tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76408563197162747362024-03-13T13:07:07.393-07:00Union GalleryThe adventures of the owners, artists and visitors at the coolest art gallery in Edinburgh. Union Gallery is owned and managed by artist Alison Auldjo, and aims to bring the best contemporary art to the public, with particular emphasis on work not regularly seen elsewhere.Union Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588261170416952178noreply@blogger.comBlogger272125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640856319716274736.post-25195240061248835382014-04-29T06:24:00.000-07:002014-04-29T06:24:00.170-07:00Water and Colour <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.....<br />
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<span style="color: orange;">The Jenny Matthews solo exhibition 'Water and Colour' opens on Friday.</span><br />
Looking forward to seeing you all then<br />
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Union Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588261170416952178noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640856319716274736.post-62338101789617397112014-04-03T05:57:00.000-07:002014-04-03T05:57:39.573-07:00April is the Cruelest Month<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Calling all <span style="color: orange;">TS Eliot</span> fans....<br />
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<span style="color: orange;">Personal Perspectives</span> opens tomorrow.<br />
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Union Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588261170416952178noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640856319716274736.post-34559304100941490822014-04-01T09:44:00.000-07:002014-04-01T09:44:00.314-07:00He's No Fool.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello everyone<br />
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So April 1st sees the end of the incredible <span style="color: orange;">'Dark Arcadias' </span>exhibition by <span style="color: orange;">Keith Epps</span>.<br />
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Not really sure how I'm feeling. Happy that <span style="color: orange;">Keith's</span> work has been so well received and that 13 of his astonishing paintings found homes, but also sad. Sad perhaps that such a phenomenal talent had gone unnoticed for so long. I guess the time was right for<span style="color: orange;"> Keith</span> now.<br />
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I think I'm also a little sad that tomorrow his work will be gone.....such is the impact it's had on me.<br />
However, it has truly been an honour to have been in it's company for a month and I can only say a huge thank you to <span style="color: orange;">Keith Epps</span> and his ever supportive wife, <span style="color: orange;">Colby</span>, for such a wonderful exhibition.<br />
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<span style="color: orange;">Colby Adams</span> and <span style="color: orange;">Keith Epps</span>.<br />
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Union Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588261170416952178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640856319716274736.post-53650547062313092002014-03-24T04:01:00.003-07:002014-03-24T04:01:41.746-07:00Something for the Week Ahead<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello everyone<br />
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I thought I'd share some snaps from the incredibly busy <span style="color: orange;">Keith Epps</span> exhibition opening to help ease you into a new week.<br />
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Lets start with this one:<br />
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I've picked this one as it's not so hectic you can actually see some paintings!<br />
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Also this:<br />
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Here at UG headquarters some of you will have heard me refer to a painting's 'pulling power'. I think it's fair to say that <span style="color: orange;">Keith Epps</span> paintings score full marks in this area.<br />
On first viewing an <span style="color: orange;">Epps</span> painting, you are presented with a beautiful, immaculately finished and executed work of art, but then on closer inspection, you discover that not all is at it seems in Paradise/ The Garden of Eden. I think the above photo demonstrates <span style="color: orange;">Keith's</span> pulling power perfectly.<br />
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A couple more..<br />
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Leaving you with this....<br />
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I have said of <span style="color: orange;">Keith Epps'</span> paintings that not all is as it seems and the same came also be said of this photo from the opening. Enjoy spotting our regal and rebellious special guests!<br />
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Have a great weekend all x</div>
Union Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588261170416952178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640856319716274736.post-49845708020731409042014-03-15T08:48:00.000-07:002014-03-15T08:48:03.046-07:00Crow<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: orange;">Crow<span style="color: #cccccc;">, oil on canvas, by <span style="color: orange;">Keith Epps<span style="color: #cccccc;">.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Here's what the man himself has to say:</span></span></span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"I began composing this
last autumn and started work on the canvas this January, but I really
don’t know why it has taken so long and been so unnecessarily difficult
to complete. Right up to the end it has seemed to fight back hard, and
I’ve had to make many adjustments, corrections, and inventions to make
it work. Still, it only gets painted once, and I think it’s worth
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This is a strongly narrative painting based on something I saw in my
childhood. It shows two moments a couple of minutes apart; three of the
figures on the left are repeated on the right. The location is literally
just up the road from a previous painting – the far tree behind the
main group on the left is the main tree in Wreck No.12, and both pieces share the sunlit vista on the left.</i></div>
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This painting has also had an extraordinarily long incubation period. I
found this location in summer 2011, but had no idea what to use it for.
