Mary Batchelor attended the Glasgow School of Art. Her tutors included: Peter Howson, David Linley and Norrie Kirkham.

Working exclusively in Acrylics, Mary Batchelor, produces paintings with vibrant and compelling colours. Mary is constantly inspired by the Scottish landscape. She loves bringing the every changing Scottish countryside to life in her paintings. Mary also finds great inspiration from travel abroad, enjoying the challenge of capturing unfamiliar scenes and different light.

Mary Batchelor paintings are influenced by the strong tradition of Scottish colourists. She credits Scottish Colourists - Cadell, Peploe, Fergusson and Hunter as a source of great inspiration in her paintings. She admires the bold use of colour and texture, and the confidence exuded in every brush stroke which has contributed so richly to the tradition of Scottish painting.

Mary Batchelor is an artistic member of Paisley Art Institute and Primera Arts. She is also an associate of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts and Visual Arts Scotland.

John Bell was born in Ayr, Scotland in 1968 . His early days were spent growing up in Fife where he painted from a young age but chose to pursue a career in Architecture. John graduated from The Mackintosh School of Architecture in Glasgow in 1993. Since then he has worked as an architect but has continued to paint and exhibit art work having undergone further study at Glasgow School of Art.

John Bell paints mainly landscapes and seascapes of Scotland, particularly along the Ayrshire coast. He is fascinated in the influence of the sky, using bold brushwork to express its changing mood and atmosphere. His paintings capture the extremes of light and colour in the Scottish landscape, from intimate woodland scenes to expansive shorelines. Whether John Bell is painting an intimate woodland scene or an expansive shoreline, his carefully composed oil paintings are always carefully crafted and communicate a strong atmospheric feel to each subject.

John Bell has developed a very distinctive, light style with an appealing colour pallette successsfully reflecting the coolness of the Scottish light. He is interested in the influence of the constantly changing weather, which can transform the mood in a moment. The sky often dominates his paintings and he uses bold brushwork to express the form and movement of cloud.

John Bell paintings are exhibited at a growing number of Scottish art galleries including Paisley Art Institute. His art work has also featured at a number of Art Fairs. John Bell has been represented by Red Rag Gallery since 2011.

Margaretann Bennett was born in 1968. She studied at the Glasgow School of Art from 1987 to 1991.

In 2004 Margaretann Bennett was elected a member of the RSW (Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours). She has also been the recipient of a number of art awards including: The Armour Award at the RGI annual exhibition in 2006 and the William Bowie Art Award at Paisley Arts Institute.

Margaretann's current paintings explore the Scottish west Coast landscape through use of mixed media. She creates a surface of rich colour and sumptuous texture with paint, often incorporating layers of delicate paper which she pre-colours and marks. Bennett's approach is intuitive rather than analytical: there is deliberate tension between areas of abstraction and finer detail. Most of her contemporary paintings are a distillation of collected experiences into a visual unity and an evocation, rather than depiction of place.

Margaretann Bennett says: "I seek to convey a sense of time passing and lives lived, drawing on elements where man has left his mark, for example lines and shapes created by old stone walls, steadings and sheepfolds."

George Birrell was born in 1950. He trained at the Glasgow School of Art (1967 – 1971) and was involved with the Hospitalfield Summer School in 1970. He had an impressive line up of high pedigree tutors including Leon Morrocco, Goudie, Robertson, Donaldson, Fergusson and William Crosbie.After leaving art school George taught art and design in Scottish schools for the next decade, starting painting full time in 1990's.

Birrell lectured in art, design and photography from 1985 – 1998. Since then George has taken part in regular joint and group art exhibitions at many Scottish galleries particularly: Edinburgh Art Galleries, Glasgow Art Galleries, and Fife Art Galleries . He has also exhibited his art abroad.

George Birrell produces Architectural paintings and Landscape paintings of his native Scotland. The East Coast Scottish towns and fishing villages of Fife hold a special fascination. One is immediately struck by the bold use of strong colour and stylised compositions. He describes this as an emotional response to memories and atmosphere of these special places on the Scottish east coast . Vigorous handling of colour, a bold palette and strong design are all hallmarks of his painting.

Speaking about his paintings Birrell says: ”I paint neither on the spot nor from photographs, but improvise the remembered essentials of a place, in the comfort of my art studio. Harbours and their bric-a-brac attract me, as do mills and castles. Texture, colour and pattern are what I use to evoke feel-good locations”

An example of George Birrell's art work is the oil painting 'Church Tower, Fife'. This is a typical of Birrell painting, with a clear and well constructed composition clearly illustrating George's bold and effective use of colour to create an emotional impact. The contrasting colours, which create areas of light and shade, draw us into the small Scottish village. There is a great sense of peace and serenity in the work. A moment of stillness and clarity before the evening light fades.

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Davy Brown was born in Kilmarnock in 1950. As a young Scottish artist Davy studied contemporary art at the Glasgow School of Art under David Donaldson and Duncan Shanks. He then went onto complete teacher training at Moray House Edinburgh.

In 1975 Davy Brown won a modern art scholarship from the Institute of Cultural Affairs in Chicago. This enabled Davy to travel extensively in the USA and Canada. He was also able to further develop his skills as a talented contemporary Scottish artist.

When Davy Brown returned from his travels he successfully taught contemporary art in Scottish schools. Throughout this time Davy Brown continued to paint and exhibit his paintings along with other leading Scottish artists in both Scottish art galleries and modern British art galleries further afield.

Davy Brown eventually left teaching in 2002 to concentrate full time as a professional Scottish contemporary artist. Over the years Davy Brown paintings, with their very distinctive style of modern Scottish art, have consistently grown in popularity. For much of this time Davy Brown paintings have been inspired by his love of the Scottish Landscapes but recently this much acclaimed Scottish artist has started to produce equally compelling paintings of France and Spain.

Other influences on Davy Brown paintings have been the artist James Robertson, travels to Iceland, as well as issues closer to home such as acid rain and forestry encroachment. Frequent trips to Cornwall Art Galleries have also nurtured an interest in the paintings of the modern British St. Ives abstractionists such as Terry Frost, John Wells and Wilhelmina Barns-Graham. To Davy Brown, Cornwall and Galloway have much in common - the scenic landscape and ever chaging light.

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Damian Callan was born in London in 1960 and initially trained as a scientist. In 1995 he achieved a BA Honours degree in Drawing and Painting from Edinburgh College of Art. He later returned to Edinburgh as a part-time tutor, which led to doing part-time tutoring at Leith School of Art and The National Galleries of Scotland.

During his career as an artist Damian Callan has won scholarships to Prague, Toulouse and Tuscany and was artist-in-residence at Liberton Hospital, Edinburgh. Currently Damian Callan teaches art classes in his studio one day a week and spends the rest of the week on his own art work.

Damian Callan is particularly interested in the moving figure, athletes, swimmers and gymnasts. He often uses his children as models for his paintings. His loose style and the free brushstrokes of his drawings and finished oils capture the life and exuberance of children on holiday.

Damian Callan has enjoyed success at many solo and group shows and his paintings are in many private art collections. In addition to Red Rag Modern Art Gallery Damian Callan has exhibited at other leading Scottish Art Galleries

Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Damian Callan artist studio and like all Red Rag Scottish art and Modern art it can be shipped worldwide.

Scottish Art: Damian Callan at Red Rag Gallery

Catriona Campbell was born in Dollar, Scotland in 1940. Her father, Ian Campbell, was an artist and art teacher and he taught Catriona the importance of observation and the absolute necessity of developing drawing skills.

Catriona Campbell studied art at Glasgow School of Art from 1957 – 61. She was a student of David Donaldson and Mary Armour. She studied the art works of Degas, Uccello, Velazquez and Stanley Spencer and learned about how shapes and the spaces between them are vital to composition. The paintings of Scottish artist Joan Eardley also made a deep impression on her. She was awarded The Somerville Shanks Prize for Portraiture in 1959 and graduated in 1961.

Catriona Campbell combined teaching in various primary and secondary schools and then in special education in Edinburgh and Fife with bringing up two children and finally left teaching in 1981 to become a full time painter.

Catriona Campbell paintings display a continuing passion and interest in figure painting. She is an excellent observer of human situations. She also has a love and knowledge of horses, which often inform her subject matter. She works mainly in oils producing paintings rich in colour and depth.

Catriona Campbell has won a number of awards including the Founder's Prize and the Anne Redpath Award from the Scottish Society of Women Artists, and the Morton Fraser Award from Visual Arts Scotland. She was elected a professional member of the Scottish Society of Women Artists (now re-named Visual Arts Scotland) in 1986 and subsequently a professional member of Paisley Art Institute.

In addition to Red Rag Art Gallery Catriona Campbell art work has been exhibited at other leading Scottish Art Galleries including: the Royal Scottish Academy, The Royal Glasgow Institute, The Society of Scottish Artists. She has also exhibited at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters in London. Her paintings are held in both public and private art collections in the UK, Canada, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Spain and Hong Kong. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Catriona Campbell artist studio and like all Red Rag Modern art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

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Pam Carter was born in Tanganyika, East Africa in 1952 to an Austrian mother and Scottish father. She graduated from Glasgow School of Art in the seventies and began a career in teaching.

In 1996 Pam Carter won the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Award at the Royal Glasgow Institute and in 1998 she was awarded First Prize at the Paisley Institute. Carter's paintings have also been selected for the Laing Calendar.

Pam Carter's subject matter is found in the rugged West Scottish Coast with its isolated cottages and wild colours of the machair and brachen. Pam also paints East Scottish Coastal scenes with majestic cliffs, fishing villages and farm land.

Pam Carter loves to stand on a high viewpoint. From there she can see the magnitude of the Scottish Landscape. Sunspots move across the valleys. And the forbidding trip to the Western Scottish Isles brings great reward with its sweeping golden sands and turquoise tranquil waters which is almost idyllically tropical.

Scottish locations such as Skye, Lewis, Harris and the Uists have been favourite islands for Carter to visit. Pam has also produced contemporary paintings of Tiree and Coll.Tiree offers idyllic settings. The Island's architecture is like a museum of Scotland's past with wonderful cottages sitting perched on the most beautiful of beaches

A sense of place is important in Pam Carter's paintings but she does not seek to capture a scene with complete accuracy. Sometimes it is the elements and the untamed force of nature that inspire Carter paintings, but more than anything it is the essential quality of light which can be in the Scottish land and seascape. Pam often interprets the scene with abstract elements. She translates the light in terms of contrast and colour - often bold but always with subtlety and balance. Pam Carter ultimately wants to create a visual sensation and pleasing image in her contemporary paintings.

Pam Carter has exhibited at numerous solo art exhibitions throughout the British Isles and in the USA. Her paintings have featured in several group art shows including the Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) and the RGI

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Malcolm Cheape was born in 1964. He is a graduate of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee.

Malcolm Cheape's primary subject matter is the contemporary and historical world of commercial, industrial and naval shipping. This includes decommissioned fishing boats, private yachts, modern day trawlers, tall ships and battle ships. The Scottish east and west coast gives Malcolm the ideal background from which to capture the grace and character of commercial water-bound vessels. He is avid natural historian and through researching the archives of the British maritime museums, and investigating the history and design of boats gone by, Cheape's art work attempts to mirror both past and present. This dedication and passion for maritime subjects has earned him a reputation as one of the leading Scottish and UK marine artists.

Maritime historian and archaeologist, Dr R G W Prescott of the University of St Andrews and Chairman, National Historic Ships said of his work, “I am frequently disappointed by the work of present day marine artists whose work often seems lifeless and insipid to me. Not so with Malcolm Cheape’s paintings however, which I find deeply satisfying because of their authenticity and ability to evoke the vital spirit of ships and boats. Put plainly, they are convincing and simply beautiful to look at.”

Malcolm Cheap works primarily in ink and acrylic. His clever usage of collage - including Scottish poetry, financial records, engineering drawings, hydrological charts, and mythological iconography - makes his paintings truly unique. Relying on tonal effect, a limited range of colours and clever use of collage, his paintings are strikingly distinctive capturing the grace and beauty of the old sailing ships, the vigour and power of warships and the special charm of fishing boats working the Scottish waters.

In addition to Red Rag Art Gallery Malcolm Cheape modern art work has been exhibited at other leading Scottish Art Galleries. His work is in many public collections including the City Art Centre in Edinburgh, the Perth Art Gallery, the McLean Collection in the Greenock Art Gallery, and in many private art collections around the world. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Malcolm Cheape artist studio and like all Red Rag Modern art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

Michael Clark was born in Ayr, Scotland in 1959. He studied at the Edinburgh College of Art from 1979 - 1983. A love of film led him to work for the BBC in Glasgow for six years. On moving to London in 1989 he worked as a freelance Art Director and illustrator; he also began to paint again with much success. He felt the increasing "lure of watercolour dragged across paper and the tangible excitement of materials," and in 1994 he began painting full time

Michael Clark returned to his Scottish homeland in 1999 and continues to paint from his art studio. His paintings are characterised by the use of bold colours and strong brushstrokes. He works mainly in oil. Michael Clark uses texture and light to create striking modern paintings.

Michael loves good food, wine, gardens and sports, all evidenced by his portrayals of these subjects in his extraordinary paintings. Of technique, Michael admits, "I am a messy worker! Working from life, I start my water colour paintings with a charcoal drawing. I then use large watercolour brushes, often on a wet surface, which keeps the painting lively and fresh."

Michael Clark has had many solo and mixed art show. In addition to Red Rag Modern Art Gallery Michael Clark has exhibited at other leading Art Galleries in London, Edinburgh and Glasgow and he has won numerous awards. A member of the Paisley Art Institute and the Glasgow Art Club, his art work is now in many private and public art collections worldwide. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Michael Clark artist studio and like all Red Rag Scottish art and Modern art it can be shipped worldwide.

