Summer is not the only season of abundance. Winter can be replete too. Here at Kilmorack Gallery, winter brings long-time clients, now friends, dressed in scarves, coats and boots. Previews (don't forget 22nd November) smell of mulled wine and wood-smoke, and inside the gallery it is warm in every way. Fifteen years ago people put on layers of clothing before entering the cold building, but now we have heating. Summer is a time for quick mayfly romances. Winter is a time for Eskimo love, fire and bear skins. And the Art? The work in our winter show has a depth. Here are ten highlights from our winter exhibition.
Claire Harkess
It’s fantastic to have Claire Harkess's work in the gallery again. This is one of my favourite, Hoopie and Weavers at the Breakfast Table. Harkess's work is fearless. It takes incredible confidence, skill and bravery to approach painting like this. The results are special.
Alan Macdonald
Alan Macdonald (not Allan MacDonald) has been working hard to complete two 8' x 4' canvases for a major show on modern painting (unveiled late 2014,) so we are lucky to get his latest four works... and they're brilliant. Here is Life line, a blend of the ancient, modern and the unchanging unfathomable nature of people.
Caroline Hunter
This is the fist time we've shown Caroline Hunter's work. I love the sophisticated still-lives in particular. Here is Wild Flowers and Garlic. There's a bit of Matisse in it and something else too.
Kirstie Cohen
Robert McAulay
Robert McAulay can produce complete gems and here is one - wee tin roof. It's small on the outside and big on the inside, a trick open to all time-lords and a few special artists.
Jim Bond
We haven't had Jim Bonds work in the gallery for a few years. This winter we have three new sculptures made from steel and copper. There is something human in Bond's sculpture. They are beautiful objects; delicate and natural, but also connected to the binary, molecular world that joins us all.
Jane MacNeill
These are the first new works from Jane MacNeill this year and I love them. Here is Lapwing. The gold ground sets this beautiful beast giving it a divine air.
Allan MacDonald
MacDonald paints very much in the northern-romantic tradition. Nature is the sublime storyteller. Here is symmetry, Arkle.
Eugenia Vronskaya
Vronskaya is one of the most gifted portraitists in the country, a skill which she brings to all her work. Her affinity with paint and her penetrating eye bring a freshness into all here work. Here in Spirit of Yesterday the ghost of the past stares out.
Illona Morrice
Not all art must be contemplated with a serious face. Here is Illona Morrice's The Cliff. It's a wonderful thing. I love the repeated forms. This is a great piece for those who like to smile.
Claire Harkess
It’s fantastic to have Claire Harkess's work in the gallery again. This is one of my favourite, Hoopie and Weavers at the Breakfast Table. Harkess's work is fearless. It takes incredible confidence, skill and bravery to approach painting like this. The results are special.
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| Hoopie and Weavers at the Breakfast Table CLAIRE HARKESS - watercolour - 65cm x 81cm |
Alan Macdonald
Alan Macdonald (not Allan MacDonald) has been working hard to complete two 8' x 4' canvases for a major show on modern painting (unveiled late 2014,) so we are lucky to get his latest four works... and they're brilliant. Here is Life line, a blend of the ancient, modern and the unchanging unfathomable nature of people.
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| Life LineALAN MACDONALD - oil on board - 66cm x 61cm |
Caroline Hunter
This is the fist time we've shown Caroline Hunter's work. I love the sophisticated still-lives in particular. Here is Wild Flowers and Garlic. There's a bit of Matisse in it and something else too.
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| Wild Flowers and Garlic CAROLINE HUNTER - acrylic on board - 61cm x 61cm |
Kirstie Cohen
Landscape painting is about far more than representing the humps and rivers of a place. If a work is to be art, it must capture vastness and volatility. Cohen brings the richness of paint to fore in her work. Below is Light fall.
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| Light FallKIRSTIE COHEN - oil on canvas - 40cm x 40cm |
Robert McAulay
Robert McAulay can produce complete gems and here is one - wee tin roof. It's small on the outside and big on the inside, a trick open to all time-lords and a few special artists.
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| Wee Tin Roof ROBERT MCAULAY - acrylic on board - 24cm x 33cm |
Jim Bond
We haven't had Jim Bonds work in the gallery for a few years. This winter we have three new sculptures made from steel and copper. There is something human in Bond's sculpture. They are beautiful objects; delicate and natural, but also connected to the binary, molecular world that joins us all.
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| Wire Skull JIM BOND - brazed forged steel |
Jane MacNeill
These are the first new works from Jane MacNeill this year and I love them. Here is Lapwing. The gold ground sets this beautiful beast giving it a divine air.
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| Lapwing JANE MACNEILL - oil on board - 30cm x 24cm |
Allan MacDonald
MacDonald paints very much in the northern-romantic tradition. Nature is the sublime storyteller. Here is symmetry, Arkle.
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| symmetry, ArkleALLAN MACDONALD - oil on canvas - 61cm x 100cm |
Eugenia Vronskaya
Vronskaya is one of the most gifted portraitists in the country, a skill which she brings to all her work. Her affinity with paint and her penetrating eye bring a freshness into all here work. Here in Spirit of Yesterday the ghost of the past stares out.
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| Spirit of Yesterday EUGENIA VRONSKAYA- oil on canvas - 76cm x 51cm |
Illona Morrice
Not all art must be contemplated with a serious face. Here is Illona Morrice's The Cliff. It's a wonderful thing. I love the repeated forms. This is a great piece for those who like to smile.
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| The Cliff ILLONA MORRICE - ceramic - 115cm high |
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