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Click here to subscribe* MASON STORM (BRITISH b. 1974), HARING OF THE DOG FT HAPPY CHOPPER AND WHITE CHOOSE YOUR WEAPON screenprint on 315gsm Innova Soft White fine art paper, signed versomounted, framed and under glassimage size 18cm x 27cm, overall size 37cm x 46cm Note: From the artist's 'Theft from Above' show with Stowe Gallery.
* DAVID MCLEOD MARTIN RSW RGI (SCOTTISH 1922 - 2018), ANEMONES oil on canvas, signed, dated 1989 verso and titled label versoframed and under glass image size 61cm x 51cm, overall size 73cm x 63cm Label verso: The Rowan Gallery, Drymen.Note: David Martin sold his paintings through our auctions from time to time and was always kind, courteous and well liked. David McLeod Martin was born in Glasgow in 1922. He studied at Glasgow School of Art from 1940 to 1942 before serving in India with the Royal Air Force between 1942 and 1946. He returned to Glasgow School of Art in 1946 where he studied under David Donaldson and met his future wife, the painter Isobel Smith. After graduating from Glasgow School of Art in 1948 he pursued a career in teaching. He married Isobel in 1949 and moved to Eaglesham where he lived for the rest of his life. He was elected a member of the Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts in 1959 and the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour in 1961. Between 1973 and his retirement in 1983, David Martin was Principal Teacher of Art at Hamilton Grammar School. After his retirement from teaching he concentrated full time on his painting. Numerous highly successful solo shows in London were to follow and he continued to enjoy commercial success and critical acclaim both at home and throughout the UK for the rest of his life. David Martin was widely regarded as one of the finest still life and landscape painters of his generation and his work is held in numerous public, corporate and notable private collections including The Arts Council of Scotland, The City of Edinburgh Art Collection, Perth Museum and Art Gallery, The Dick Institute, Kilmarnock, Robert Fleming and Company Ltd, Linklaters and Paine, Lord MacFarlane, The Earl of Moray, Credit Lyonnais Bank, Warburg Asset Management and the Clydesdale Bank. A major retrospective of his work was held at Perth Museum and Art Gallery in 1999 and the influential Lemon Street Gallery (Truro) also staged a major exhibition of his work in 2018.
* CHRIS BUSHE RSW (SCOTTISH b. 1958), ON THE BALCONY, PUERTO POLLENSA oil on board, titled and dated 1997 versomounted, framed and under glass image size 10cm x 10cm, overall size 28cm x 27cm Label verso: The Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh.Note: Born in Perthshire, Chris Bushe is one of Scotland’s greatest living landscape painters. Initially, he studied Archaeology and Ancient History at Edinburgh but from his earliest years, he has responded to his fascination with the landscape around rural Aberdeenshire. He was accepted at Gray’s School of Art in the 1980s and forged a career painting landscapes very much in his own style and at odds with the fashionable conceptualism of the day. His paintings have won him a plethora of awards at national exhibitions. His work can be found in the corporate collections of Murray International Metals, Premier Property Group, Aberdeen Hospitals Trust, Grampian Regional Council, Edinburgh Hospitals Trust, Scottish Life, the Royal Bank of Scotland, Scottish & Newcastle, Dundee City Council, Bulthaup, University of Stirling, Turnberry Hotel and Centrica. His many awards include the Morton Fraser Milligan, Russell Flint Trust, Glasgow Arts Club Fellowship, Scottish Arts Club Awards, the RSW Council Award, the RSW McManus Galleries Purchase Prize, the RSW Fotheringham Gallery Award and the RSW The Walter Scott Award. Most recently, Chris has had considerable success at The Discerning Eye winning both the Founder’s £2500 Purchase Prize in 2015 and ING £5,000 Purchase Prize in 2016. In Scotland, his principal gallery is the prestigious Open Eye Gallery (Edinburgh) where his most recent (widely praised) solo show was "Chasing Light" (4th - 25th June 2022).