Then, last autumn, I realised that it was the setting for an idea that
I’d first tried out in 1981, but which I’d not been able to take
forward. I dug out those drawings from my pile of sketchbooks, and set
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The figures on the right were quite troublesome. They had to be small
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The foreground group was carefully composed using images sourced from
both the Interweb and from my own childhood photos. The placing was
crucial; particularly where the crow sits in relation to the palest
tree. I wanted the crow to seem just slightly separate from the group
holding it, and that vertical line does just that. I had roughly
sketched this group out on paper, but the precise composing was done
with photoshop layers, one for each figure, over the background image. I
just moved them about, and back and forward, and adjusted them into the
setting until they worked as I wanted them to. Before you ask – no, I’m
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Happily, there is clear evidence in the middle and right foreground of
last month’s study of leaves, though some appear less beech than
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Technically there’s nothing new here, though I did finally resort to
buying Cadmium yellows for making the thin greens of indirect light in
the central grassy area. These pigments are phenomenally powerful (and
at £18 a tube phenomenally expensive). They do the job though, so
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The original, autobiographical, incident happened in the mid 1960s, when
I was a sensitive little boy of about nine or ten. I was at a boarding
school that was enclosed by woods, and there were always a lot of rooks
and crows about. One beautiful late summer afternoon I was just
pottering about outside and a group of older boys approached, to pass
me, going away from the school towards a shallower line of trees beside
the cricket pitch. The lead boy was carefully carrying a crow, and as I
was smaller, I was very close to it. A leg hung down and its beak was
open, and it blinked with a milky eyelid.</i></div>
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‘It’s injured, so we’re going to kill it’</i></div>
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I didn’t understand. I started to cry, so they pushed me to one side and
kept me at a distance while the three biggest boys took the crow into
the trees, laid it on the ground, and beat it to death with sticks. And I
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Thinking about it now I’m still very sad. I think that, even at the
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lightly convinced themselves - out of pity to save its suffering, but
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And fifty years on I still remember it, and how the light was flooding through the trees."</i></div>
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Fascinating stuff, eh?</div>
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Union Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588261170416952178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640856319716274736.post-23876654752570326882014-03-04T08:39:00.001-08:002014-03-04T08:39:09.812-08:00Keith Epps: Dark Arcadias<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The month of March sees darkness meet light, and pain meet beauty, in a collection of 24 impressively accomplished paintings by Edinburgh artist Keith Epps:<br />
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Hope to see you Thursday......</div>
Union Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588261170416952178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640856319716274736.post-59131088241856793162014-01-29T09:44:00.000-08:002014-01-29T09:44:16.122-08:00Happy Chinese New Year<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello everyone,<br />
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Many of you will know that this Friday sees the <span style="color: orange;">Chinese New Year <span style="color: #cccccc;">and that we are entering the year of <span style="color: orange;">The Horse<span style="color: #cccccc;">. At <span style="color: orange;">Union Gallery<span style="color: #cccccc;">, we are particularly aware of this fact this year as our fantastic intern, <span style="color: orange;">Jenna<span style="color: #cccccc;">, has gone home to <span style="color: orange;">China <span style="color: #cccccc;">to celebrate, and we are </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>missing her keenly. <br />
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<span style="color: orange;">The Year of the Horse <span style="color: #cccccc;">is a good one in many ways: for those like Jenna, born on a horse year, the good news is that</span></span> it is suggested that they are cheerful, popular, talented
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stand failure. For those of us not born on a horse year, the year ahead will apparently bring health and prosperity. I, for one, fully intend to embrace that prediction.<br />