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Frank Colclough was born in Wick, Caithness and lived in London before settling in Scotland in 1975. He originally worked as a design draughtsman while studying art at Camberwell Art School and has worked as a professional artist since 1981.

All Frank Colclough early contemporary paintings were in watercolour, but over the past few years he has worked in acrylic and oils. The inspiration for Frank Colclough paintings stems from his admiration of the Scottish colourist movement. This is reflected in his paintings which now consist mainly of Marine views of the Scottish West Coast and colourful still life studies.

Today Frank Colclough contemporary paintings appear in many private and public art collections. The RSW, RGI and RSA have also exhibited his contemporary paintings

In addition to Red Rag Scottish Art Gallery Frank Colclough art work has been exhibited at other leading Scottish Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Frank Colclough artist studio and like all Red Rag Scottish art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

Jane Cruickshank was born in 1976. She studied Fine Art at Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen, Scotland, completing her Master of Arts degree in 1999.

She is a talented young Scottish artist and has won numerous awards and scholarships. These include: Cooper and Lybrand Competition 1996; John Kinross Scholarship to Florence in 1997; and the James Torrence Memorial Award from the Royal Glasgow Institute in 1998. Using recognisable subject matter Cruickshank employs an intense realism in her paintings. Subjects have a luminescence and clarity that makes them appear as if they could move off the canvas. Her work is immediately accessible.

Jane Cruickshank's early work concentrated on figures. She says: “I started painting the figure while at Art College, mainly self-portraits or members of the family usually on large canvases with the figure placed off centre to create an image of vulnerability. Pattern and surface is a tool that I use to explore how the dominance of appearance manipulates the identity.” Laterly Jane has also produced still life pieces to great effect and now has a growing reputation for her luminous fine art still life paintings. Her paintings have all the quality and depth associated with her principal medium of oils, successfully combining intense realism with a luminescence and clarity that give them a very contemporary feel. Jane creates perfect balence between the objects and space in her paintings - it appears as if the subject could move off the canvas.

Jane Cruickshank produces fine still life art work with delicately defined paintings. She is fascinated by the everyday objects particularly of times past - candle stuffers, earthware bottles and antique books are common themes in her work. She equally adept at capturing the subtle qualities of ceramic or metallic objects as the light and refection plays across and upon each surface. She has the capacity to get the viewer to see the beauty of the ordinary and to produce art works which are little gems. Her work has the appeal of the old masters but are very much in the contemporary style.

In addition to Red Rag Art Gallery Jane Cruickshank art work has been exhibited at other leading Scottish Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Jane Cruickshank artist studio and like all Red Rag Scottish art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

Mary Davidson was born in Dundee and lived in Australia for a few years as a child. She has been living and working in the Glasgow and Edinburgh areas since 1986. Having drawn and painted most of her life in the early 90's Mary attended Glasgow School of Art on the Continued Learning Programme.

Mary Davidson became a full time professional artist in 1994 and is now established as a successful contemporary artist. Mary's art works are very much in the tradition of the Scottish colourists. She works mostly in oils using brushes, knives, fingers, indeed almost anything to hand, to produce the desired result.

Mary Davidson paints a range of subject matters in an expressive manner with a strong sense of light and colour. She is equally inspired by: the shorelines of the West Scottish Coast; landscapes; interiors and as a keen gardener by still life flower studies.

Mary Davidson describes herself as a restless artist with varied interests. She likes to experiment with different techniques and media. She has a very sure sense of colour and composition. Talking about her art work Mary Davidson says:
"Much of my inspiration comes from flowers and still life objects around the art studio or the land and seascapes on the Scottish West coast. Mull and Iona have been a constant source of inspiration. I love the changing light. Always it is the light that I am striving to portray in my art work – that is what excites me visually and I love the challenge of translating that into paint. It is not about capturing a scene with complete accuracy – my paintings are about responses to the moods and atmospheres generated by landscapes and still life. For me the real excitement builds once the imagination takes over and the paint begins to work for me. I have experimented with different media over the years but now prefer to work in oil."

In 1995 Mary Davidson was elected an artist member of the Paisley Art Institute (PAI) and the following year was accepted into the Glasgow Society of Women Artists (GSWA). Her paintings have been accepted for exhibition at the Royal Glasgow Institute (RGI), the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour (RSW) and the Laing Exhibition. She has exhibited in group art exhibitions throughout the UK, the South of France and New York, and has also had several solo art shows.

Mary Davidson's paintings are in numerous private and public art collections including Vanity Fair in New York, the Duke of Bedford, Grays School of Art, East Dunbartonshire Council and Cala Homes."

In addition to Red Rag Art Gallery Mary Davidson art work has been exhibited at other leading Scottish Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Mary Davidson artist studio and like all Red Rag Modern art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

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James Davis was born in Scotland in 1944. He studied contemporary painting at the Glasgow School of Art between 1963 and 1967. James Davis specialised in drawing and painting under the tutorage of Scottish artists William Armour and David Donaldson.

During the last 30 years James Davis paintings have been exhibited extensively with the Royal Glasgow Institute ( RGI), Royal Scottish Water Colour Society (RSW), Royal Scottish Academy RSA and the Paisley Art Institute ( PAI). James Davis was elected to the RSW in 2003.

James Davis paintings are predominantly landscapes, figurative and portraits. Davis paints in both watercolours and oils.

Davis has been the recipient of many art awards for his contemporary paintings. These include : David Cargill Award; RGI in 2003; Reid Kerr Painting Award and PAI in 2005.

James Davis has established a strong following with leading private and corporate art collectors of contemporary Scottish art. These include: HRH The Duke of Edinburgh; The Royal Collection; Holyrood Palace; King Hussein Family Private collection; Glasgow City Chambers; Merk Finance; Arisaig Holdings; Singapore and Strathclyde Education Authorities. Davis paintings also feature in many private contemporary art collections in Canada, USA, Italy, Holland, France, Switzerland, Australia and Tasmania.

In addition to Red Rag Scottish Art Gallery James Davis art work has been exhibited at other leading Scottish Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the James Davis artist studio and like all Red Rag Scottish art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

Emma Davis was born in Scotland in 1975 and was brought up in a family of artists. Emma Davis studied contemporary art and painting for four years at the Glasgow School of Art and graduated in 1998. As a young artist Emma Davis exhibited at many modern Scottish modern art galleries. This concluded with a sell-out Degree Show of her contemporary paintings.

Emma Davis was the youngest art winner of the Alexander Graham Munro Travel Award, awarded at the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours (RSW) in 1999. The contemporary art award enabled Emma to travel extensively in Italy during 2000. As a result Davis successfully exhibited many contemporary paintings of Italy at the annual RSW exhibition in 2001. She was elected an artist member of the RSW in the same year.

In 2002 Emma Davis was awarded the Sir William Giles art award at the RSW annual exhibition.

Emma Davis says “I have always had a great love for the Scottish landscape as I grew up surrounded by beautiful countryside. My contemporary paintings are often personal. My moods and emotions about particular areas I'm painting, the strength of light and most importantly colour, influence the way that I work each day”

In addition to Red Rag Scottish Art Gallery Emma Davis art work has been exhibited at other leading Scottish Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Emma Davis artist studio and like all Red Rag Scottish art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

James Davis was born in Scotland in 1944. He studied contemporary painting at the Glasgow School of Art between 1963 and 1967. James Davis specialised in drawing and painting under the tutorage of Scottish artists William Armour and David Donaldson.

During the last 30 years James Davis paintings have been exhibited extensively with the Royal Glasgow Institute ( RGI), Royal Scottish Water Colour Society (RSW), Royal Scottish Academy RSA and the Paisley Art Institute ( PAI). James Davis was elected to the RSW in 2003.

James Davis paintings are predominantly landscapes, figurative and portraits. Davis paints in both watercolours and oils.

Davis has been the recipient of many art awards for his contemporary paintings. These include : David Cargill Award; RGI in 2003; Reid Kerr Painting Award and PAI in 2005.

James Davis has established a strong following with leading private and corporate art collectors of contemporary Scottish art. These include: HRH The Duke of Edinburgh; The Royal Collection; Holyrood Palace; King Hussein Family Private collection; Glasgow City Chambers; Merk Finance; Arisaig Holdings; Singapore and Strathclyde Education Authorities. Davis paintings also feature in many private contemporary art collections in Canada, USA, Italy, Holland, France, Switzerland, Australia and Tasmania.

In addition to Red Rag Scottish Art Gallery James Davis art work has been exhibited at other leading Scottish Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the James Davis artist studio and like all Red Rag Scottish art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

Emma Davis was born in Scotland in 1975 and was brought up in a family of artists. Emma Davis studied contemporary art and painting for four years at the Glasgow School of Art and graduated in 1998. As a young artist Emma Davis exhibited at many modern Scottish modern art galleries. This concluded with a sell-out Degree Show of her contemporary paintings.

Emma Davis was the youngest art winner of the Alexander Graham Munro Travel Award, awarded at the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours (RSW) in 1999. The contemporary art award enabled Emma to travel extensively in Italy during 2000. As a result Davis successfully exhibited many contemporary paintings of Italy at the annual RSW exhibition in 2001. She was elected an artist member of the RSW in the same year.

In 2002 Emma Davis was awarded the Sir William Giles art award at the RSW annual exhibition.

Emma Davis says “I have always had a great love for the Scottish landscape as I grew up surrounded by beautiful countryside. My contemporary paintings are often personal. My moods and emotions about particular areas I'm painting, the strength of light and most importantly colour, influence the way that I work each day”

In addition to Red Rag Scottish Art Gallery Emma Davis art work has been exhibited at other leading Scottish Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Emma Davis artist studio and like all Red Rag Scottish art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

James Davis was born in Scotland in 1944. He studied contemporary painting at the Glasgow School of Art between 1963 and 1967. James Davis specialised in drawing and painting under the tutorage of Scottish artists William Armour and David Donaldson.

During the last 30 years James Davis paintings have been exhibited extensively with the Royal Glasgow Institute ( RGI), Royal Scottish Water Colour Society (RSW), Royal Scottish Academy RSA and the Paisley Art Institute ( PAI). James Davis was elected to the RSW in 2003.

James Davis paintings are predominantly landscapes, figurative and portraits. Davis paints in both watercolours and oils.

Davis has been the recipient of many art awards for his contemporary paintings. These include : David Cargill Award; RGI in 2003; Reid Kerr Painting Award and PAI in 2005.

James Davis has established a strong following with leading private and corporate art collectors of contemporary Scottish art. These include: HRH The Duke of Edinburgh; The Royal Collection; Holyrood Palace; King Hussein Family Private collection; Glasgow City Chambers; Merk Finance; Arisaig Holdings; Singapore and Strathclyde Education Authorities. Davis paintings also feature in many private contemporary art collections in Canada, USA, Italy, Holland, France, Switzerland, Australia and Tasmania.

In addition to Red Rag Scottish Art Gallery James Davis art work has been exhibited at other leading Scottish Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the James Davis artist studio and like all Red Rag Scottish art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

Emma Davis was born in Scotland in 1975 and was brought up in a family of artists. Emma Davis studied contemporary art and painting for four years at the Glasgow School of Art and graduated in 1998. As a young artist Emma Davis exhibited at many modern Scottish modern art galleries. This concluded with a sell-out Degree Show of her contemporary paintings.

Emma Davis was the youngest art winner of the Alexander Graham Munro Travel Award, awarded at the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours (RSW) in 1999. The contemporary art award enabled Emma to travel extensively in Italy during 2000. As a result Davis successfully exhibited many contemporary paintings of Italy at the annual RSW exhibition in 2001. She was elected an artist member of the RSW in the same year.

In 2002 Emma Davis was awarded the Sir William Giles art award at the RSW annual exhibition.

Emma Davis says “I have always had a great love for the Scottish landscape as I grew up surrounded by beautiful countryside. My contemporary paintings are often personal. My moods and emotions about particular areas I'm painting, the strength of light and most importantly colour, influence the way that I work each day”

In addition to Red Rag Scottish Art Gallery Emma Davis art work has been exhibited at other leading Scottish Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Emma Davis artist studio and like all Red Rag Scottish art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

Stephanie Dees was born in Northumberland in 1974. Her formal art training took place at Edinburgh College of Art between 1992 and 1998 where Stephanie obtained BA (Hons) in Drawing and Painting and MFA in Painting.

Stephanie Dees paintings of Edinburgh, Devon and Cornish vistas are the result of keen observation and skillful draughtsmanship. Capturing the pale light and uncluttered charm of her subject Stephanie's paintings commmunicate a subtle quietness. Altough people are not featured in her paintings there is a sense that they are never far away.

In 2002 Stephanie Dees won the 'Alexander Graham Munro Travel Award RSW', which is presented annually by the Society for the best painting by an artist under 30 years of age. She has won many other art prizes, including the Andrew Grant Bequest Prize for Drawing ECA in 1997, and the Scottish Education Trust Award in 1998.

George Devlin was born in 1937 and studied at the Glasgow School of Art (GSA) from 1955 to 1960. At the GSA, Devlin was awarded The Robert Hart Post Diploma Bursary and The Haldane Scholarship. He also won the Chalmers Art Prize, The Carnegie Traveling Art Scholarship and The Maclaine Watters Medal (RSA).

After leaving Art School, George Devlin studied and painted in Greece and Italy before crossing the Sahara where he established himself in West Africa. On returning to the UK, George Devlin was invited to teach painting at the GSA school where he taught art between 1962 and 1966.

Devlin was elected a member of The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour (RSW) in 1964. In 1968 Devlin was awarded a major Arts Council Award and established his own painting school, initially in Scotland but later relocated to France.