* JOEL KIRK (BRITISH b. 1948), ATTEMPTED ROBBERY oil on board, signed, titled versoframedimage size 50cm x 70cm, overall size 76cm x 96cm Note: certificate of authenticity accompanies this lot.Note 2: Joel Kirk is a British painter working in a Photorealist style. He travels the world, making initial studies of his subjects, in pastel and watercolor, before transferring them to larger canvases in his studio. Born in Dorking, United Kingdom, Kirk attended the Southend College of Art before beginning his career as a commercial artist, producing images for publishing houses and postage stamps. His realist techniques are comparable to those used by artists such as Julie Bell and Timothy Barr. Kirk often raises money for Wildlife foundations, including the Born Free Foundation and the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund. Kirk lives and works in Dorset, United Kingdom.
* JAMES HARRIGAN (SCOTTISH b. 1937), SUMMER MORNING (VIEW TO ARRAN) oil on board, signed, titled versoframed and under glass image size 51cm x 77cm, overall size 71cm x 96cm Exhibition label verso.Note: James Harrigan is a graduate of Glasgow School of Art where he studied Painting and Printmaking between 1956 and 1961. He was born in Ayr in 1937 and has continued to live in Ayrshire all his life. He taught Art for many years and was an inspiring teacher with many of his pupils going on themselves to develop successful careers as artists. In recent years James has spent time in the West Indies and in Brazil but he never tires of painting the landscape and coastline around his Ayrshire home and elsewhere in Scotland. He is known mainly as a landscape artist but his landscapes are almost invariably informed by a human presence and day to day activities, a sense of life being lived. This may be actual figures or it may be a suggestion of human life through buildings, gardens, boats.... He is an expressive painter working mainly in oils, using the rich, luscious quality of the paint to great effect. He exhibits widely and has work in many collections including those of the House of Lords, Glasgow University, P & O Cruises, Wigtownshire Education Trust and the Maclaurin Gallery. He is a past winner of the prestigious Laing Landscape Competition and the Scotsman Art Competition. In The Scottish Contemporary Art Auction of 10th November 2022, lot 52 "Girvan Harbour" a 48 x 58cm oil on board (dated 1998) by James Harrigan sold for £2200 (hammer). Since then "Sailing at Elie" a 50 x 75cm oil (by James Harrigan) sold in our auction of 13th December 2023 (lot 10) for £2400 (hammer).
* ROWENA LAING, MOTHER AND CHILD oil on board, signedframed and under glassimage size 15cm x 17cm, overall size 33cm x 33cm Note: Rowena Laing is a Scottish artist born in Arbroath and a graduate of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee. She initially worked as a graphic designer and in publishing before setting up a design practice with her husband in Glasgow. She is now an established artist working mostly in oils for her colourful landscapes with her trademark 'black faced sheep' as well as a wide range of other subject matter.
* ALEXANDRA STEELE (SCOTTISH b. 1946), LOW TIDE, ARISAIG oil on canvas, signed, titled label versoframed image size 60cm x 60cm, overall size 76cm x 76cmLabel verso: The Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Eton.Note: Alexandra Steele was born and educated in Scotland. She lives in central Scotland and for over 25 years was a visiting specialist art teacher to many primary schools in the area. She gave up teaching in 2001 and is now painting fulltime. Her family are originally from the north of Scotland and it was here, on her grandparents croft that she spent most of her childhood. She is especially drawn to the luminescent skies and seas of the West Coast where the colours and light continue to inspire, challenge and delight. From June to September she visits the Highlands & Islands, where she sketches and takes hundreds of photographs. In the winter months she paints almost exclusively with a palette knife in her studio, where she tries to capture these lonely places. Her style has been influenced by French Impressionism and by the Scottish Colourists, particularly Peploe. With these influences she has developed a personal style generally using multiple layers of paint. She considers herself a very fortunate person, spending her time doing what she enjoys most.
* WILLIAM ROBBIE (SCOTTISH 1887 - 1967), CAIRNHILL, ST FERGUS, BY PETERHEAD mixed media on paper, signed framed and under glass image size 44cm x 55cm, overall size 46cm x 58cm Note: William Robbie was one of thirteen children born to a farmworker and his wife in the Parish of Old Deer (Buchan, Aberdeenshire). He showed artistic promise from an early age, however modest earnings prevented the family from sending Robbie to art school, instead he flourished in the Buchan schools winning several prizes for his work. Clydesdale horses were of prime importance to arable farmers before the advent of the tractor and as such were worthy and prized subjects of the artist's talents. William Robbie focussed on horses and adopted folk art techniques, including using cigarette packet foil to highlight the horse brasses. His horse portraits have been sold by Christie's, Bonhams and in our auctions.
