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Lucy Gray | Sculptor & Master Gilder
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Recently, I had the pleasure of visiting Lucy Gray at her home and studio in Argyll, Scotland. Known for her large-scale renditions of molluscs and birds of prey. Gray takes recognisable forms from the natural world and turns them into ornamental works of art. Using a mix of materials, Gray's sculpture is both an embodiment of nature's beauty and the artist's own self, manifesting ideas, feelings and even traumas. In this short video, Lucy Gray talks about gilding - where she learnt and trained as a gilder and how she applies this to her practice. The works featured at the...
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- Tags: argyll, artist studio, gilding, jesmonite, Lucy Gray, master gilder, mollusc, scotland, sculptor, sculpture, shell, shells, wood
Laura McMorrow | The Gardener Digs
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Laura McMorrow's solo exhibition of paintings at The Dock in County Leitrim runs from 19 October 2024 till 18 January 2025.
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- Tags: derek jarman, gardening, gardens, Irish, laura mcmorrow, modern nature, Painting, small paintings
Carol Douglas | Actually I Can
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This year, Carol Douglas was invited by the Yorkshire Sculpture Park to present a solo exhibition of work. The show, called Actually I Can, presents 51 paintings that are about the everyday, portraying household objects and people in domestic settings.
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- Tags: abstract, brown, carol douglas, domestic, grey, guardian, sociologist, yorkshire sculpture park
Celebrating the Colour Red
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It is red's affinity with fire and warmth that makes it a shade we seek out in winter - a salve to abate the seasonal blues might you say! So to warm our cockles and cheer us all up this winter, we've selected a variety of artworks that celebrate red in all its splendour.
Lauren Bryden | Artist Interview
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This autumn, we caught up with Glasgow-based artist Lauren Bryden. Read the full interview, in which Bryden talks of the importance of matrescence and how (m)otherhood has shaped her and her art making, by clicking on the link below.
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- Tags: colour, figurative, glasgow, Lauren Bryden, monotypes, motherhood, printmaking