In 1972 George Devlin was elected the Chairman of the Glasgow League of Artists. In 1989 he was made a member of the Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts and in 1997 elected President of the Glasgow Art Club. This was followed by George being elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts in 1999. In 2004 George Devlin became a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters (ROI) as well as elected as a member of the Royal Society of British Artists (RBA).

In recent times George Devlin has worked extensively in Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, France, Italy, Spain, South Africa as well as Ireland and Scotland.

Between 1969 and 2004 George Devlin has exhibited at no less than 28 selected solo shows of contemporary art in the UK and overseas and many selected Group art shows.

George Devlin's contemporary paintings are held in numerous corporate, public and private art collections These include: the National Portrait Gallery Edinburgh; Cunard; Clydesdale Bank; The London Stock Exchange; United Distillers; The Earl Haigh; Lord Maclay and Sir William Gray.

George Devlin has a significant reputation for his Marine and Landscape paintings. But he is also a distinguished portrait painter and was commissioned in 2000 by the National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh to paint Professor Sir James Black, Nobel Prize winner.

George Devlin is the recipient of numerous art awards. The most recent artist award was in November 2004 when Devlin won the Gold Medal of The Royal Society of Oil Painters.

In addition to Red Rag Scottish Art Gallery George Devlin art work has been exhibited at other leading Scottish Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the George Devlin artist studio and like all Red Rag Scottish art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

Ian Elliot was born in Glasgow in1946. Elliot's talent as a young Scottish artist were evident at an early age. He won gold and bronze medals for art on four successive occasions before attending and graduating from the Glasgow School of Art in 1964.

Like a many of today's successful Scottish contemporary artists, Ian Elliot, left the Glasgow School of Art and took up a career teaching modern art. Elliot eventually became Head of Modern Art at a large Glasgow school. Then after some years Ian decided to focus full time on painting contemporary art.

Since becoming a full time artist in 1997 Ian Elliot has quickly established a reputation as a popular modern Scottish artist. Ian's contemporary paintings are now collected by British and Scottish art enthusiasts and by collectors in Eire, Germany, Spain, Canada and the USA.

In 2003 Ian Elliot's art work appeared in the prestigious International Artist magazine as one of ten finalists in their (global) landscape competition, and more recently in a ten page feature article. Ian's work can also be seen on Tartan2 CV calendars and greetings cards.

Ian Elliot now visits, and gains much inspiration from, the island of Mallorca and from Italy and France, sharply contrasting environments from that of his native shores. Travelling extensively in Spain, Italy and France has developed an endless fascination for Ian with the Mediterranean countryside and the Island of Mallorca. He is known for incorporating the strong colours of the Mediterranean in all his landscapes and seascapes creating a fusion of shimmering colours, distinctive buildings of the land, and abstract expressionistic vistas.

Ian Elliot also travels extensively throughout Scotland. He is fascinated by the visual imagery of the Scottish landscape and produces paintings of movement, colour, rhythm and pattern many of which are inspired by visits to the Scottish farmlands.

In addition to Red Rag Scottish Art Gallery Ian Elliot art work has been exhibited at other leading Scottish Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Ian Elliot artist studio and like all Red Rag Scottish art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

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Scottish Art: Ian Elliot at Red Rag Gallery

Born in 1973, Denise Findlay graduated from the Glasgow School and Education in 1996 with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art. Denise was elected as an artist member of the Glasgow Art Club in 1997.

Denise Findlay has received many art awards including the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Award which she has won three times. She has also won Arnold Clark Award, awarded by The Paisley Art Institute and was runner up to the Aspect Prize also awarded by The Paisley Art Institute.

Focusing on the human form, Denise Findlay describes her art work as “Expressionist, semi-abstract and very colourful”. What is also evident in Denise's portraits her superb ability as a draughtsperson.

Archie Forrest was born in Glasgow in 1950. He studied at the Glasgow School of Art between 1969 and 1973. He then went on to teach Art at a number of Scottish Schools before taking up a position at Glasgow School of Art.

In 1985 Archie Forrest gave up teaching art to pursue a career as a full time artist. He was elected as a member of the Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts in 1988.

Archie Forrest is a perfectionist. This not only reflects in his paintings but also the frames. Part of his practice is to send colour prints of paintings in progress to the framer so that he has something to create hand finishes around. This is unusual but Forrest has an overriding concern with the whole aesthetic and how each painting will finally be presented.

Archie Forrest creates paintings in the tradition of the Scottish Colourists. His paintings are highly sought after and appear in many private and public art collections, including The Duchess of York, Argyll Group Plc, Arthur Andersen, BBC, Glasgow Art Club, Ian Jay Associates, One Devonshire Gardens, Royal College of Physicians, Scottish Amicable, National Portrait Gallery and the Scottish Opera.

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Peter Goodfellow was born in 1950. He studied illustration at the Central School of Art and Design, London.

Peter Goodfellow early career was as a freelance illustrator. He produced art work for many book jacket, advertising and packaging design projects established himself as one of Europe's leading illustrators.

In 1985Peter Goodfellow moved to Scotland. Since then he has become one of the best known painters of Scottish landscapes working in Scotland today. Peter's passion for Scottish landscapes is very evident.

Peter Goodfellow sees himself to be an 'out and out colourist'. Inspired by art movements such as early Italian Renaissance and German Expressionism, Peter Goodfellow's paintings capture the extraordinary beauty and power of the natural world. He often paints the same subject repeatedly to distil colour and form, but Goodfellow's paintings always communicate a strong sense of time, mood and atmosphere.

Joe Hargan was born in Glasgow, 1952. He studied drawing and painting at the Glasgow School of Art from 1970-74 under Danny Ferguson James Robertson and David Donaldson

Joe Hargan has exhibited regularly his contemporary paintings since the early 1970's at: the Royal Glasgow Institute of Art; Royal Society of Watercolors; Royal Scottish Academy of Art; The Paisley Art Institute; Royal Academy, London; Dick Institute, Kilmarnock; British Watercolor Society & National Portrait Gallery

Joe Hargan is a founder member of Group 81 Artists who regularly exhibited at McLellan Galleries, Glasgow. In 1981 Hargan was elected a member of the Glasgow Art Club. Then in 1985 he became a member of the Paisley Art Institute and later that year elected a council member. In 1989 Joe Hargan was nominated and voted Chairman and President of the prestigious Art Institute. Hargan held the post for 11 years.

In 1996 for the quality of his paintings and his service to Scottish art Joe Hargan was awarded the Paisley Art Institute diploma. The Art Institute was founded in 1876 and has built up a substantial art collection of Scottish Art. It promotes contemporary art through its annual exhibition and also organises the notable Scottish Drawing Competition every two years.

The body of Joe Hargan paintings are remarkable for their diversity. But his paintings are immediately recognisable and follow the rich tradition of vibrant, bold colourist Scottish paintings. Contemporary paintings by Joe Hargan of the renowned character 'Sniffy' have featured in many of his paintings and are now collected by art lovers worldwide. Over the years Hargan has been awarded a number of art prizes reflecting and rewarding the quality and breadth of his talent.

Hargan draws inspiration from many sources: Italian renaissance art, Spanish art, American influences such as Rothko and Newman; and of course British artists Francis Bacon, Philipson and David Donaldson

Painting Prizes and Art Awards:

Contemporary Painting Prize, Glasgow School of Art, 1972 First Prize, National Competition - Stirling Smith Art Gallery, 1978 Cargill Art Award, Royal Glasgow Institute, 1982 Torrance Award, Royal Glasgow Institute, 1984 Meyer Oppenheim Award, Royal Scottish Academy of Art, 1986 Hunting Art Group Prizewinner, Mall Galleries, 1988 The Paisley Art Institute Award, 1993 The Contemporary Fine art award, The Paisley Art Institute, 2001 Maude Gemmell Hutchison Prize, Royal Scottish Academy of Art 2002 William Bowie Award, Paisley Art Institute 2002 Joe Hargan paintings feature in numerous private and corporate art collections throughout Europe, USA, Canada, Brazil, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. These include: BBC, Kuwait Royal Family, Flemings Bank and Bloomberg collection

In addition to Red Rag Scottish Art Gallery Joe Hargan art work has been exhibited at other leading Scottish Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Joe Hargan artist studio and like all Red Rag British art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

Scottish Art: Mike Healey

Mike Healey was born in Brazil in 1951. He studied under John Cunningham at Glasgow School of Art, winning the Haldane Travelling Scholarship and the Leverhulme Travelling Scholarship.

In the early 1980s Mike Healey was appointed senior lecturer at Glasgow School of Art and worked there until 1997. He now divides his time between his Scottish art studio, painting trips and teaching at Lincoln University, where he was awarded a personal professorial chair in art and design in 2003

A popular colorist painter of rich still lives, Scottish landscapes, snow scenes and seascapes. Mike paints spontaneous ‘plein-air’ scenes in the Highlands and the Islands. He is a true painter of the Scottish School and has exhibited extensively throughout his career, in his native Scotland and in London, New York, Philadelphia, Maryland, Bermuda and Japan.

Mike Healey contemporary paintings display a rich quality and his use of vivid strong brushstrokes successfully captures Mike’s direct response to the elements he sees. Capturing the changing visual effect of nature on his surroundings is important to him. In Mike Healey’s words, ‘It goes beyond painting – the scents, noises, the wind and sound of the sea. All these influences contribute to the act of painting.’

Mike Healey paintings may be found in several public, corporate and private collections worldwide, including Glasgow School of Art, the European Parliament, the Royal Mail, Woburn Abbey, Argyll and Bute Museum and Libraries, the Scottish Education Department, The Collection, Bermuda, under the patronship of HRH the Prince of Wales. Harvard Business School with the Bank of Scotland, Coutts Bank and Royal Bank of Scotland have all purchased several paintings for their permanent collections.

In addition to Red Rag Art Gallery Mike Healey has exhibited at other leading Scottish Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Mike Healey artist studio and like all Red Rag Scottish art and Modern art it can be shipped worldwide.

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Scottish Art: Mike Healey at Red Rag Gallery

Owen Henderson was born in Dundee in 1971. He studied Illustration and Printmaking at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art , graduating with first class Honours in 1993.

Scottish artist Owen; has worked as an Illustrator, both at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Edinburgh and for the National Museum of Scotland. He has also taught painting in art classes, including photography, to adults with mental health problems.

In 2001 Owen won third prize in the Glaxo Smith Klein, Open Art Competition, and the following year won first prize in the Angus Open Art Competition.

Owen Henderson draws inspiration for his paintings from studying the Scottish Landscapes, and how the weather affects it. Using oil on canvas, Owen strives to portray the effect light has on landscapes and cityscapes at certain times of the day. He is influenced by the paintings of contemporary artists James Morrison, Ben Nicholson, Michael Andrews, Edward Hopper and Howard Hodgkins.

His contemporary paintings feature in many private Scottish art collections and other British Art collections. He was also commissioned to do a series of paintings during a residency in Lillisand, Norway.

Peter Howson was born in London in 1958. He moved to Ayrshire and his adopted Scottish homeland in 1962

Howson attended the Glasgow School of Art studying under James Robertson . Influences on his paintings have included: Picasso and Cubism, Salvador Dali and Surrealism, and the Old Masters Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo.

Peter Howson came to prominence in the 1980s alongside contemporaries such as Adrian Wiszniewski, Ken Currie and Stephen Campbell who were known collectively as the Glasgow Boys - a New Glasgow Boys movement. Many of his paintings derive inspiration from the streets of Glasgow, where he was brought up. He is renowned for his penetrating and vigorous insight into the human condition, and his heroic portrayals of the mighty and meek. He produces dramatic figurative paintings that use line and colour in an expressive and powerful manner. Howson's paintings of Glasgow's down-and-outs and misfits gained him a vast amount of public and media attention and polarised opinions.

In 1993 Howson was appointed by the Imperial War Museum as the Official British War Artist for Bosnia. He recorded the horror of the bloody conflict in the former Yugoslavia. This inevitably challenging and disturbing work provoked controversy when it was subsequently exhibited. After being exhibited in London, the Bosnian collection was shown at the Paris Art Fair in 1997 to great acclaim.

He has exhibited highly publicised works of Queen Elizabeth II and pop figurehead Madonna, as well as powerful biblical images of 'The Stations of the Cross'.

Howson's list of many past exhibitions, awards and scholarships include an Honorary Doctorate, awarded by the Scottish University of Strathclyde, a Henry Moore Foundation Prize and a Royal Mail commission for a Millennium Stamp.

Today Peter Howson paintings are in numerous art collections across the world. His list of collectors include: Madonna and David Bowie.

"Peter Howson's work tends to arrest you in your tracks; it grabs you by the throat and then leaves you feeling quite different to the way you were before. His bodies flow in a horrendous voluptuous twist of flesh, like think-coded branches of trees. They seem almost torn out of the earth itself; it's as if they were heaved from its bowels. He paints in a style that reminds you of Breughel and William Blake, using terrible mythic figures as he puts the modern world into his fables." - Steven Berkoff 2002

Today Peter Howson has established a formidable reputation as one of the leading contemporary figurative painters of his generation

Aliisa Hyslop was born in 1957 of Finnish and Scottish parents. She studied at Portsmouth College of Art, gaining a B.A. Hons in Fine Art in 1981.

Aliisa Hyslop paintings are figurative conveying expressions of joy and melancholy. Aliisa paintings reflect her own experiences and imagination. She describes the paintings as a world somewhere “between reality and imagination”.

Figures in Aliisa Hyslop paintings are always large but Aliisa does not see them as fat. “I draw and paint intuitively, and I like large shapes and curves. I think perhaps it is because these images are about the soul, which is immense and boundless.”

Charles Jamieson was born in 1951. He studied art at the Glasgow School of Art from 1969 to 1974. This was followed by further studies at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth.