* PETER BOURNE RSW (SCOTTISH b. 1931), PAINTED GATE oil on board, signed, titled label versoframedimage size 77cm x 81cm, overall size 88cm x 92cmHandwritten label verso.Note: Painter in oil and watercolour, and teacher, born in Madras, India, who studied at Glasgow School of Art, 1949–54, with David Donaldson. Went on to combine teaching and painting, being a member of RSW and SSWA. “The Fauves, British colourists and Pop” were among influences on his work, which appeared in group shows in Glasgow and Edinburgh, where he also exhibited solo, also in groups in Kendal, Perth and Newcastle upon Tyne. Paintings in Hospitals, Abbot Hall Art Gallery in Kendal, Edinburgh’s city art collection and Mobil Oil have examples. Lived in Aberfeldy, Perthshire.
* ANDREW HAY (SCOTTISH b. 1944), PADDY'S MARKET oil on board, signedframedimage size 112cm x 160cm, overall size 135cm x 180cmComment: A rare auction appearance for a major painting by Andrew Hay and unquestionably the largest and most impressive example to be offered at auction, anywhere.Note: Having started to paint at the age of 39, within a year the People's Palace Museum, Glasgow had purchased ten paintings and had given Hay his first solo exhibition. Since then his works have been included in numerous public and private collections. His work deals with both narrative and nature, sometimes subverting one or the other in order to advance his artistic practise. His insistence on invention, freedom and risk affirms continuity in his aesthetic spirit. He uses a network of codes, symbols and expressive techniques which play off his collective memory and familiarity of everyday objects and culture from his childhood and juxtaposes them with present day reality. In so doing he embodies them with a new philosophical discourse. Andrew’s work now features in many significant public and private collections and is in the permanent collections of Glasgow's Kelvingrove, Gallery of Modern Art and The People's Palace.
* JOHN G BOYD RP RGI (SCOTTISH 1940 - 2001) ESTRILD WITH MIRROR AND PLANT oil on canvas, signed, titled label versoframed image size 66cm x 140cm, overall size 86cm x 160cm Artist's label verso.Note: John Boyd was born in Stonehaven, Kincardineshire in 1940. He studied at Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen (1958 - 1962) where he was taught by Robert Henderson Blyth. He briefly studied at Hospitalfield where he met John Byrne and Sandy Fraser, who was to become a lifelong friend. Boyd moved to Glasgow and from 1967 - 1988 he taught at Glasgow School of Art before turning to painting full time. His first solo show was held in Edinburgh in 1967, after which he exhibited regularly at the RA, the RSA, the RGI and RSPP. A major retrospective of his work was held in Glasgow, in 1994. Boyd won numerous awards and was elected a member of the Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts in 1982 and a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters in 1989. His work is held in private collections owned by, among others, the Earl of Moray and Lord MacFarlane as well as numerous corporate collections including The Fleming Collection, Bank of Ireland, Murray Johnson and Arthur Anderson. Public collections include the Paisley Art Gallery, the People's Palace, Glasgow Museums and the Lillie Art Gallery, Milngavie. He was noted for his strongly coloured landscapes, portraits and still life's, mostly in oils, with his best work being produced in the last ten years of his life.
