 60cm x 60cm

www.kilmorackgallery.co.uk/paul-reid-artist

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PAUL REID Odysseus on the Island of Circe oil on canvas paper, 44cm x 36cm

www.kilmorackgallery.co.uk/iona-roberts

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IONA ROBERTS Ghost of Edinburgh etching and drawing, 59cm x 47cm

www.kilmorackgallery.co.uk/beth-robertson-fiddes

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BETH ROBERTSON FIDDES Summer Tides, Clachtol mixed media, 92cm x 122cm

www.kilmorackgallery.co.uk/patricia-shone

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PATRICIA SHONE Erosion Jar, continue path raku, 39cm (h) x 31cm x 31cm

www.kilmorackgallery.co.uk/ian-westacott-artist

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IAN WESTACOTT Owl Tree | Elm Cromarty etching, 62cm x 41cm

www.kilmorackgallery.co.uk/peter-white-artist

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PETER WHITE Head oil, acrylic and wax, 129cm x 110cm

www.kilmorackgallery.co.uk/adrian-wiszniewski

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ADRIAN WISZNIEWSKI Nightfall acrylic on canvas, 152cm x 122cm

www.kilmorackgallery.co.uk/christopher-wood-artist

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CHRISTOPHER WOOD RSW Passing storm acrylic and collage on card, 21cm x 15cm

www.kilmorackgallery.co.uk/christine-woodside

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CHRISTINE WOODSIDE RSW RGI Dusk, Strathmiglo mixed media, 56cm x 49cm

Welcome to Kilmorack Gallery A prominent gallery director once told me that ‘beauty remains.’

‘Thank God,’ he continued.

He was right for the aesthetic, thankfully, accompanies us throughout our lives. A moment of colour and form may contain a fleeting magic that finds a way into our lives, and which stays there, as a memory, even in the harshest times. It exists somewhere in the coldest heart too.

The images in this book illustrate this. Take a look at the faces, landscapes and abstractions in the works, and at what lies beneath them. In all of them there is something seen on an artist’s adventure, an ‘essential’ that has been grasped and brought back to the world of the room you are in now. It is the role of artists and galleries to ensure that this found wonder remains alive: as a harbour for a moment’s connection with nature, or a pocket where a glimpse of greater understanding can be placed. Art, and especially contemporary art, has never been more important.

I founded Kilmorack Gallery in 1997, reusing a redundant eighteenth-century church as a base to show the work of the finest artists in the Highlands. Soon we exhibited painters and sculptors from all around Scotland and sold them far beyond.

We are now a destination for anyone interested in paintings, sculpture and ceramics, and like to think of ourselves as a place where there are no borders.

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It is now twenty-five years since opening our doors and we still use the old church to welcome visitors. The vast open space with its beautiful gothic-revival interior, original pink walls and stained-glass allows us to remodel for each exhibition, so we constantly change, evolving in a fresh flow of stunning shows. For those interested, work from over eighty regular artists can often be viewed in our vaults. We also have one of the country’s most up-to-date websites. This gives information on the latest happenings: exhibitions, artists, other news and opening times and, if you wish, you can sign up to our mailing list from here too.

I hope that you can make it to see us and to view our beautiful paintings and sculpture.

Tony Davidson Gallery Director

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Kilmorack Gallery has grown over its twenty five years to become a significant player in the world of art, both in Scottish and beyond. This book illustrates the work of a few of its regular artists.

We hope you enjoy it and are able to visit in person. Up-to-date information is always on www.kilmorackgallery.co.uk

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