Charles Jamieson paintings are very distinctive with his trade mark intelligent use of colour, coupled light and shade. Jamieson paintings are diverse in subject matter. Charles is equally comfortable painting Still Life, Landscape, Marine and Architectural subjects.

Charles Jamieson has been the recipient of a number of art awards. He is the Chairman of the Aspect Prize and also a past President of the Paisley Art Institute.

Charles Jamieson art work is becoming increasingly sought after. And, his paintings are now in many private art collections across the world.

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Robert Kelsey was born in Glasgow in 1949. He attended the Glasgow School of Art studying under leading artists David Donaldson, John Cunningham, Alexander Goudie, James Robertson and Duncan Shanks. Years later Robert Kelsey's paintings still reflect the powerful influence of his art tutors. Other influences on Kelsey's paintings are The Scottish Colourists, Peploe and Cadell and Robert also admires the art work of the English artists Edward Seago and Ken Howard.

After graduating, like many Scottish artists, Robert Kelsey embarked on a career in Art Education. As an art teacher in a sympathetic school environment Kelsey was encouraged to concentrate on his own art projects alongside classroom work. By the time Bob was appointed Principal Teacher in the '80s he had established his own art studio and was able to continue to painting there.

In 1995 Robert Kelsey decided to leave art teaching for a full-time career as an artist. Success soon followed and Kelsey has enjoyed many successful art exhibitions in Britain, Europe and the United States. Robert's contemporary paintings can also be found in several corporate art collections. In 1998 he was awarded a diploma from Paisley Art Institute.

Despite being an enthusiastic traveller, Robert Kelsey has always loved returning to his Scottish roots and the inspiration found in the beauty of the Scottish coastline. Kelsey's' distinctive oils on canvas paintings convey the vast flat beaches, sparkling emerald water and majestic skies in a glowing array of blues, golds and greens. Over the last few years Robert Kelsey has established a reputation for his lively and fluent style of painting. Kelsey often focusses on his favourite subject, the wide, lonely beach landscapes of the Western Isles. Alongside Scottish paintings Kelsey also produces wonderful landscape paintings of Italy, Cornwall and Spain as well as richly coloured still life paintings. The intensity of colour in these continental works and still lifes complement the more subtle tones of the Scottish beaches.

Peter King was born in Glasgow in 1953. He studied art, specialising in drawing and painting, at the Glasgow Art School under the tutelage of David Donaldson RSA and Duncan Shanks RSA. specialising in drawing & painting.

Peter King taught Art and Design in Scottish schools for over 30 years and was Principal Teacher in Lanarkshire for over 20 years. He also holds a senior marker’s position with S.Q.A. In 2010 he retired from teaching to focus on painting professionally.

Peter King has created a distinctive style of paintings from a range of motifs, which he constantly returns to and reinterprets. He is fascinated by the aspects of changing moods of light, weather and seasons. The sources of his ideas are the seasonal effects of nature on the surrounding environment. Colour and the tactile qualities of paint are essential to his painting style; the marks, free paint and the textured shapes become field, wood and sky. Peter finds that the light, colour and weathered landscape of Kintyre, The Clyde Valley and the vast panorama of land and sky dominated by Tinto Hill and the Scottish Borders are a constant source of ideas and inspiration.

In 2010 Peter was awarded the Awards House for an Art Lover by the RGI.

Today Peter King contemporary paintings are held in many art collections. His art work is represented in collections across the UK, Europe and North America and Japan. His art work has also featured in The Sunday Times Magazine (April 2000) in an article on contemporary British Landscape Painting.

In addition to Red Rag British Art Gallery Peter King has exhibited at other leading Scottish Art Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Peter King artist studio and like all Red Rag Scottish art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

Alan King was born in 1946. He studied at the Glasgow School of Art from 1964 until 1968.

After a career teaching art Alan King decided to start painting full time in 1999. Since then King says: “ I have enjoyed the experience of trying to put into practice the work ethic and lessons of teaching art full time. I am interested in the process of painting and am constantly investigating and reading about the materials and the craft of painting.”

Alan King is best known for his paintings which feature the Red Hat and this continues to be a major theme to his contemporary paintings. King's skill in story telling and a love of early Italian Art are the roots of the development of his fine paintings.

Alan King creates images which are visually compelling and which form a bond with the viewer. Many of the images and titles used for Alan's paintings have their source in literature and poetry. Many of his contemporary paintings start with a title which may have been taken from Dante or Sorley Maclean a Scottish poet. This leads to ideas which are developed with life models and a miniature theatre which Alan King builds. The mannequins and backgrounds in King's paintings are positioned and photographed with different lighting effects.

Today Alan King paintings are becoming increasingly sought after. And, his paintings are now in many private art collections across the world.
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John Kingsley was born in Glasgow in 1956. He studied drawing and painting at Glasgow School of Art from 1973-77. His art tutors included James Robertson, David Donaldson and Geoffrey Squire.

In 1979 John Kingsley was elected an artist member of the Glasgow Art Club. From 1980-86 he exhibited in one-man shows at the annual S.N.O. promenade concerts at the Kelvin Hall, Glasgow and in 1986 he was elected a member of Group 81 Artists, who exhibited regularly at the McLellan Galleries, Glasgow.

John Kingsley has established a reputation as a leading Scottish contemporary artist. He was a finalist in the Hunting Art Prizes competition in London in 1989, 1993 and 1998, and was highly commended in the same competition in 1996. In 1991 Kingsley won the William Bowie Landscape Prize and in 1992 the Mary Armour Award the Paisley Art Institute. Since 1987, John has been an artist member of the council of the Paisley Art Institute.

Today Scottish artist John Kingsley has an international reputation with art works in many public and private art collections across Europe, Australia, Canada and the USA. His paintings are found in the art collections of HRH the Duke of Edinburgh, Argyle and Bute District Council and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow.

In addition to Red Rag Modern Art Gallery John Kingsley has exhibited at other leading Modern Art Galleries including the Royal Glasgow Institute, Royal Scottish Academy and the Paisley Institute. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the John Kingsley artist studio and like all Red Rag Scottish art and Modern art it can be shipped worldwide.

Modern Art: John Kingsley at Red Rag Gallery in Bath

Liz Knox graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 1971 where she studied drawing and painting under Sir Robin Philipson and David Michie.

Liz Knox spent years bringing up her sons and lecturing in fine art, with little time to paint, until 2003 when she decided to leave lecturing to paint full time - on the same day Knox was awarded prestigious The Aspect Art Prize. Since then her art work become increasingly sought after and as Jan Patience of The Herald says: “Liz Knox has gone on to become one of Scotland's most collectable contemporary artists”.

Liz Knox is the recipient of numerous art awards including: The Bessie Scott Award at PAI ; The Diploma of the Paisley Art Institute, “PAI” The University of Paisley Award and The Blythswood Square Quaich at GSWA. She is included in The Dictionary of Artists in Britain since 1945 by David Buckman; Who's Who in Art 33rd Edition and Who's Who in Scotland 18th Edition

Liz Knox is an elected artist member of The Glasgow Art Club, Paisley Art Institute, Visual Arts Scotland and The Glasgow Society of Women Artists. Knox is at present, President of Paisley Art Institute and a council member of The Glasgow Art Club.

Taking about her paintings Liz Knox says: “There is a personal reaction to the subject. The still life and outdoor works are my response to the subject on a particular occasion. Other work is more difficult to explain. It's to do with thoughts, random thoughts, daydreams, reminiscences, the scattered disconnected ephemera that skips back and forth in the mind. Sometimes there's a span of years between one end of the connection and the other. While, like the still life/landscape work, there is objectivity, I think the subjective aspect of all the work is primary. Visual imagery attracts me but the sensation from the source is the reason for the painting. Basically, I paint.”

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Simon Laurie was born in Glasgow in 1964. He studied at the Glasgow School of Fine Art between 1982 and 1987.

Simon Laurie has developed a very individual abstract style. His paintings are typically inspired by everyday objects and the ever changing Scottish landscape. Simon's art work have been said to combine the purity and formalism of the St Ives School with the rich tradition of the Scottish colourists. His his paintings are full of colour and enduring interest displaying an elegant sense of space and perspective.

Using bold and vibrant colours Simon Laurie creates paintings which have a reasonance with collage art works. Each painting is created using bright acrylics in a simple form with perfect balance and deeply satisfying compositions. This distinctive style has Simon Laurie a number of prestigious art awards from the Scottish societies including: ‘Teachers’ Whisky Travel Award RGI; the Alexander Graham Munro Award RSW; and the John Cunningham Award at RGI Annual Exhibition. His art work is also held by well-known collections including the Contemporary Arts Society, London and the Aberdeen Art Gallery.

In 1991 Simon Laurie was elected a Member of the Royal Scottish Watercolourists (RSW). And in 2000 he was elected a member of the Royal Glasgow Institute (RGI).

In addition to Red Rag Scottish Art Gallery Simon Laurie art work has been exhibited at other leading Scottish Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Simon Laurie artist studio and like all Red Rag Scottish art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

Ian Ledward was born in 1946. He studied Three Dimensional Design at Leeds College of Art and has taught at Jacob Kramer and Edinburgh Colleges of Art.

Ian is a member of the Society of Scottish Artists. Inspiration for his art work comes from both the natural and man made environment with a distinctive emphasis on the structure, pattern and poetry of light, colour and shape.

Ian Ledward's art work is a combination of multi-media images, line drawings, mono-prints and collage and is produced with a range of techniques including photography, printing, acrylic painting and digital creation. It is both affordable and unique art work which frequently follows and develops themes.

Each distinctive piece from Ian Ledward is a unique creation that offers a slightly different comment on the subject. Ian's art work is the result of a distinct graphic printing process. He takes photographs with a digital camera. The photographic image is then transferred onto a computer and Ian changes elements of the photograph to create an original piece of artwork. He then prints a copy and adds paint effects in acrylic, pen or pencil to achieve the final piece.

A recent media review of the annual Pittenweem Arts Festival commented: "If there was a top seller award at Pittenweem it would almost certainly go to multimedia artist Ian Ledward – his striking works, part painting, part digitally manipulated photograph, were besieged by red dots after just 24 hours on show.”

Ian Ledward's art work is now in many private and public art collections worldwide.

In addition to Red Rag Modern Art Gallery Ian Ledward has exhibited at a number of other Modern Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Ian Ledward artist studio and like all Red Rag Scottish art and Modern art it can be shipped worldwide.

Modern Art: Ian Ledward at Red Rag Gallery

Jock MacInnes was born in 1943. He studied at the Glasgow School of Art where he graduated in 1966.

Like many Artists Jock MacInnes spent his early career teaching Art - in his case at the Glasgow School of Art. Throughout his time teaching Jock continued with his own painting regularly exhibiting and winning art Awards and Scholarships. These included: the Paisley Art Institute, Drawing competition; the Cargill Award, Royal Glasgow Institute; and the Colquhoun Memorial Painting Competition.

Demand for Jock MacInnes paintings increased to such an extent that he left Glasgow Art School to concentrate on full time painting in 1999. Prior to this MacInnes had been elected as a member of the prestigious RGI in 1988 and joined the Council of the RGI in 1995.

Although Jock MacInnes paintings are influenced by the Scottish Colourist artists, he describes himself as a 'Modernist' at heart. And so he draws upon inspiration from English artists such as Nicholson, Scott and Wallis together with European artists Matisse, Braque and Morandi.

MacInnes has a recurring fascination with marine painting. But he also produces stunning landscape and still life paintings, which have the same simplicity. Above all MacInnes paintings have a quietness to them. Unusually he prepares all his own painting grounds, a type of gesso on board.Then with great skill MacInnes not only draws and paints on to the surface, he also abrades and scrapes into the canvas. In doing so MacInnes creates a strong feeling of atmosphere and mood.

Collectors of Jock MacInnes paintings include: The Dick Institute, Kilmarnock; Paisley Art Institute; Nationwide Building Society; Royal Bank of Scotland; and Glasgow and Strathclyde Universities.

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In addition to Red Rag Scottish Art Gallery Jock MacInnes art work has been exhibited at other leading Scottish Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Jock MacInnes artist studio and like all Red Rag Scottish art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

Charles MacQueen was born in Glasgow in 1940. He was educated at St Aloysius College and then attended the Glasgow School of Art.

After graduating from Glasgow School of Art in 1965, Charles MacQueen pursued a successful career in Art Education. Throughout his teaching years Charles continued to paint and exhibited widely. Eventually in 1990 Charles retired to concentrate full time as a professional artist.

Charles MacQueen has won many art awards over a long and distinguished career. This includes: the Council Award of the RSW ; the Torrance Award and the Teacher's Whisky Travel Award, both at the Royal Glasgow Institute. He was also elected a member of the Royal Glasgow Institute in 1983 and the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour in 1984.

Charles MacQueen paintings can be extremely textured. He uses textured levels of paint and gesso to create the feeling, sensation or experience of specific places. Charles says of his paintings "The forms I use are forms remembered or dreamt about. The stark visual contrasts of moving between strong blinding sunlight and dark bazaars full of rich reds, golds and turquoise inhabit my paintings. This is like being put down to sleep in a darkened room with strong sumlight streaming through the shutters. This is not representation but an evocation".

Scottish Contemporary Artist David Martin was born in 1922. He studied modern art at Glasgow School of Art from 1940-42. After a period of time in the RAF David Martin went to Jordanhill- a Scottish teachers training college.

Throughout a career in teaching David Martin regularly exhibited his contemporary paintings at the major Modern Scottish Art Galleries. A move from teaching art in the early 1980's has allowed David to concentrate full time on contemporary painting.