* GORDON K MITCHELL RSA RSW RGI (SCOTTISH b. 1952), TABLE WITH STRINGED INSTRUMENTS oil on canvas, signedframed and under glassimage size 102cm x 122cm, overall size 117cm x 137cm Note: Prizes and Awards include: Borders Biennial Exhibition; First Prize, City Arts Centre, Open Exhibition; First Prize, Educational Institute for Scotland; Purchase Prize, Glasgow Mayfest Award, Royal Scottish Academy Award; First Prize, Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour; William Gillies Award, Scottish Drawing Competition, Paisley; Second Prize, Royal Scottish Academy; J. Murray Thompson Award, Scottish Artists and Artist Craftsmen; Arts Club Prize, Scottish Artists and Artist Craftsmen; Whyte & Mackay Award, Scottish Artists and Artist Craftsmen; Scottish Provident Award, Scottish Artists and Artist Craftsmen; Dunfermline Building Society Prize, Scottish Artists and Artist Craftsmen; SSWA Special Award. Solo Exhibitions include Dorothy Quinn Gallery, St. Andrews, Henderson Gallery, Edinburgh, Old City Art Gallery, Jerusalem, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh (biannually since 1992), Roger Billcliffe Fine Art, Glasgow (biannually since 1993), Atholl Gallery, Dunkeld (1993) Albemarle Gallery (biannually since 1997). Represented in Group Exhibitions in the United Kingdom, including:Allan Park Gallery, Stirling, Atholl Gallery, Dunkeld, Borders Biennial Exhibition, City Arts Centre, Edinburgh, Contemporary British Art Show, London, Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Fine Art Society Galleries, Glasgow, Gracefield Art Centre, Dumfries, Hilton Hotel, Hong Kong, John Martin of London, Kirkcaldy Art Gallery, Mall Galleries, London, Morrison Scottish Portrait ExhibitionOpen Eye Gallery, Edinburgh, Paisley Art Institute, Portland Gallery, London, Richard Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh, Roger Billcliffe Fine Art, Glasgow, Royal Glasgow Institute, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour, Scottish Arts Club, Edinburgh, Scottish Arts Council Gallery, Smith Art Gallery & Museum, Society of Scottish ArtistsSociety of Scottish Artists and Artist Craftsmen, Stirling Gallery, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh Group Exhibitions held abroad: Through the `Old City Gallery` Jerusalem, paintings have been included in group exhibitions in Israel, Australia, Canada, U.S.A. and Sweden. Blue and White Gallery, Jerusalem, Contemporary Scottish Art 1994, Hilton Hotel, Hong Kong Collections: Works held in a great many private and public collections, including; Alliance & Leicester Building Society, Edinburgh Distillers Co. Ltd, Edinburgh College of Art, Educational Institute for Scotland, Johnny Walker Whisky Co, Kansas City Art Institute, Macfarlane Group Plc, National Westminster Bank, Paisley Art Institute, Scottish Arts Council, Scottish Brewers Limited, Slottseal Forthside Limited, The Knesset, Israel, University of Edinburgh, Welcome Inns, Whyte & Mackay Group, William Teacher & Sons (Whisky). One of the most recent examples of Gordon Mitchell's paintings we've offered was "Castaway" a 73 x 98cm oil on canvas which sold in The Scottish Contemporary Art Auction of 24th January 2021 for £8000 (hammer) setting a new auction world record for a work by the artist.Condition of the picture is good overall, with no visible or known issues.
DOROTHY BRUCE PAI (AMERICAN/SCOTTISH), FOUR WATERCOLOURS watercolours on paper, each signed and titiled mounted, framed and under glass the largest, image size 30cm x 57cm, overall size 43cm x 69cm Qty: 4 Note: Dorothy Bruce was born in Wisconsin, USA, gaining her Bachelor of Art from the Minneapolis School of Art, now The Minneapolis College of Art and Design. She travelled extensively in the States and Australia, participating in Group Shows, before holding a one-woman Exhibition in Brisbane, Australia. She has lived and worked in Scotland for over 40 years, painting the landscapes and coastal scenes that are so distinctive to this country. The continually changing light and austerity of much of the Northern Highlands and the West Coast of Scotland are recurring themes in much of her work. During these years she has enjoyed numerous one-woman shows on the West Coast, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Aberfeldy, plus Group Exhibitions throughout Scotland, including The Royal Society for Painters in Watercolour.
* LIN PATTULLO (SCOTTISH b. 1949), BOAT AT DOCK oil on canvas, signedframed and under glassimage size 10cm x 15cm, overall size 29cm x 33cm Note: Lin Pattullo is one of Scotland's most successful artists who exhibits her work regularly in numerous galleries throughout Scotland, in London and in the west of England. She is an elected member of the Glasgow Society of Women Artists (GSWA) and the Paisley Art Institute (PAI). She has exhibited many times at the Royal Glasgow of Fine Arts (RGI) and the Royal Scottish Academy. She holds the Lauder Award at the GSWA, the Neville Award at the PAI and the J Trevor & Webster Award at the RGI. Lin Pattullo's work is held in the collection of HRH Prince Charles and in numerous corporate and notable private collections throughout the UK and beyond.