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Small wonder, then, that the wonderful <span style="color: orange;">Barbara Franc <span style="color: #cccccc;">sculpture, <span style="color: orange;">'A Sure Thing'<span style="color: #cccccc;">, was one of the first pieces to sell in her recent exhibition and, sure enough, it was sent to an eager client of ours in <span style="color: orange;">China<span style="color: #cccccc;">. Lucky chap:</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;">'A Sure Thing'<span style="color: #cccccc;">, steel wire and recycled material, by <span style="color: orange;">Barbara Franc<span style="color: #cccccc;">.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">And small wonder that the exquisite </span></span></span></span>little painting, <span style="color: orange;">'Black Prince'<span style="color: #cccccc;">, by great Edinburgh artist <span style="color: orange;">Henry Kondracki<span style="color: #cccccc;">, which is currently hanging in the gallery, is attracting so much attention:</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;">'Black Prince'</span><span style="color: #cccccc;">, oil on canvas, by <span style="color: orange;">Henry Kondracki</span>. </span>Such a beautifully observed painting: I am pretty confident that it will soon find a new, enlightened and soon to be prosperous home.<br />
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And, of course, we are still lucky enough to have two lovely <span style="color: orange;">Horse Puppets <span style="color: #cccccc;">by the brilliant <span style="color: orange;">Barbara Franc<span style="color: #cccccc;"> - the perfect companions to a really successful <span style="color: orange;">Chinese New Year<span style="color: #cccccc;">:</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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Enjoy the New Year, and we'll see you soon.</div>
Union Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588261170416952178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640856319716274736.post-7387916929213757832014-01-15T04:19:00.000-08:002014-01-15T04:19:12.673-08:00Wouldn't Hurt a Fly<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">‘High Tea’ by
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Samantha is an Edinburgh based artist working from her
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She rarely exhibits her work as she is nervous of the
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Samantha does not kill any animals. They are mainly road
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The young female sparrow hawk in the teacup died after
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She has a degree in fine art and studied sculpture and
kinetic sculpture. She has also worked as a stone mason. She took up taxidermy
5 years ago taking initial training from the highly respected taxidermist
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It has taken some time to develop, but finally she has
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‘High Tea’ took 3 years to make. It takes a long time to
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cutlery to cups, saucers and silver wear.</div>
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Every animal and insect you see on the table is by law
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Samantha probably knows more than most about animals and
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HIP HIP HURRAH for A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!<br />
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Union Gallery is excited about the months ahead with a programme of oustanding exhibitions.<br />
As always you will find some behind the scenes action here on the blog.<br />
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We hope 2014 is a wonderful and shiny new year for you all!<br />
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Union Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588261170416952178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640856319716274736.post-7082456055523201522013-12-22T07:25:00.000-08:002013-12-22T07:25:21.776-08:00Winter Wonderlands<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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With Christmas just round the corner and with folks (hopefully) winding down, I thought it would be nice to look at some popular festive and winter scenes.<br />
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We have to begin with this:<br />
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I adore '<span style="color: orange;">The Hunters in the Snow'</span> by <span style="color: orange;">Pieter Bruegel</span>.<br />
Probably less well know, but arguably just as beautiful is:<br />
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<span style="color: orange;">'Evening Snow on Fuji'</span> by <span class="st"><span style="color: orange;">Utagawa Toyokuni</span>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;">'Winter landscape with skaters' </span>by <span style="color: orange;">Hendrick Avercamp</span>.<br />
Being mute <span style="color: orange;">Avercamp </span>lived in a silent world of his own. It is said that he enjoyed painting these winter scenes with skaters as it reminded him of happy times with his parents. <br />
Extra turkey for anyone who can spot the bare bottom!<br />
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<span style="color: orange;">'Train in the Snow' </span>by <span style="color: orange;">Claude Monet</span>.<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Monet </span>strikes again:<br />
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<span style="color: orange;">'Grainstacks, Snow Effect'. </span>Just one painting from the twenty five series in which <span style="color: orange;">Monet</span> observed the changes in the haystacks from summer to the following spring.<br />
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<span style="color: orange;">'Avenue in the Snow'</span> by <span style="color: orange;">Edvard Munch</span>.<br />
I much prefer this painting to his most famous creation, <span style="color: orange;">'The Scream'</span>.....controversial!!<br />
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It just wouldn't be right not to include <span style="color: orange;">'The Reverend Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch' </span>by <span style="color: orange;">Sir Henry Raeburn</span>.<br />