Since then David Martin has been the recipient of many prestigious modern art awards including the Robert Colquhoun Memorial Prize, the May Marshall Brown art award and The Mabel Mackinley Art Award. He was elected a Member of Scottish Artists in 1991 and an Honorary Member of Society of Scottish Artists in 1993.

David Martin is particularly known for his contemporary paintings of Scottish landscapes and still life work. He paints in watercolour but mostly in oils.

In his landscape paintings David Martin extracts rhythmic lines and lactated shapes from what is seen. These are sometimes echoed in other parts of the painting. The interpretation is not, therefore, totally visual - the painting becomes an equivalent to what is seen and takes on its own reality as it progresses. It is a process of development tied up with the act of painting - an exploration of shapes and movement.

David Martin paintings are held in many public and private art collections including The Scottish Arts Council, the City of Edinburgh Art Collection, Robert Fleming and Company and the Dick Institute, Kilmarnock

In addition to Red Rag Scottish Art Gallery David Martin art work has been exhibited at other leading Scottish Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the David Martin artist studio and like all Red Rag British art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

Archie Dunbar McIntosh was born in Glasgow in 1936. His Father generated Archie's interest in art through visits to the Kelvingrove art gallery, whilst family holidays on paddlesteamers “doon the watter” gave McIntosh his life-long passion for the waters, banks and 'flyers' of the Clyde. He studied at the Glasgow School of Art from 1953 to 1957.

For a number of years McIntosh taught art becoming President of Glasgow School of Art in 1968. He has been appointed to the RSW and RGI art societies. Prizes awarded for his paintings include: Guthrie Award, Royal Scottish Academy (RSA); Latimer Award, Royal Scottish Academy (RSA); Royal Bank of Scotland Award, Royal Glasgow Institute (RGI); May Marshall Brown Award, Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour (RSW).

McIntosh's paintings reflect his enduring love of the Scottish Isles. Archie says: “Since childhood, I have lived in close proximity to sea, loch, river and mountain. As a painter I have the desire to investigate the form, colour, texture and mood of each, and respond through drawing and painting. I feel it is part of my cultural heritage to interpret and translate the many influences in my life and soul. Within the 'larger vision' there exists many smaller component parts, which can combine to wear the whole. For example, a small harbour can present graphic images of fishermen ropes, reels, boxes, boats, birds - each with the potential for interpretation changing light, changing mood, changing seasons, changing vision.”

Archie Dunbar McIntosh paintings have regularly featured in exhibitions worldwide. They are also in the public art collections of: The Scottish Arts Council; Glasgow Museum & Art Gallery; Edinburgh City Council; and Argyle Education Authority. Archie's paintings are also held in many corporate and private art collections.

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Sophie McKay-Knight was born in Edinburgh in 1973. She graduated from Edinburgh College of Art and University in 1997, with an MA (Hons) in Fine Art

Sophie McKay-Knight paintings and drawings are mainly a result of observing and recording the every day people around her. She also draws on images from history, theatre and early film stills.

Sophie's art work is based on the representation of the figure and pays particular attention to the spaces that surround people. She is interested in depicting relationships, as well as aloneness or solitude, and aims to capture the changing dynamics in a relationship when one person is added or taken away. McKay-Knight paintings are about recording the energy or aura that surrounds a person, and how that can alter, with or without company.

Sophie McKay-Knight works in a variety of media and places a strong emphasis on drawing techniques. The resultant paintings have brought her a number of art awards. This includes the Scottish arts Club Award presented at the Visual Arts Scotland exhibition at The Royal Scottish Academy in 2005.

Graham McKean was born in 1962 in Irvine, Ayrshire. His paintings have been described by the art critic W. Gordon Smith as a cross between the painters John Byrne and Stanley Spencer, with an interesting 'bite'. Success for McKean is being able to produce a painting which can communicate intimately with the viewer. In this way, his bold figurative paintings never fail to attract attention.

Graham McKean says: ”The more I observe and experience life in today's world, the stronger my desire becomes to produce paintings that are emotive, containing humour, sentiment and love. As I see my children growing, I am further convinced of the importance for me to create images of humanity and morality. This new body of paintings represents themes in life such as work, play, romance and hope. If I can communicate these on an intimate level with the viewer and maybe leave a smile on their faces, I will have achieved my ambition.”

The human figure is the main inspiration for Graham's paintings. He believes in artistic independence and originality while maintaining a strong attachment to the craft of painting. His subject matter is a mixture of natural observation and experience - he merges imagination with reality.

To Graham the figure is usually the main aspect in any one painting, surrounded by their own particular narrative. He rarely uses models because he feels the 'goal' of creating a painting goes beyond the physical image of a model and is strongly influenced by thought and imagination. McKean is constantly exploring what can be achieved. His paintings have been described as humorous, but he treats every painting with the utmost seriousness and sincerity.

McKean says: “My method of working is firstly to produce a small drawing of an initial idea and then to 'grid' the image. This enables me to 'scale up' to the chosen canvas size, therefore keeping the final oil painting as close as possible to the original idea. This method was also used by the late Sir Stanley Spencer whom I much admire. Other artists that inspire me are too numerous to mention, but I am always drawn to painters who leave me 'uplifted' and hopeful and would be happy if these attributes were given to my work.”

Graham McKean admires many of the surrealist painters who opened the door to paintings of mortality and morality. For him, the powerhouse of his creativity is fuelled by his fertile imagination, which often borders on the surreal.

Graham McKean has exhibited widely across the U.K. with great success his paintings can be found in numerous private and public collections. He was recently commissioned by the Scottish Opera to produce five large oil paintings for the Theatre Royal in Glasgow.

Lesley McLaren was born in Glasgow in 1959. She attended Exeter College of Art achieving a BA(hons) in painting.

Inspiration for Lesley McLaren contemporary paintings comes from the Scottish countryside. Whilst travelling Lesley collects images in her sketch book and on camera. Back in the studio she seeks to recreate the essence and drama of beautiful Scottish countryside. The result is superb paintings reflecting memories and feelings, where Lesley has often allowed the more dramatic elements of a scene to develop through the language of paint. The finished painting is a little like the end of a little journey. She describes every painting as "the creation of an exciting new world - one which journeys on from reality"

Scottish art: Lesley McLaren at Red Rag Gallery

Louis McNally was born in 1963 in Inverkip, Scotland. He attended Gray's School of Art between 1986 and 1990 graduating with a BA- Hons.

Louis McNally has a very distinctive and recognisable style of oil painting. He painstakingly develops his paintings over many weeks of using drawings, photos and memory. The result is often an emotive and atmospheric land or city scape with long, low horizons usually inspired by Edinburgh and the East Coast areas. These contemporary paintings have unique haunting qualities which are unusual for paintings of such undoubted fine detailing and observation.

With his landscape paintings Louis McNally takes a particular view and stylises it to meet his own impressions. Well known vistas are thus transformed into something which the art viewer beholds and warms to. In doing so he often creates paintings which can have the look of those painted by Victorian Artists but which are undoubtedly contemporary in presentation. McNally certainly produces paintings of contrast.

Buildings in Louis McNally paintings have a solidity and a three dimensional quality to them giving the impression of a living being. In all McNally's paintings light pays a fundamental role as does the consequential shadow.

Louis McNally paintings are being increasingly collected by art enthusiasts and are now found in many private and public art collections including; Standard Life, Homes and Gardens Magazines and Institute of American Museums Washington.

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In addition to Red Rag Scottish Art Gallery Louis McNally art work has been exhibited at other leading Scottish Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Louis McNally artist studio and like all Red Rag Scottish art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

Ian McWhinnie was born in 1952 in Glasgow.

As a young artist Ian studied Drawing and Painting at the Glasgow School of Art between 1970-1974. After studying painting at art school McWhinnie became an art teacher specialising in ceramics. With demand for his work increasing Ian set up his own art studio workshop in 2002 producing hand-painted and wheel thrown ceramic pieces.

McWhinnie created very striking and distinctive designs which worked equally well as ceramics or paintings. Eventually demand for paintings was so strong that he decided to focus all his energy on the brush.

Ian McWhinnie has now developed a very personal and recognizable painting style. His subject matter is diverse. Recent paintings have featured the sea, childhood memories, Italy, musicians, dancers and the circus which is a recurring theme. McWhinnie paintings depict Figures of strong character closely assembled and cropped tightly within each painting

Ian McWhinnie contemporary paintings are oil on gesso board. And his paintings typically display the fine detailing so necessary in ceramic art.

McWhinnie has been exhibiting and selling his contemporary paintings for a relatively short period of time. But he has already built up a strong Scottish following where his paintings are eagerly sought after and have received very favourable acclaim. In 2006 McWhinnie was a prize winner at Paisley Art Institute Open Exhibition.

In addition to Red Rag Scottish Art Gallery Ian McWhinnie has exhibited at other leading British Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Ian McWhinnie artist studio and like all Red Rag Scottish art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

Gordon Mitchell was born in 1952. He studied art at Edinburgh College of Art from 1970 – 1974 and subsequently pursued a career in teaching art. In 1989 Gordon Mitchell decided to become a full time professional artist and left teaching.

Gordon Mitchell is a prolific painter. Although often describe as a surrealist artist, Gordon describes himself as an 'abstract expressionist'. Inspiration for his paintings can be a group of words, a topical news story, but more usually it's a visual pun that his pictures develop out of. His modern art works are certainly thought-provoking and visually striking.

Gordon Mitchell has been described as one of the finest Scottish draughtsman and imaginative painters of his generation. His paintings display a balance and tonal harmony of a fine Scottish colourist. Mitchell's paintings are beautifully executed and can be amusing at times, at others ironic. Some say it is dark, but this is not always the case. The paintings range over many subjects from fruit and ceramic vessels to the human form represented as all manner of objects. Gordon is certainly the master of unexpected juxtaposition and constantly delights his many art collectors and admirers with his technical brilliance and offbeat sense of humour. Mitchell uses humour, pathos and irony in his paintings to interpret his thoughts and make them palatable to a world that might sometimes rather not be reminded of the problems it faces, collectively or individually.

Gordon Mitchell is a driven individual and prolific painter. He likes an intensive, regular, daily eight hours in his studio. Sculpture, for which he also won prizes at College, continues its appeal; but for Mitchell, it involves a process that takes too long whereas to him, painting is an immediate form of expression - often he will not know what he will put on his canvas until he takes up his brush.

Gordon Mitchell is an elected Member of the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolour (1997), the Royal Glasgow Institute (1998) and the Royal Scottish Academy (2005).His modernart work has won numerous awards and his paintings are represented in a number of important public and private art collections including Kansas City Art Institute, Paisley Art Institute, Ralli Museums, Royal Bank of Scotland, Scottish Arts Council, and the University of Edinburgh.

In addition to Red Rag Art Gallery Gordon Mitchell art work has been exhibited at other leading Scottish Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Gordon Mitchell artist studio and like all Red Rag Modern art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide. Gordon Mitchell Limited Edition Prints are also available from Red Rag Gallery.

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Modern Art: Gordon Mitchell RSA RSW RGI at Red Rag Gallery

John Lowrie Morrison – or JoLoMo as he signs his paintings was born in 1948. He studied 'Drawing and Painting' and Post-Graduate Studies at the Glasgow School of Art. Morrison gained a Dip.Ed. Prim/ Sec in 1973. John then pursued a career in Education teaching art at Scottish schools.

In 1994 John Morrison became Art Advisor for the Strathclyde region and Art Advisor for Glasgow School of Art Education. In 1997 Morrison began to paint full-time.

Morrison's contemporary paintings are now in many private and corporate collections throughout the world. And the JoLoMo name has become very collectable by the art world.

Born Edinburgh 1953. Studied at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art , Dundee 1970-1974. Awarded postgraduate year 1975, and achieved a highly commended post diploma – the highest award possible at that time. Also awarded Farquhar Reid Travelling Scholarship 1975, which was spent in Paris and Florence.

Selected to study at Hospitalfield House, Arbroath during the summer of 1973, under the renowned pop artist Peter Blake.

Set up a design studio after college, whilst continuing to make time to paint and exhibit. In 1997, Jack decided to paint full time and now works from his studios at home in Fife, Scotland and on the Cote d'Azur in the south of France.

Jack chooses to paint several distinct types of work. He says “I get bored easily, so the idea of painting only one type of subject, in one particular style, doesn't keep me interested creatively. I need to be more flexible, and move from one discipline to the next whenever I choose.”

George Muir grew up in Wanlockhead, a small village in the Lowther Hills of Dumfries and Galloway in the south west of Scotland. She studied for a degree in Interior Design at Edinburgh College of Art and then went on to train as an art therapist.

Taking inspiration from her home and the Scottish coastline George Muir produces paintings full of life and carefully observed, or remembered detail. George Muir's early childhood in Wanlockhead had a lasting influence on her and has provided a huge source of inspiration for her modern art. George describes some of her memories:

'I remember there being a very strong sense of community there, small as it was. Due to its location it was at times very exposed to and at the mercy of wild winters and there were power cuts and times of isolation, when the roads were closed, to me this meant many things including adventure and isolation...and a particular importance, investment and identity surrounding the home....I can remember the magic and wonder of playing at my Gran's house.....climbing up the ladder to the attic, playing with her numerous boxes of trinkets that she loved to hoard....these memories are very special to me'.

In addition to Red Rag Scottish Art Gallery George Muir has exhibited at other leading Scottish Art Galleries Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the George Muir artist studio and like all Red Rag Scottish art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

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Modern Art: George Muir at Red Rag Gallery

Ryan Mutter has built up a formidable reputation as a powerful contemporary painter of Industrial scenes. His bold realism combined with sometimes expressionistic brushwork, transports you into a world of arresting detail and mechanised splendour.