* HAMISH MACDONALD DA PAI (SCOTTISH 1935 - 2008), TWO LIMITED EDITION PRINTS FARM HENS, SKYE and SUILVEN AND LOCH INVERlimited edition lithographic prints on paper, each signed, titled and numberedeach mounted, framed and under glassimage size 27cm x 34cm and 26cm x 30cm, overall size 44cm x 49cm and 49cm x 51cm Note: Hamish MacDonald was born in Glasgow in 1935. He studied at Glasgow School of Art between 1963 and 1967. From 1968 he successfully combined painting with teaching and also guest lectured throughout Scotland. In 1991 he retired from his post as an Art Department Principal to concentrate fully on the development of his painting. Much of his work was inspired by the Scottish Colourist movement, but MacDonald preserved an individuality which marks him out as both a vibrant and important artist. Throughout his career he succeeded in capturing dramatic scenes with his own passionately innovative palette. Hamish MacDonald is now widely regarded as one of Scotland's most successful contemporary artists. From 1964, Hamish staged numerous solo exhibitions in Scotland and Cornwall. He also participated in group shows with prominent galleries in London and throughout the UK. His works can be found in many major collections throughout the world.
CATRIONA MILLAR, PAULA oil on canvas, initialled, titled and dated 2024 versounframedoverall size 41cm x 31cm Note: Catriona Millar's work takes its inspiration from the stories that lie at the heart of the human condition, and the sparkle of a narrative behind the eyes of her subjects hints at everything from longing to melancholy. Her work often juxtaposes human characters with a variety of animal confidants, with some seeming physically present in the composition while others take on a talismanic quality. Born in Glasgow, Catriona Millar studied at Harrogate School of Art and Grays School of Art, Aberdeen. Since the success of her sell-out 2005 degree show she has exhibited across the UK including the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. In October 2006 she came to the attention of Charles Saatchi with her first solo exhibition at the Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh. Catriona Millar now lives and paints in the southeast of England. Catriona Millar is listed in the 2012 edition of Who's Who in Scotland. In the Scottish Contemporary Art Auction of 3rd May 2015 lot 2138 "The Agency" by Millar sold for £2800 (hammer).
* HANNAH FRANK (SCOTTISH 1908 - 2008), THE TALE WAS WILD AND DREAR pen and ink on paper, signed and dated 1927mounted, framed and under glassimage size 41cm x 31cm, overall size 68cm x 56cm Comment: This is the original pen & ink artwork by Hannah Frank. Provenance: Private collection, Cambridge.Note: Since McTear's first promoted Hannah Frank's spectacular work in 2011, the prices for her ever more rare signed prints have continued to rise with many current prices being more than five times higher than those achieved barely a decade ago. The latest UK auction record figure for a single signed lithograph was most recently achieved (twice) in our auction on 24th October 2021 and now stands at £820 (hammer). Note 2: Hannah Frank was the last living link to the Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau period. She studied at the Glasgow School of Art and Glasgow University in the 1920`s and her haunting pen and ink drawings have been exhibited at the Royal Academy, Royal Scottish Academy and Royal Glasgow Institute. A series of lithographs of some of her 90 drawings were made in the 1960's and again in the 1980's to satisfy the demand for her work after exhibitions in Edinburgh and Glasgow. Only a relatively few of these prints were hand signed (in pencil) by Hannah and it's understood that only one print was ever editioned (numbered) in a conventional manner. A major exhibition at the Royal Glasgow Institute in 2006 brought her work to a new generation of admirers and received considerable press coverage. Her work toured for five years in the UK and the USA culminating in an exhibition at Glasgow University which opened on her 100th birthday 23rd August 2008. After her death, she was awarded a posthumous Honorary Doctorate at Glasgow University and Glasgow City Council`s Lord Provost`s Award For Art (2009).