Kept here in <span style="color: orange;">Edinburgh</span> in <span style="color: orange;">The National Gallery of Scotland</span>, this is one of Scotland's most famous paintings and is considered ground breaking for combining traditional portraiture with movement of the figure.<br />
Leaving you with a slightly more obscure masterpiece:<br />
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There's something not quite right about Boticelli's shell here!<br />
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<span style="color: orange;">Wishing you all a warm and happy Christmas and for a sparkling 2014 </span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">x x</span></div>
Union Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588261170416952178noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640856319716274736.post-32385020490282095842013-12-11T07:20:00.000-08:002013-12-11T07:21:46.782-08:00Puppy Love!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello everyone,<br />
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with <span style="color: orange;">Christmas</span> just round the corner I'm being kept very busy here at <span style="color: orange;">UG</span> headquarters.<br />
I haven't had much time to think of something intelligent to write on the blog, so in the meantime I shall keep you entertained with some random, but highly amusing photos of my hounds sent to me by my lovely niece with who they are currently lodging.<br />
Enjoy!<br />
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<span style="color: orange;">Dennis</span> (the menace) doing his cute look.<br />
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<span style="color: orange;">Harry</span> (spotty pants) our insane Dalmation with yet another crazed expression!<br />
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<span style="color: orange;">Dennis</span> the menace in camouflage! I'm biased I know, but he is adorable!<br />
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Hurry back for more nonsense soon x</div>
Union Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588261170416952178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640856319716274736.post-67916667463737987512013-12-08T07:58:00.002-08:002013-12-08T07:58:41.303-08:00Various Visitors I<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Ladies and Gentlemen,<br />
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Introducing the lovely <span style="color: orange;">Betty Giblin</span>!<br />
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Nice to meet you and your family.<br />
Alison x</div>
Union Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588261170416952178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640856319716274736.post-29766061477198715952013-12-07T05:09:00.000-08:002013-12-07T06:41:01.137-08:00TAKE THREE (II)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello everyone,<br />
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Whilst doing the dishes the other morning I was thinking about some of the extraordinary art currently showing in the<span style="color: orange;"> Christmas Exhibition</span>. It occurred to me that, by chance, there's something of a threesome going on. For example:<br />
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<span style="color: orange;">'Trinity',</span><span style="color: orange;"> <span style="color: #999999;">non tarnish silver coated copper wire, collected dove feathers, abalone shell by </span>Marcela Trsova.</span><br />
A very beautiful installation which casts the most delicate shadows that dance on the walls.<br />
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<span style="color: orange;">'See no Fish, Here no Fish, Catch no Fish', <span style="color: #666666;">acrylic on canvas by</span> James Newton Adams.</span><br />
I love their bright yellow, rubbery gloves.<br />
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<span style="color: orange;">'Three Sisters', <span style="color: #666666;">digital painting by</span> Kevin Low.</span><br />
Otherworldly and enchanting, the attention to detail in the girl's clothes is very touching.<br />
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<span style="color: orange;">'Three Blind Mice' <span style="color: #666666;">oil on panel by </span>Dylan Lisle.</span><br />
An impressive and powerful triptych that depicts his subjects with mind boggling detail.<br />
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<span style="color: orange;">'Waiting for The Tide',<span style="color: black;"> <span style="color: #666666;">finest lead-free pewter on olivewood by</span></span> Carl Newman.</span><br />
There's nothing lovelier than a nice piece of wood, so tactile and I love how the wood grain mimics the tidelines in the sand.<br />
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So as you can see there's something for everyone in <span style="color: orange;">UG's 2013 Christmas Exhibition</span>. If 3 is your lucky number then perhaps this selection might appeal to you.<br />
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Have a great weekend all!</div>
Union Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588261170416952178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640856319716274736.post-2434265299116768952013-11-27T12:45:00.001-08:002013-11-27T12:48:40.453-08:00Christmas Is Coming!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The Countdown to Christmas begins!<br />
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And we have a real cracker of an exhibition for you!<br />
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Union Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588261170416952178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640856319716274736.post-40023837449642897912013-11-16T03:08:00.000-08:002013-11-16T03:08:47.338-08:00TAKE III<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello everyone<br />