Born in 1978, he studied at the Glasgow School of Art, where he graduated in 2001. Like many great artists he began by teaching, but quickly found the demand for his work had grown to such an extent that he decided to paint full time in 2005. He has now won several distinguished awards, including three consecutive years at the RGI Royal Glasgow Institute, and his work can be found in collections around the world, including Geneva, Zurich, Vancouver, Belgium, Tasmania, Boston, and Utrecht.

His inspiration comes from Britain’s industrial heritage, and Glasgow’s predominant role as the ship building capital of the world. At the time of the First World War shipbuilding provided work for 70,000 men in more than 50 yards spread along 11 miles of quayside. But today the Clyde sits empty, a shadow of its former self, with executive flats and empty waste ground dominating the landscape. The Advances in technology and design methods superseded the old, making once important skills and craftsmanship redundant. This is what drives Ryan as he looks to capture and remind people of how important this work force was in the development of the modern world.

In addition to Red Rag Scottish Art Gallery Ryan Mutter art work has been exhibited at other leading Scottish Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Ryan Mutter artist studio and like all Red Rag Scottish art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

John Nelson was born in Scotland. He studied contemporary art at Edinburgh College of Art from 1962 to 1967.

During his time at Art College John Nelson was awarded a number of contemporary painting and drawing prizes including the Andrew Grant Scholarship. On completion of his studies, a Post Graduate Traveling Art Scholarship took John Nelson to France, Holland and Belgium, creating opportunities to exhibit paintings in these countries.

From 1971 to 1996 John Nelson was an art lecturer at Stevenson College, Edinburgh. Nelson has variously been a member of The Glasgow League of Artists and chairman between 1975 and 1976. John was also appointed chairman of the Livingston Art Foundation and the Craigmillar Festival Society.

John Nelson describes his paintings as bright colourful abstracts with figurative elements rooted in traditional genres, still life, portrait and landscape. Nelson says, “ I have no special 'build- up' system. I may do a lot of sketches before reflecting in the studio, but I work directly onto the canvas, with no preparatory drawing on it. Something emerges, which I follow and shape…. I don't think, I paint”

Nelson has had several art commissions. John has also appeared in two films, “We're All Big Boys Now and “3 Artists”.

In addition to Red Rag Scottish Art Gallery John Nelson art work has been exhibited at other leading Scottish Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the John Nelson artist studio and like all Red Rag Scottish art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

Ann Oram was born in London in 1956. She studied art from 1976-82 at Edinburgh College of Art. During her time at art college Ann won a number of awards including: Carnegie Travelling Scholarship in 1980; Andrew Grant Award and the Largo award in 1981. After graduating she spent time teaching at the Edinburgh College of Art painting school and her career has included several lectureships in art schools

In 1986 Ann Oram was elected a member of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour (RSW). Her paintings are now in numerous art collections including: Bank of Scotland; Credit Lyonnais; Edinburgh University; Standard Life and Heriott-Watt University

Like so many present day Scottish artists Ann Oram has been influenced by paintings from the Scottish Colourists. As an art student she marvelled at the Cadell portraits and the Peploe Still Life and Iona landscapes. The art works of Hunter and Fergusson with their bold expressive Still life paintings were also a recurring attraction.

Ann Oram continues the rich tradition of Scottish colourists. The work reflects her travels, and includes Still Life, Architecture, Landscape and Flowers. Working in mixed media, oil and watercolour, Ann's art work is colourful, with great swathes of colour, ranging from the transparent to the textured. Her paintings have a real vibrancy and there is an obvious love for the Scottish landscape and plant life. She skillfully captures the ever changing colours of the natural world and the on-going evolution of plants in their native habitat.

Although Ann Oram produces paintings of Still Life and Mediterranean views much of Ann Oram's current paintings feature the fields and plants around her home in Scotland. She often finds inspiration from the Cow Parsley and other assorted wild flowers and seed heads that are at the edges of the fields just minutes from her art studio.

In addition to Red Rag Art Gallery Ann Oram art work has been exhibited at other leading Scottish Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Ann Oram artist studio and like all Red Rag Modern art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

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Modern Art: Ann Oram at Red Rag Gallery

James Orr was born in Glasgow. He studied part-time at Glasgow School of Art under tutors John Boyd RGI and William Crosbie. However, his initial career was spent in business and it was not until 1985 that he began to paint full time.

Since then James Orr has developed a very distinctive style. He paints in acrylics creating landscapes often with vibrant colours. His paintings are always bold and full of light and colour. James Orr is particularly attracted to the changing light found around coastlines and seascapes. Much of his art work is inspired by the variety of colour found especially along the Scottish coastline.

James Orr paintings are joyful and uplifting. His work is a celebration of the simple pleasures in life. His use of colour and bright scenes are full of activity and his style reflects the golden period of Scottish art, so it is unsurprising that he has been influenced by the Scottish Colourists Peploe and Cadell and the 'Glasgow Boys'. Another influence on Orr's art work has been the paintings by English artist Edward Seago.

In addition to Red Rag Art Gallery James Orr modern art work has been exhibited at other leading Scottish Art Galleries including: the Royal Scottish Academy, the Royal Glasgow Institute, The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours and the Paisley Art Institute. He art work has also been exhibited internationally in New York, Hong Kong and Brussels. His paintings are held in the collections of HRH Duke of Edinburgh, Lord and Lady MacFarlane, Touche Ross Ltd along with Kyle and Carrick Council. He received the Royal College of Physicians Award at the RGI in 1997.

Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the James Orr artist studio and like all Red Rag Modern art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

Modern Scottish Art: James Orr at Red Rag Gallery

Jacqueline Orr was born in 1961 and studied at Glasgow School of Art under artists John Cunningham, Jack Knox, Barbara Rae and James Robertson

Jacqueline Orr has two distinct types of contemporary paintings. Firstly small finely executed paintings using acrylics and gouaches. Secondly Jacqueline paints large scale canvases that hint at abstraction.

Jacqueline Orr is the recipient of numerous art awards including: Alexander Graham Munro 2008 Award, Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour; Armour Art Award, Royal Glasgow Institute Of The Fine Arts and Armour Prize, Glasgow School of Art

James Orr was born in Glasgow. He studied part-time at Glasgow School of Art under tutors John Boyd RGI and William Crosbie. However, his initial career was spent in business and it was not until 1985 that he began to paint full time.

Since then James Orr has developed a very distinctive style. He paints in acrylics creating landscapes often with vibrant colours. His paintings are always bold and full of light and colour. James Orr is particularly attracted to the changing light found around coastlines and seascapes. Much of his art work is inspired by the variety of colour found especially along the Scottish coastline.

James Orr paintings are joyful and uplifting. His work is a celebration of the simple pleasures in life. His use of colour and bright scenes are full of activity and his style reflects the golden period of Scottish art, so it is unsurprising that he has been influenced by the Scottish Colourists Peploe and Cadell and the 'Glasgow Boys'. Another influence on Orr's art work has been the paintings by English artist Edward Seago.

In addition to Red Rag Art Gallery James Orr modern art work has been exhibited at other leading Scottish Art Galleries including: the Royal Scottish Academy, the Royal Glasgow Institute, The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours and the Paisley Art Institute. He art work has also been exhibited internationally in New York, Hong Kong and Brussels. His paintings are held in the collections of HRH Duke of Edinburgh, Lord and Lady MacFarlane, Touche Ross Ltd along with Kyle and Carrick Council. He received the Royal College of Physicians Award at the RGI in 1997.

Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the James Orr artist studio and like all Red Rag Modern art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

Modern Scottish Art: James Orr at Red Rag Gallery

Jacqueline Orr was born in 1961 and studied at Glasgow School of Art under artists John Cunningham, Jack Knox, Barbara Rae and James Robertson

Jacqueline Orr has two distinct types of contemporary paintings. Firstly small finely executed paintings using acrylics and gouaches. Secondly Jacqueline paints large scale canvases that hint at abstraction.

Jacqueline Orr is the recipient of numerous art awards including: Alexander Graham Munro 2008 Award, Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour; Armour Art Award, Royal Glasgow Institute Of The Fine Arts and Armour Prize, Glasgow School of Art

James Orr was born in Glasgow. He studied part-time at Glasgow School of Art under tutors John Boyd RGI and William Crosbie. However, his initial career was spent in business and it was not until 1985 that he began to paint full time.

Since then James Orr has developed a very distinctive style. He paints in acrylics creating landscapes often with vibrant colours. His paintings are always bold and full of light and colour. James Orr is particularly attracted to the changing light found around coastlines and seascapes. Much of his art work is inspired by the variety of colour found especially along the Scottish coastline.

James Orr paintings are joyful and uplifting. His work is a celebration of the simple pleasures in life. His use of colour and bright scenes are full of activity and his style reflects the golden period of Scottish art, so it is unsurprising that he has been influenced by the Scottish Colourists Peploe and Cadell and the 'Glasgow Boys'. Another influence on Orr's art work has been the paintings by English artist Edward Seago.

In addition to Red Rag Art Gallery James Orr modern art work has been exhibited at other leading Scottish Art Galleries including: the Royal Scottish Academy, the Royal Glasgow Institute, The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours and the Paisley Art Institute. He art work has also been exhibited internationally in New York, Hong Kong and Brussels. His paintings are held in the collections of HRH Duke of Edinburgh, Lord and Lady MacFarlane, Touche Ross Ltd along with Kyle and Carrick Council. He received the Royal College of Physicians Award at the RGI in 1997.

Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the James Orr artist studio and like all Red Rag Modern art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

Modern Scottish Art: James Orr at Red Rag Gallery

Jacqueline Orr was born in 1961 and studied at Glasgow School of Art under artists John Cunningham, Jack Knox, Barbara Rae and James Robertson

Jacqueline Orr has two distinct types of contemporary paintings. Firstly small finely executed paintings using acrylics and gouaches. Secondly Jacqueline paints large scale canvases that hint at abstraction.

Jacqueline Orr is the recipient of numerous art awards including: Alexander Graham Munro 2008 Award, Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour; Armour Art Award, Royal Glasgow Institute Of The Fine Arts and Armour Prize, Glasgow School of Art

James Orr was born in Glasgow. He studied part-time at Glasgow School of Art under tutors John Boyd RGI and William Crosbie. However, his initial career was spent in business and it was not until 1985 that he began to paint full time.

Since then James Orr has developed a very distinctive style. He paints in acrylics creating landscapes often with vibrant colours. His paintings are always bold and full of light and colour. James Orr is particularly attracted to the changing light found around coastlines and seascapes. Much of his art work is inspired by the variety of colour found especially along the Scottish coastline.

James Orr paintings are joyful and uplifting. His work is a celebration of the simple pleasures in life. His use of colour and bright scenes are full of activity and his style reflects the golden period of Scottish art, so it is unsurprising that he has been influenced by the Scottish Colourists Peploe and Cadell and the 'Glasgow Boys'. Another influence on Orr's art work has been the paintings by English artist Edward Seago.

In addition to Red Rag Art Gallery James Orr modern art work has been exhibited at other leading Scottish Art Galleries including: the Royal Scottish Academy, the Royal Glasgow Institute, The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours and the Paisley Art Institute. He art work has also been exhibited internationally in New York, Hong Kong and Brussels. His paintings are held in the collections of HRH Duke of Edinburgh, Lord and Lady MacFarlane, Touche Ross Ltd along with Kyle and Carrick Council. He received the Royal College of Physicians Award at the RGI in 1997.

Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the James Orr artist studio and like all Red Rag Modern art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

Modern Scottish Art: James Orr at Red Rag Gallery

Jacqueline Orr was born in 1961 and studied at Glasgow School of Art under artists John Cunningham, Jack Knox, Barbara Rae and James Robertson

Jacqueline Orr has two distinct types of contemporary paintings. Firstly small finely executed paintings using acrylics and gouaches. Secondly Jacqueline paints large scale canvases that hint at abstraction.

Jacqueline Orr is the recipient of numerous art awards including: Alexander Graham Munro 2008 Award, Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour; Armour Art Award, Royal Glasgow Institute Of The Fine Arts and Armour Prize, Glasgow School of Art

James Orr was born in Glasgow. He studied part-time at Glasgow School of Art under tutors John Boyd RGI and William Crosbie. However, his initial career was spent in business and it was not until 1985 that he began to paint full time.

Since then James Orr has developed a very distinctive style. He paints in acrylics creating landscapes often with vibrant colours. His paintings are always bold and full of light and colour. James Orr is particularly attracted to the changing light found around coastlines and seascapes. Much of his art work is inspired by the variety of colour found especially along the Scottish coastline.

James Orr paintings are joyful and uplifting. His work is a celebration of the simple pleasures in life. His use of colour and bright scenes are full of activity and his style reflects the golden period of Scottish art, so it is unsurprising that he has been influenced by the Scottish Colourists Peploe and Cadell and the 'Glasgow Boys'. Another influence on Orr's art work has been the paintings by English artist Edward Seago.

In addition to Red Rag Art Gallery James Orr modern art work has been exhibited at other leading Scottish Art Galleries including: the Royal Scottish Academy, the Royal Glasgow Institute, The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours and the Paisley Art Institute. He art work has also been exhibited internationally in New York, Hong Kong and Brussels. His paintings are held in the collections of HRH Duke of Edinburgh, Lord and Lady MacFarlane, Touche Ross Ltd along with Kyle and Carrick Council. He received the Royal College of Physicians Award at the RGI in 1997.

Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the James Orr artist studio and like all Red Rag Modern art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

Modern Scottish Art: James Orr at Red Rag Gallery

Deborah Phillips was born in Dundee in 1965. She graduated with BA Arts (Hons) from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in 1987. She is now one of the most promising young Scottish artists.

Deborah Phillips started her art career as a designer with the National Trust for Scotland. A similar role followed as Deborah undertook work with Historic Scotland. Deborah Phillips also worked with an international art and craft company professionally demonstrating art and craft materials from 1996 to 1998.