* EUAN MCGREGOR PAI, WINTER STORM BEACH acrylic on paper, signed, titled label verso framed and under glass image size 34cm x 39cm, overall size 48cm x 53cm Note: An award winning artist, Euan McGregor lives and works in West Kilbride on the north Ayrshire coast. Euan’s roots are in printmaking, giving his work an emphasis on mark-making and shape. He has an interest in all things Modernist and in particular, mid 20th century British landscape painting. His influences include Hockney, Piper and the St Ives school in Cornwall. His recent work has been inspired by some of our iconic malt whisky distilleries. Frequently drawn to marginal and fringe spaces in his work, he says “I love the fact that these structures often inhabit the wildest of places, so there’s a contradiction of sorts but they work well together, especially as the product is so synonymous with its geography. The buildings themselves are industrial cathedrals with specific shapes integral to the whisky-making process.” Euan’s work has a strong sense of emotion, shape and subject, using his printmaking skills to give the illusion of depth by adding texture in thinly applied layers. His work is striking, yet subtle in its makeup. He is a recipient of the RGI Cuthbert Artist Award and Glasgow Art Club Fellowship Award and in 2015, he became a Diplomate of the Paisley Arts Institute and has received several awards from the Royal Glasgow Institute.He currently teaches Art & Design in a secondary school in Renfrewshire and lives with his young family in North Ayrshire. He frequently exhibits in the PAI, RGI and RSA. He has won awards throughout his career and continues to exhibit across the UK.
* HAMISH MACDONALD DA PAI (SCOTTISH 1935 - 2008), STAFFA, FINGAL'S CAVE limited edition print on paper, signed, titled and numbered 559/800mounted, framed and under glassimage size 34cm x 57cm, overall size 57cm x 78cm Note: Hamish MacDonald was born in Glasgow in 1935. He studied at Glasgow School of Art between 1963 and 1967. From 1968 he successfully combined painting with teaching and also guest lectured throughout Scotland. In 1991 he retired from his post as an Art Department Principal to concentrate fully on the development of his painting. Much of his work was inspired by the Scottish Colourist movement, but MacDonald preserved an individuality which marks him out as both a vibrant and important artist. Throughout his career he succeeded in capturing dramatic scenes with his own passionately innovative palette. Hamish MacDonald is now widely regarded as one of Scotland's most successful contemporary artists. From 1964, Hamish staged numerous solo exhibitions in Scotland and Cornwall. He also participated in group shows with prominent galleries in London and throughout the UK. His works can be found in many major collections throughout the world.
* GEORGINA MCMASTER (SCOTTISH b. 1980), UNTITLED oil on canvas, signedframed and under glassimage size 60cm x 60cm, overall size 80cm x 80cmNote: In The Scottish Contemporary Art Auction of 6th March 2022, "Camouflage" (lot 206, a 91 x 121cm oil on canvas) by Georgina McMaster sold for £4400 (hammer) setting another UK auction record price for one of Scotland's most notable young artists.
* SHEILA MACMILLAN DA PAI (SCOTTISH 1928 - 2018), BETWEEN MONTEJAQUE AND ZAHARA 13.09.01 oil on board, signed and dated 2001 framed and under glass image size 38cm x 48cm, overall size 57cm x 66cm Note 1: Titled verso in the artist's hand but obscured by the backboard. Note 2: Sheila Macnab Macmillan was born in Glasgow in 1928. She attained a degree in Geography at Glasgow University and went on to train as a teacher. However, she had always painted and her talent was strongly encouraged by her uncle the distinguished Iain Macnab RE ROI (1890 - 1967) who persuaded Sheila to come to London and train under him. Iain Macnab had been Principal at Heatherley's Art School (1925 - 1940) and then went on to be founding Principal of the hugely influential Grosvenor School of Modern Art. Sheila's London influences and Glasgow School foundations evolved into a distinctive and individual style. She usually worked "en plein air" and her work is semi-abstract. She focused mainly on landscape where her training as a geographer, allowed her to use her understanding of land formation, the delicate balance of the seasons and the interaction between Man and the environment. Her uncle's concept of "rhythm" is evident in Sheila's work and remained a constant throughout her career. She painted in Scotland, Spain. France and Italy and exhibited widely, especially in Glasgow, Edinburgh, London and Newcastle. Her work appeared frequently at the Royal Scottish Academy, Royal Glasgow Institute, Paisley Art Institute annual exhibitions and at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition (London). She won numerous awards and prizes over a long and distinguished career. In recent times we have offered a growing number of Sheila Macmillan's paintings with several achieving more than £1000. The current leading price is £1700 (hammer) for "Ronda, Spain", a 45 x 48cm oil on board (lot 510A, The Scottish Contemporary Art Auction 24th October 2021).