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The <span style="color: orange;">Barbara Franc</span> mania continues here at <span style="color: orange;">UG </span>which explains why this blog has been a little quiet of late....it's been super busy round these parts!<br />
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As some of you will know <span style="color: orange;">Barbara </span>has made some amazing, mischievous red squirrels as part of her <span style="color: orange;">Menagerie</span> solo exhibition so I thought we'd take a look at 3 of my all time favourites.<br />
Lets start with this little fella:<br />
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<span style="color: orange;">'Plain and Jam'<span style="color: #cccccc;">, steel wire and recycled decorative tins</span> by Barbara Franc.</span><br />
He is christened such by the biscuits tins that make up much of his perfectly sculpted body.<br />
I adore the tiny snowflake motif on his paws and tail.<br />
And this speedy little girl:<br />
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<span style="color: orange;">'Yellow Flower'<span style="color: #cccccc;">, steel wire and recycled decorative tins by</span> Barbara Franc.</span><br />
I think you can probably see how she got her name. It's funny, it's not just me that can tell by looking at a piece wither it's a boy or girl. Lots of gallery visitors refer to<span style="color: orange;"> Barbara's</span> animals as she or he. You can just tell! It's a credit to<span style="color: orange;"> Barbara's</span> skill that she can give each piece such character and personality.<br />
Last but definitely by no means least:<br />
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<span style="color: orange;">'Tea Leaf'<span style="color: #cccccc;">, steel wire and recycled decorative tins by</span> Barbara Franc.</span><br />
I just adore this little guy. He sits in the window and gets so much attention. He's a cheeky chap who looks like he's in a hurry, possibly because he's just pinched someone else's nuts? I'm particularly fond of his flowery, red legs.<br />
<span style="color: orange;">'Tea Leaf' </span>is also <span style="color: orange;">Barbara's</span> favourite squirrel and I can't understand why he's not got a home yet.<br />
I'm confident he will though, so in the meantime I just enjoy watching his mischievous manner.<br />
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Leaving you with this:<br />
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They say a picture says a thousand words and I do believe this lovely photo says a lot about how people are reacting to <span style="color: orange;">Barbara's</span> incredible creations.<br />
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Have a great weekend all!</div>
Union Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588261170416952178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640856319716274736.post-85348195473484120452013-10-29T09:16:00.000-07:002013-10-29T09:16:53.188-07:00GET READY!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The <span style="color: orange;">Menagerie</span> is coming!<br />
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Featured here are <span style="color: orange;">'Yellow Flower', 'Work of Art'</span> and <span style="color: orange;">'Cafe Creme' </span>and are just 3 of the fabulous creations <span style="color: orange;">Barbara Franc</span> has made for her solo exhibition.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>TIP: This is a MUST SEE exhibition!</b></span></div>
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Union Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588261170416952178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640856319716274736.post-76934119518545188592013-10-24T10:31:00.000-07:002013-10-24T10:31:04.200-07:00Fingal's Cave<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: orange;">'Fingal's Cave' <span style="color: #cccccc;">by <span style="color: orange;">Felix Mendelssohn</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;">'Staffa'<span style="color: #cccccc;">, mixed media, by <span style="color: orange;">Beth Robertson Fiddes</span></span></span><br />
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Two breathtaking works of art on the same subject. What more could you want?</div>
Union Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588261170416952178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640856319716274736.post-89487836279898511212013-10-17T06:10:00.003-07:002013-10-17T06:10:47.511-07:00Making Waves<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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There is much to get excited about when viewing our current exhibition, the <span style="color: orange;">Beth Robertson Fiddes Solo Exhibition</span><span style="color: #cccccc;">, and all of those who have seen it so far have been </span>overwhelmed by her beautiful, dramatic landscapes. One recurring comment we are hearing is that Beth clearly loves the landscape she is painting - it positively radiates from the work. Surely that, above all else, is a sign of a successful painting. Viewers are also moved by her commitment to her work - drawing in situ, hiking for miles with all her equipment and camping out to find the best light to capture. The results are simply stunning.<br />
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This commitment to her practice is exemplified in the three beautiful 'wave' paintings that have been so admired in the last two weeks.<br />