Today much of Deborah Phillips contemporary painting is undertaken from commissions. Corporate organisations such as Standard Life, Bank of Scotland, Marks and Spencer together with well know personalities feature as collectors of her increasingly popular painting.

As a contemporary Scottish artist Deborah Phillips makes use of strong and bold colour. Her paintings are rooted in the rich, evocative Scottish Landscape. And in recent paintings Deborah has concentrated on using Acrylics which give added vitality and movement to her paintings.

A critic once wrote "Deborah Phillips is one of those gifted artists who can paint a scene which we are all familiar, yet have never seen as she sees it." Deborah describes her paintings as "jaunty Scottish landscape!". They are certainly immediately identifiable and uplifting.

Several magazine articles have featured Deborah Phillips paintings including Artists and Illustrators and International Artist Magazine. She has also been the Cover Artist for Picture Business Magazine. And images of Deborah's contemporary paintings are now available as greetings cards from Paperlink within their L'arte range. When she is not painting Deborah Phillips is also a convener at the Dundee Art Society.

In addition to Red Rag Scottish Art Gallery Deborah Phillips art work has been exhibited at other leading Scottish Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Deborah Phillips artist studio and like all Red Rag Scottish art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

Donald Provan was born in Scotland in 1964. He is a graduate and postgraduate of Edinburgh College of Art and graduated with a BA (Hons) degree and a post-graduate diploma in Drawing and Painting in 1987.

Donald Provan's art work is largely assocaited with water, divided neatly between those paintings concerned with ‘above’ the water and those, always tightly observed fish, concerned with the world below the surface. Has developed a strong and deserved reputation for his large, powerful landscape paintings and also for his superb paintings of fish. He displays a subtle mastery of tone and texture in his modern art works. Often using a limited palette of blues, greys, tans and the softest of browns Provan creates paintings with enduring appeal and the highest quality.

Donald Provan's landscapes often feature the shorelines of his native Scotland notably around East Wemyss, an old mining village where he used to fish as a boy. But people rarely feature in his landscaes, these are paintings about places where land and water meet and are executed with meticulous skill. His paintings succesfully capture the intricate patterns of sky, sea and shingle but are less a record of how things actually look than an account of a particular way of seeing.

Donald Provan has had several solo shows and widely exhibited in group shows across the UK. A regular prize winner, he was awarded the David Cargill Award and the 2002 Cuthbert Award for ‘New Young Artist’ from the Royal Glasgow Institute. He has also received a Grant from The Scottish Arts Council, two from the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, Canada.

In addition to Red Rag Art Gallery Donald Provan's art work has been exhibited at a number of leading Scottish Art Galleries including the Royal Glasgow Institute. His paintings are held in both public and private art collections in the UK and Internationally. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Donald Provan artist studio and like all Red Rag Modern art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

Scottish Art: Stephanie Rew

Stephanie Rew was born in Carlisle in 1971, although she grew up in Edinburgh. She studied at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee. After graduating she returned to her hometown for a few years before moving to Brighton in 1996. Work took her to London in 1998 where she held the first of several successful art exhibitions before moving back to Scotland in 2002.

Stephanie Rew first became interested in drawing and painting at an early age. Drawing images from memory kept her amused through out her childhood. She enrolled at the well known Scottish Art College, Duncan of Jordanstone in 1990 and followed her passion for figurative painting – citing Alison Watt and Jenny Saville as her inspiration at that time. As well as concentrating on life drawing and paintings she also sat in and sketched with the Dundee Repertory Dance Company during rehearsals, which started a relationship with dance and her paintings.

Stephanie Rew’s primary subject matter is the female figure. Always painted with a sense of ambiguity, faces half hidden with the human form often just emerging from the darkness. The nude was a predominant motif in her work and has developed using drapery and pattern in combination with the figure. Tone and form as well as strong light and colour inspire her. Stephanie concentrates on the juxtaposition of tonality and texture whilst keeping a private, reflective mood in her art work. Recently she has also returned to her interest in dance and has been working with an aerial dancer in Edinburgh, striving to capture in oil paint, the elegance and strength to be found in this type of dance.

Talking about influences on her style and technique of painting Stephanie Rew states: ‘I have always been heavily influenced by the Baroque style of oil painting and utilise a combination of Old Masters techniques with my own. The practice of glazing is important to the finished article – creating the illusion of an inner glow to the paint. Caravaggio’s trademark use of chiaroscuro and strong colour created by glazing techniques has inspired my work for the last decade’.

In addition to Red Rag Modern Art Gallery Stephanie Rew has exhibited at other leading Art Galleries. Her contemporary paintings can be found in an increasing number of private and public art collections including: P&O Ferries, Royal Bank of Scotland and Standard Charter plc. She won the Elizabeth Greenshields Award in 1995 and the prestigious RGI New Artist Award 2009. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Stephanie Rew artist studio and like all Red Rag Scottish art and Modern art it can be shipped worldwide.

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Modern Art: Stephanie Rew at Red Rag Gallery

Saul Robertson is a young painter whose figurative oil paintings with intriguing narrative themes have already won him major art awards. Robertson was born in 1978. He studied drawing and painting at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art .

Whilst at Art College Saul Robertson's was nominated for the Scottish International Educational Trust Award and won The Ninewells MRI Imaging Purchase Prize. Soon after graduating Robertson was voted Young Artist of the Year, at The Hunting Art Prizes at the Royal College of Art in London. Since then Saul has won numerous art awards including: The City of Glasgow Prize, The David Cargill Senior Award, and The David Cargill Award, at The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts. In 2005 he won second prize at the B.P Portrait award at the National Portrait Gallery, London for his painting “The Universe”. More recently Saul was awarded an Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Award by The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation in Canada, and was shortlisted for The Insight Investment Newcomers Prize at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in London.

Saul Robertson has always enjoyed painting from firsthand experience of the subject matter and for him still-life, portraiture and figurative painting are genres that provide a rich source of ideas and challenges. His skilful, sensitive paintings demonstrate strongly that even within well-tested themes and subjects there remains plenty of scope for innovative images and finished paintings of immense interest and impact.

Lynn Rodgie studied at Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen having grown up in a very artistic environment. Her father, also an artist, has inspired and encouraged her greatly throughout her life.

After obtaining a BA Hons degree in graphic design Lynn Rodgie worked as a Graphic Designer in Glasgow for a number of years before deciding to paint full time. Lynn Rodgie's design background shows in her paintings. Many of her paintings are stylised rather than fully representational.

Rodgie is constantly inspired by her environment; the Scottish countryside around her gives endless ideas for paintings. As she says; ‘The soft rolling hills of the borders is perhaps not as spectacular as the rugged north or as picturesque as the Lake District, but it has a gentle pull that grows on you over time.The geometric shapes and colours of the ploughed fields, rows of hay bales in a golden field are visions that will get me itching to pick up a paintbrush'.

Artists who have influenced Lynn Rodgie include James Fullerton, John Bellany and Lin Pattulo to name but a few.

Lynn Rodgie works mainly from photographs. 'Photographs enable me to capture the pattern, shapes and composition of a particular painting and I can enhance the colours and vigour of the painting when I get home'. She works mainly in acrylics as she enjoys the versatility of the medium.

David Schofield was born in Scotland in 1972. As a young artist he studied contemporary art at the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art . Following that Schofield lectured in the College of Art Design school from 1994 to 1998.

Since 1997 David Schofield has exhibited his contemporary paintings extensively in Scotland and more recently throughout England and Internationally.

David Schofield is a regular exhibitor at the Royal Scottish Academy and the Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts. In 2003 he won The James Torrance Memorial Award, Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts and in 2005 he exhibited at the RGI Annual Art exhibition where he won the coveted David Cargill Art Award for Artists under 35 years of age.His latest success has been in October 2007, where he won the City Of Glasgow Award whilst exhibiting at the RGI.

Schofield's innovative and imaginative work features in many private modern art collections in the UK, USA and France.

David Schofield art works are also available in Limited Edition Prints. Click SEE DAVID SCHOFIELD LIMITED EDITION PRINTS

In addition to Red Rag Scottish Art Gallery David Schofield art work has been exhibited at other leading Scottish Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the David Schofield artist studio and like all Red Rag Scottish art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

Stuart Sim was born in Orkney in 1955. He undertook art training at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee and was awarded the Duncan of Drumfork Travelling Art Scholarship, the John Milne Purvis Award for Painting, and a highly commended notation at postgraduate level. Art tutors Alberto Morrocco and David Mclure, first inspired the vibrant colour and sensuous application of paint which is still evident in Stuart's art work today.

After receiving the Elizabeth Greenshields Art Award in 1979 there followed a year in Paris at the Sir Stanley William Haytrer Attelier, where Stuart Sim was introduced to the colour etching process-producing work, which formed part of a traveling group art exhibition. From 1983 to 1994 Stuart worked for the BBC in London as a Scenic Artist/Designer, and thereafter as a freelance artist for the independent film studios. He also undertook a number of private art commissions including portraits.

In 1991 Stuart Sim moved to Glasgow where he lectured at the Metropolitan College in Art and Design and Fine Art. During this time he continued to paint exhibiting his contemporary paintings regularly at the Glasgow Art Fair.

Influences on Stuart Sim and his paintings include artists: Titian, Turner, Bonnard, Kitaj, Matisse, and Hopper. Sim has won a number of art awards including Arnold Clark Award from the Paisley Institute of Art.

Connie Simmers was born in Glasgow. She attended non-diploma classes at Glasgow School of Art and is now a highly respected figure in the field of Scottish contemporary fine art.

Connie Simmers use of bold colours and rich textures express a love of paint and mixed media as well as a love of her subject. Her unique style has gained her much success in many groups and solo art shows, including RSA, RSW and RGI exhibitions.

Through travelling widely, Connie's art work has been greatly inspired by the people, colour and light of different parts of the world. She is inspired by the familiar and the unfamiliar and her paintings cover everyday interiors and unusual figurative scenes to landscapes.

Connie Simmers is a recpient of many art awards including: Scottish Amicable Award (GSWA), Morton Fraser Award (VAS), Scottish Arts Award (RSW)

Born in 1949 Sam Skelton grew up in the industrial town of Kirkintilloch. His father was a worker at the local foundry and his memories of the scenes around the foundry influenced his art work and fill his paintings.

Sam Skelton studied Graphic Design at theGlasgow School of Art and worked as a graphic designer before deciding to paint full time.

Sam Skelton's paintings are nostalgic evocations of Scotland's industrial past: working class heroes, boxers, a couple on a park bench, a group of men in dark overcoats watching a game of football played on waste ground.

The stark simplicity of Sam Skelton's figures, painted on rough Hessian, belie a rich heritage. These are the kids playing on the street so familiar from the paintings of Joan Eardley or the photographs of Oscar Marzaroli. The influence of the great industrial naïve painter, J.S. Lowry is clear. Skelton's paintings are suffused with the dark low light of Scotland in winter.

David Smith was born in Dunbartonshire in 1957. He was educated at various colleges in Glasgow including Glasgow School of Art and the Glasgow Print Studio.

David Smith is constantly inspired by the Scottish coastal scenes and the fishing villages of the East Coast of Scotland. Other subjects which regularly feature in his art works are the Scottish islands and mountains.

The palette and inspiration of David Smith's contemporary paintings are taken from the Scottish Western seaboard and the landscapes of Scotland. This combined with David's love of climbing and hill-walking is reflected in his paintings. His distinctive art style generates a feeling of a particular time and place and the associated atmosphere at the time

David Smith has been the recipient of a number of art awards including the prestigious David Cargill prize at the 2001 RGI art exhibition. He is a member and current President of the Glasgow Group of Artists and in November 2011 was accepted into the RSW.

David Smith contemporary paintings are now in many private art collections. His art works are also in collections of the Glasgow Caledonian University and House of Lords, London.

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Andrew Squire was born in 1954. He originally trained as an architect, but has been a professional artist and designer, based in Glasgow, for 30 years. During that time he has travelled and exhibited widely, with residencies in Iceland, Canada, Nepal, and Tanzania. These experiences have fed into his development of a wide-ranging visual language, reflecting the complexity of human perceptions. His deceptively simple paintings have eclectic roots, drawing variously on the elemental space & light of the West of Scotland, the inner landscape of the subconscious, and iconic images of birds and beasts.

Beautifully composed and making confident use of the visual silence of empty space, there is a recurring contemplative quality and stillness in the work which reaches past the here and now to something beyond.

Dorothy Stirling was born in Glasgow. She studied Fine Art at Glasgow School of Art (1983–87) and now lives and works in the North of Scotland.

The art work of Dorothy Stirling is firmly rooted in her love of the Scottish landscape. Dorothy’s paintings often feature the western shores of Scotland; the lochs and mountains, the fishing boats and northern skies. She combines these elements with her own fantasies and subtle wit.

Dorothy Stirling feels the presence of the human figure in her paintings can reduce the atmosphere of loneliness, and often prefers the company of a solitary animal or bird. More recently she has produced marine paintings which have been inspired by Ellen McArthur’s single handed sail around the world.

Dorothy Stirling has received numerous art awards and commissions including the Nancy Graham Memorial Award, S.A.A.C. and the Maude Gemmell Hutchinson Award, R.S.A. Dorothy's art work is also featured in several private and public art collections throughout the U.K. including the BBC Glasgow, the National Housing Trust, London and the Stirlingshire Educational Trust.

In addition to Red Rag Modern Art Gallery Dorothy Stirling has exhibited at other leading Scottish Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Dorothy Stirling artist studio and like all Red Rag British art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide

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Alison Thomas studied textiles at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee, from 1992-1996.

