Sat 18th July 2009

Festival Exhibition Opening

    We are delighted to feature the work of one of Scotland's respected artists, Sandy Murphy

“From his home and studio in West Kilbride Sandy pursues an intensely single-minded passion for paint and its involvement in his visual response to his native Ayrshire landscape. A pupil of Robertson, Shanks and Rae at Glasgow, Sandy’s richly textured oils have clear antecedents in Ghillies and Eardley. His intimate, carefully considered works stand comparison with the best works of both these masters of Scottish painting.”

 

Sandy Murphy is a contemporary Scottish artist and was born in Ayrshire, Scotland in 1956. He studied at Glasgow School of Art from 1976 until 1980, when he graduated with an honours degree. He completed a teacher training course and taught in Ayrshire schools until 1985. At this point he took the decision to paint professionally, full time.

 

Since turning his back on teaching, he has had numerous solo exhibitions in galleries across Scotland and England. These include Roger Billcliffe Fine Art Gallery, Glasgow, Panter and Hall, London, Waterford Gallery, Hale, Gatehouse Gallery, Glasgow, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh, Thompsons Gallery, London, John Davies Fine Art, Stow-on-the-Wold. Other galleries in which he has exhibited include Flying Colours, London, Frames Gallery, Perth, Lemon Tree Gallery, Cornwall and Walker Gallery, Harrogate.

 

He was elected to the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours (RSW) in 1996 and the Royal Glasgow Institue of the Fine Arts (RGI) in 2000.

 

Ceramics is represented by Julia Smith and Cambellfirth, with jewellery by Anne de Ville

 

Julia is a studio potter who works from the Deepfired Ceramic Studio in Govan, Glasgow making functional, handmade ceramics for use in homes and work places. Julia makes distinctly handmade objects currently inspired by patterns in vintage glass tableware and nature found in the city.

 

Campbellfirth is a collaboration between ceramicist Laura Campbell and 3d designer Richard Firth. “We specialise in designing and making ceramic products. From our studio at 'Out Of The Blue' in Edinburgh, we produce work ranging in scale from individual hand made tiles to public art installations”.

 

Anna De Ville Jewellery

 

Anna operates from a workshop in the Birmingham jewellery quarter and sells and exhibits throughout the UK, with work held in many private collections. Essentially self-taught, Anna’s latest project is to explore the design possibilities of the plumage of particular birds

Website Link: http://www.westkilbride.org.uk/gallery/index.php?page=products&expo=26

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