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<span style="color: orange;">'Summer Shore'<span style="color: #cccccc;">, mixed media on panel, by <span style="color: orange;">Beth Robertson Fiddes<span style="color: #cccccc;">.</span></span></span></span><br />
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The creation of this exhibition has been exasperated by Beth suffering for much of this year with a trapped nerve in her back, which at times has made painting very difficult. These paintings, of the beach on the tiny Outer Hebridean island of Berneray, were painted at just such a time. Beth had gone to Berneray to relax and rest her painful back, and was lying on the beach when she saw the ripples and waves from a viewpoint that she had never seen before. And the result is these remarkable paintings:<br />
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<span style="color: orange;">'Berneray Waves'<span style="color: #cccccc;">, mixed media on panel, by <span style="color: orange;">Beth Robertson Fiddes<span style="color: #cccccc;">.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">Now we may all think we've seen waves like this before, but would anyone other than an artist with the creative flair and talent of Beth have had the skill to sketch them on the spot and to turn them into such powerful work? I think not.</span><br />
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<br /><span style="color: orange;">'Clear Water, Berneray'<span style="color: #cccccc;">, mixed media on panel, by <span style="color: orange;">Beth Robertson Fiddes<span style="color: #cccccc;">.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">I do hope you all manage to see this extraordinary exhibition - I guarantee it will be worth it. </span></span></span></span><br />
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Union Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588261170416952178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640856319716274736.post-52417405097919650932013-10-11T05:51:00.000-07:002013-10-11T05:51:23.190-07:00Call of the Mountains<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #76a5af;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>"Thousands of tired, nerve - shaken, over- civilized people are beginning to find out going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity.."</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;">'Suilven', mixed media on panel by Beth Robertson Fiddes.</span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;">'Towards Stac Polliadh', mixed media on panel by Beth Robertson Fiddes.</span></div>
Union Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588261170416952178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640856319716274736.post-1789654301488682682013-10-01T08:44:00.000-07:002013-10-01T08:44:05.486-07:00Beth Robertson Fiddes Solo Exibition<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This October, award-winning <span style="color: orange;">Beth Robertson Fiddes</span> is showing us how to move mountains at <span style="color: orange;">UG</span>.<br />
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Union Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588261170416952178noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640856319716274736.post-6394809097287598382013-09-28T09:43:00.000-07:002013-09-28T09:43:18.341-07:00Coupled Up<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This weekend and next Monday offer you a last chance to see our lovely <span style="color: orange;">Autumn Exhibition <span style="color: #cccccc;">before it makes way for the stunning <span style="color: orange;">Beth Robertson Fiddes Solo Exhibition<span style="color: #cccccc;">.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">One of the things that you'll find if you get here over the weekend, is a number </span></span></span></span>of 'couple-related' paintings - quite an unusual turn of events for <span style="color: orange;">UG<span style="color: #cccccc;">.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;">'Burton' <span style="color: #cccccc;">and <span style="color: orange;">'Taylor'<span style="color: #cccccc;">, acrylic and collage on panel, by <span style="color: orange;">Colin Brown<span style="color: #cccccc;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;">'Mr.' <span style="color: #cccccc;">and <span style="color: orange;">'Mrs.'<span style="color: #cccccc;">, oil on panel, by <span style="color: orange;">Dylan Lisle<span style="color: #cccccc;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Maybe there's something in the air, or maybe it's just great, imaginative work by some great artists, but whichever, we are delighted to see such exceptional work in the gallery. After all, who can resist the wonderfully sensitive and delicate charms of <span style="color: orange;">Joyce Gunn Cairns MBE<span style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="color: orange;">'s</span> works, such as:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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Don't miss the chance to see all this talent yourselves - Monday is the deadline.<br />
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Union Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588261170416952178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640856319716274736.post-20261157389384625552013-09-19T05:09:00.000-07:002013-09-23T08:58:20.453-07:00The Height of Sophistication<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello everyone,<br />
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In my last blog I promised we would take a closer look at something fishy in our Autumn exhibition. <br />
Here it is:<br />
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<span style="color: orange;">'See no Fish, Hear no Fish, Catch no Fish', acrylic on canvas</span> by<span style="color: orange;"> James Newton Adams</span>.<br />