Alison's paintings and mono-prints explore her interest in texture by using unusual materials such as sand, plaster and dried leaves. Much of the inspiration for her art work comes from nature. She loves bold colours and simple composition and sometimes uses gold and silver leaf in her paintings creating a precious feel to each piece.

Helen Turner was born in Scotland in 1937. After leaving school Helen worked in the creative design studios of a leading Scottish carpet manufacturer - James Templeton. She also attended the world renouned Glasgow School of Art on a part time basis. Her art tutors were Trevor Mackinson and William Gallagher with whom she further developed a natural talent for drawing and painting.

Helen Turner later became a Documented Designer in Aubusson and Beauvais. She travelled widely throughout the world and produced designs for Waldorf Astoria in New York, the famous Turnberry Hotel in Scoland and the San Francisco Opera House.

Helen finally made the decision to leave the design world and make a career as a full time professional artists. She has never looked back and is now recognised as one of the leading Scottish contemporary artists.

Helen Turner paintings are typically strong, powerful art works full of confidence. Her Scottish landscape paintings are rich both in subject matter and tone. Helen excels at recording the atmosphere and magic of the Scottish climate highlighting moments of time. Part of the enduring appeal of Helen's paintings is the way she masters light and shade for effectively.

Helen Turner is an artist blessed with real versatility. In addition to her highly successful landscape paintings Helen has also developed an enviable reputation for beautiful still life and stunning floral art pieces. Her art works are instantly recognisable and highly souht after.

In 2000 Helen Turner was awarded The Paisley Art Institute Diploma PAI. In 2001 Helen was appointed President PPAI. She is also a lay member of The Glasgow Institute and an Artist Member of The Glasgow Society of Women Artists GSWA.Helen's paintings are in many private art collections throughout the world and also within corporate art collections including Robert Fleming Holdings, Dunedin Fund Managers and Lloyds Banking Group.

In addition to Red Rag Art Gallery Helen Turner art work has been exhibited at other leading Scottish Art Galleries and at galleriesin Russia, France and Hong Kong. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Helen Turner artist studio and like all Red Rag Modern art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

Nicola Wakeling was born in 1978 in Essex but moved to Scotland when she was one year old. Scotland has had a big influence on her and her work ever since. Showing a talent for art from an early age she went on to graduate with a BA (Hons) in Drawing and Painting at Edinburgh College of Art and then a PGCE in Art and Design(secondary) at the London Institute of Education.

Nicola’s work is mainly landscape based and is inspired by the beaches and dramatic scenery of the West Coast of Scotland. She grew up in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire and visited the Outer Hebrides several times a year to visit family. The majority of her paintings are based on scenes in the Hebrides. As she says; ‘Anyone who has ever stood on a Hebridean beach will recognise the emotions that my work tries to invoke. From the vast expanse of sea and sky to the subtle colour and movement changes that come with the turning tide’.

Nicola has always admired Edward Hopper's work and his simple desire to 'paint sunlight on the side of a building'. Scottish painting is a constant source of inspiration whether it is the figurative work of Ken Currie or the free brushwork of Joan Eardley. 'When it comes to creating a work, my main aim is to paint a sense of space and feeling of smallness within a landscape'.

Each series of Nicola Wakeling paintings begins with a walk. She walks in all weathers and will set off along the beach in rain, hail and sun and with the ever present Outer Hebrides wind. She prefers 'miserable days for interesting clouds'. 'The white beach and turquoise seas on a sunny day are far too glaring and positive'.

Nicola's main method of recording the landscape is with a digital camera. She will take around 200 photographs on a walk of about 3 hours. 'As I'm walking, I'm looking out for the way the light changes as the wind skiffs clouds overhead. The colours are constantly changing as light hits a particular area of sand or the way the sky is reflected in the water. Ideally, I gather material just after the tide has gone out and there is a layer of water that reflects the sky and this can be manipulated to create a sense of space. Other times, I'll be driving and will have to fling the car into a passing place because a certain cloud has caught my eye. When I began painting the Hebrides, I wanted to communicate cultural and family associations within the work. Now it's more about the landscape itself'.

Once she is back in her studio she works with music constantly blaring, first with large brushes to block in shapes then moving on to smaller brushes for detail in the finishing stages. 'Oil paint is a glorious medium, it smells like you're doing something important and the strength of colour suits my subject matter. I use large japanese brushes to achieve the smooth reflections and large cloud areas.' She uses mixed media and various techniques including wax and household paint in order to achieve the many different textures that are found on the shore.

Artist Nicola Wakeling is one of a growing number of artists whose modern art works feature at Red Rag Gallery in Bath. Modern art work from Nicola Wakeling is regularly exhibited at the Bath art gallery which also offers an extensive choice of modern art, contemporary sculptures and collectible art prints from other present day artists.

In addition to Red Rag Art Gallery Nicola Wakeling art work has been exhibited at other leading Scottish Art Galleries and are held in several collections. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Nicola Wakeling artist studio and like all Red Rag Modern art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

James Watt was born in Glasgow and is a graduate of Glasgow School of Art. He was elected a Member of Society of Scottish Artists in 1965. Watt was a founding member of the Glasgow Group of Artists. In 1997 he received The Royal Bank of Scotland Award at the Glasgow Institute.

James Watt was elected to RGI in 2002.

James Watt is an immensely successful Scottish contemporary artist, his paintings can be found in numerous public art collections as well as the private art collections of Her Majesty the Queen, His Royal Highness Prince Philip and The Princess Royal.

James Watt always paints outside and from life. This Watt believes gives his contemporary paintings spontaneity and enables him to catch the nuances of Scottish light. He has been described as a Modern Impressionist, the fluid brush stokes and love of colour are hallmarks of his paintings.

In addition to Red Rag Scottish Art Gallery James Watt art work has been exhibited at other leading Scottish Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the James Watt artist studio and like all Red Rag Scottish art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

Tom Watt was born in Montrose in 1951. He studied drawing at Edinburgh College of Art from 1971 to 1975 under Philipson, Peploe, Cumming and Michie

After art college Tom Watt undertook a career in teaching where he was ultimately working as Head of Art at James Gillespie's High School in Edinburgh. During this time most of his paintings produced by Tom Watt were commissioned art pieces. He eventually left Art Education and since then has spent the last 20 years devoting himself entirely to painting.

Tom Watt has always been fascinated by the effect of light and colour on his surroundings. His subjects have included the small fishing villages of Fife, the canals of Venice and the Tuscan and Gascon countryside.

A move from Scotland to the south-west of France has seen Tom responding to the warm dappled sunlight around him in the harbours of the Mediterranean and the outdoor life of the local people.

Tom Watt paintings are to be found in the art collections of The Royal Bank of Scotland, Clydesdale Bank, West Lothian District Council, the Sutherland Regional Authority, PriceWaterhouse Coopers and Boland Limited as well as in many private art collections throughout the UK, France, Germany and Canada.

Helen Wilson was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, in 1954. She studied at Glasgow School of Art and at Hospitalfield Art centre. During this time she was awarded the Robert Hart Bursary and Governor's Prize, Hospitalfield; a Travelling Scholarship (Italy and Yugoslavia); the WO Hutcheson Prize for Drawing; the Postgraduate Studies Award, Glasgow School of Art; and the John and Mabel Craig Award.

Artists David Hockney and Chagall were strong influences during Helen Wilson's time at the Glasgow School of Art. She has always liked the art work Degas and admires Sickert, Giotto and the Italian Masters. Her greatest influence was Scottish artist Charles MacQueen from her days in the Art Department of her school in Paisley.

Helen Wilson is the recipient of numerous art awards. These include: The RGI David Cargill Award; Diploma of the Paisley Art Institute (2005); 1st Prize, Scottish Drawing Competition (2005, 2000 and 1997)); Cyril Gerber Award and Millers Art Prize, Paisley Art Institute (2003); Garrick/Milne Competition, Commissioning Prize: Portrait of David Suchet (2003); Regional Prize: The Discerning Eye Exhibition, London (2003)

Helen Wilson is a member of the Royal Glasgow Institute (RGI) and the Royal Scottish Society of Painters (RSW). Her paintings are in various private and public art collections including: Glasgow Art Gallery, Kelvingrove, Paisley Museum & Art Gallery, Scottish Arts Council, Royal College of Ophthalmologists and the Royal College of Physicians.

In addition to Red Rag Modern Art Gallery Helen Wilson has exhibited at other leading Modern Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Helen Wilson artist studio and like all Red Rag Scottish art and Modern art it can be shipped worldwide.

Modern Art: Helen Wilson at Red Rag Gallery

Kirsty Wither was born in 1968. She studied art at Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen.

Like many Scottish artists Kirsty Wither is influenced by the Colourist heritage in Scotland. But what makes Kirsty’s art work instantly identifiable is the depth and subtlety of the lavishly applied layers of oil paint. There is an almost sculptural feel to the surface of the work created by her vigorous use of the palette knife.

Talking about her art work Kirsty Wither says: "My paintings are as much about the actual paint on the surface as about the subject matter. Working with oil paint, I build up layers of colour and texture to create an image that will hopefully have some resonance with the viewer. Being in the studio is a mysterious place where the paint takes over from any set ideas I start with and often unexpectedly leads me to a finished work."

Kirsty Wither has had numerous successful art exhibitions and her paintings now hang in many private collections in addition to prominent corporate and public art collections. Oil has been her preferred medium since the very beginning. “When I first discovered oil paint at Art School that was me hooked,” she says. “The smell, the texture, the handling and the mess was to me just wonderful. I love oil’s malleability before it dries and its permanence afterwards.”

Kirsty Wither at Red Rag Gallery

Alma Wolfson was born in 1942. Between 1960 and 1964 Alma studied under Robert Stewart at Glasgow School of Art.

Alma Wolfson has exhibited at many solo and mixed British and Scottish art exhibitions. In the process Alma's paintings have won many art awards including: Barclay Lennie Award Glasgow Society of Women Artists 1995; Millers Art Prize Paisley Art Institute 1995; Southern Art Club Trophy 1995 &1998; Alva Purchase Prize SAAC 1998; Save the Children Award 2000

Alma Wolfson is a member and Past President of GSWA; the SAAC; and Southern Art Club.

Alma Wolfson contemporary paintings can be found in the art collections of: Scottish Arts Council and Bank of Scotland. Wolfsan paintings are also in many private Scottish art collections as well as International art collections.

Up until the late eighties Alma's paintings were completed in gouache. After joining the Glasgow's Southern Art Club she was encouraged to switch to oils and hasn't looked back.

Alma loves painting 'en plein air' in the Scottish country and seaside. She produces compelling paintings in both oil and watercolours. Wolfson's painterly approach is suited and used to great effect when painting Landscape or Seascapes. But she is equally at home producing beautiful Still Life paintings.

However it is the constantly changing Scottish weather patterns which are a constant source of inspiration and challenge to Wolfson. These paintings communicate real atmosphere – capturing the time and place often in dramatic fashion. Alma says: “The best thing in the world is to be tucked away, out of the wind, in the Scottish countryside or by the sea, painting like fury before the next change in the weather”. For the last 30 years she spent time on the tiny island of Easdale on Scotland's west coast. Much of her landscape work has been inspired by this remote part of Argyll where Alma is a familiar sight on the island – often seen as a tiny figure sitting wrapped up against the elements in front of a large canvas

Alma claims not to be one of the fastest artists and that it takes her all day to warm-up to be flexible enough to paint. This may account for the number of paintings that have a late afternoon light. But Wolfson's produces paintings that are full of light and fresh air - coupled with clouds and shadows. She also brings a special eye for shape, form, colour and texture. The results are wonderfully loose landscapes of the Scottish countryside in all weathers and seasons.

Alma is a Scottish colourist in the tradition of Cadell, Fergusson, Hunter and Peploe. She sees Landscape in certain colours and these appear regularly in her contemporary art. Indian Red is her chosen paint for bracken and Indigo Blue for the pines of Perthshire. Until 20 years ago, Wolfson painted entirely in gouache but after becoming a member of Glasgow's noted Southern Art Club, she was encouraged by her peers to take up oils.

In addition to Red Rag Scottish Art Gallery Alma Wolfson art work has been exhibited at other leading Scottish Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Alma Wolfson artist studio and like all Red Rag Scottish art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

Robina Yasmin is a graduate of the Glasgow School of Art. Her paintings take considerable time to accomplish and each is the outcome of high concentration that focuses on form, colour and especially light.

Robina Yasmin is particularly known as a highly collectable painter of zebras, giraffes and beach scenes. She is a past finalist in the Hunting Art Prizes at the Royal College of Art and the Discerning Eye at the Mall Galleries, London. Robina's art works have also been shown at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.

Robina Yasmin continues to establish herself as a painter of subjects that enthrall and uplift the viewer. Although widely associated with paintings of giraffes and swimmers, Robina is known for her sensitivity of observation and technique.

In addition to Red Rag Modern Art Gallery Robina Yasmin paintings can also been seen at other leading British art galleries.

Robina Yasmin at Red Rag Gallery

Georgie Young is a graduate of the Glasgow School of Artand paints mainly contemporary Scottish landscapes. Georgie aims to evoke a feeling and capture a sense of place in her paintings. She seeks to create atmosphere or an unexpected detail rather than reproduce a direct likeness.

Georgie Young contemporary paintings are a product of observation, interpretation and improvisation. The original observation is processed, re-examined and the essence abstracted. Young's paintings attempt to reveal the unexpected beauty of un-remarked places, the interplay of light, time, weather and season on everyday landscapes, and the presence and influence of the human on the physical environment.

Georgie Young paints primarily in acrylic using a bold palette and rich textures.

In addition to Red Rag Scottish Art Gallery Georgie Young art work has been exhibited at other leading Scottish Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Georgie Young artist studio and like all Red Rag Scottish art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.