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OK, so the fishermen might look a little comical with their big yellow gloves and rubbery red overalls, but J<span style="color: orange;">ames Newton Adams</span> is making reference to the very serious issue of the declining fishing industry in Scotland. I love the glum expressions of their faces.<br />
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Now this is a painting I really wanted to take a closer look at!<br />
I have often heard people refer to <span style="color: orange;">James</span> as a 'niave' or 'primitive' painter. Yes there is a deliberate stylising of the figures, which in themselves appear childlike, and that of course is part of the appeal of <span style="color: orange;">James'</span> work, but there's so much more to his work and this is a brilliant example of it.<br />
There is nothing primitive about<span style="color: orange;"> James'</span> techniques as an artist: indeed every mark on his paintings is premeditated, skillfully rendered.<br />
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Just look at that fisherman's head!<br />
In what seems to be an awkward and anatomically impossible face, the gruelling and relentless conditions which he has endured for many years are etched on his chiseled features.<br />
It's so authentic you can practically smell him!<br />
I also really enjoy the movement in this painting. The composition is clever, chopping up the canvas to mimic the choppy seas on which it's all 'niavely' balanced. <br />
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We are particularly excited to have new work by <span style="color: orange;">Sophie McKay Knight</span> on exhibition just now.<br />
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<span style="color: orange;">'The Equation'<span style="color: #cccccc;">, mixed media on canvas,</span></span><span style="color: #cccccc;"> </span>by<span style="color: orange;"> Sophie McKay Knight</span>.<br />
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A closer look reveals these paintings are not just pretty faces: just under the skin you can see the figures' DNA, their very make up, as <span style="color: orange;">Sophie McKay Knight</span> says:<br />
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always been based on the human figure. I am inspired by the things that make up
a whole person, and what/where their sense of self comes from. This means I
incorporate many things into my paintings - I 'collect' images of people from everywhere;
often remembering a scene I have witnessed, sometimes responding to a fictional
or historical character. I am interested in storytelling, everyday magic,
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interested in what happens inside the body & mind - the idea that genes and
DNA partly make up who we are and where we have come from. I recently secured
funding from Fife Contemporary Art & Craft to pursue a project called
'Human Self' and to create a new body of work surrounding these issues. I will
essentially be exploring the nature/nurture debate through my work, focusing on
local children and their families' thoughts on the concept of</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic;"><i> 'inheritance'.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">Looking at these figures I can't help but thinking the girls look a
little lost, possible in need of some love and comfort. All the more
reason, then, for us to be thrilled that young 'Maya' here will be going to a loving home
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<span style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic;">Have a great weekend all and hurry back to take a closer look at something a bit fishy in the exhibition.</span></span></div>
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The first spring-loaded mouse trap was invented by William C. Hooker of
Abingdon, Illinois, who received US patent 528671 for his design in 1894. James Henry Atkinson, a British inventor
who in 1897 invented a prototype called the "Little Nipper", probably
had seen the Hooker trap in the shops or in advertisements and used it as the
basis of his model.<sup id="cite_ref-3"> </sup>It is a simple device with a
heavily spring-loaded bar and a trip to release it. The design is such that the
mouse's neck or spinal cord will be broken, or its ribs or skull crushed, by
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Simple, brutal, but effective.</div>
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'<span style="color: orange;">Three Blind Mice' oil on panel by Dylan Lisle. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #76a5af;"><i>Three blind mice, three blind mice,</i></span><br />
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Union Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588261170416952178noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640856319716274736.post-55482973253797714592013-09-04T08:27:00.000-07:002013-09-04T08:27:26.979-07:00Here Comes Autumn!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello everyone,<br />
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It might be a bit more Indian Summer than a typical Autumn, but hey, who's complaining?<br />
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All the more reason to get out and about and enjoy the fine weather!<br />
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Join us for a glass of something lovely and enjoy some cracking artworks:<br />
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Meet <span style="color: orange;">Joyce Gunn Cairns' 'Hello Dolly'</span> painting. It's just a bit special :)<br />
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See you soon..... </div>
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