* MASON STORM (BRITISH b. 1974) IT'S A RED HARING FT HAPPY CHOPPER AND RED CHOOSE YOUR WEAPON screenprint on 315gsm Innova Soft White fine art paper, signed versomounted, framed and under glassimage size 18cm x 27cm, overall size 37cm x 46cmNote: From the artist's 'Theft from Above' show with Stowe Gallery.
* HAMISH MACDONALD DA PAI (SCOTTISH 1935 - 2008), AUTUMN, PERTHSHIRE limited edition print on paper, signed, titled and numbered 125/650mounted, framed and under glassimage size 41cm x 60cm, overall size 63cm x 81cm Note: Hamish MacDonald was born in Glasgow in 1935. He studied at Glasgow School of Art between 1963 and 1967. From 1968 he successfully combined painting with teaching and also guest lectured throughout Scotland. In 1991 he retired from his post as an Art Department Principal to concentrate fully on the development of his painting. Much of his work was inspired by the Scottish Colourist movement, but MacDonald preserved an individuality which marks him out as both a vibrant and important artist. Throughout his career he succeeded in capturing dramatic scenes with his own passionately innovative palette. Hamish MacDonald is now widely regarded as one of Scotland's most successful contemporary artists. From 1964, Hamish staged numerous solo exhibitions in Scotland and Cornwall. He also participated in group shows with prominent galleries in London and throughout the UK. His works can be found in many major collections throughout the world.
* SHEILA MACLEOD ROBERTSON RSMA (BRITISH 1927 - 2020), THE LITTLE HARBOUR, PLOCKTON oil on board, signedframedimage size 18cm x 25cm, overall size 26cm x 33cm Label verso.Note: Born to Scottish parents in London, Sheila Macleod Robertson was a noted painter in oils of marines, seascapes and coastal scenes. Trained at Watford and the Central School of Art & Design, London. She quickly developed a particular interest in the light and mood of sea, coast and landscape. Held many successful solo shows in London and Scotland, including at The McEwan Gallery. Elected member, Royal Society of Marine Artists 1969, also professional member, St Ives Society of Artists. To increase her knowledge of weather and sea conditions of the western seaboard she cruised as a crew member on an ocean yacht. Her work, produced mainly with a palette knife, was regularly exhibited at the RI, ROI & RSMA. When not sailing, she lived in Edinburgh before retiring to Hertfordshire.
PHILIP RASKIN (SCOTTISH b. 1947) A TOUCH OF ARGYLL acrylic on panel, signed, titled versoframedimage size 42cm x 56cm, overall size 54cm x 68cmArtist's label verso.Note: Born in 1947, Philip studied at the Glasgow School of Art in the 1960s. However, due to his father's untimely death, he had to postpone his career in art and left art school to enter the business world where he stayed for the next 30 years. For 20 of those years, he was the well known proprietor of The Inn on the Green, a celebrated jazz restaurant, in Glasgow. During this time, he maintained his contact with the world of art however, by running a schedule of art exhibitions and openings within the venue. Upon leaving the restaurant in the 1990s, Philip returned to his easel and brushes and since then has become a successful full time artist with broad appeal. He now lives and works from his studio just outside Glasgow. Philip's unique style is instantly recognisable combining a heavy impasto application of the paint alongside more delicate and sensitive brush strokes. Focussing mainly on landscape painting, his inspiration comes from the islands of the west coast of Scotland with Barra, Islay, Jura and Arran being some of his favourite locations. He deftly captures the essence and light of the landscapes through his work, the rugged shorelines, dramatic seascapes and ever changing skies. "I tend to paint very private places for the viewer to own and enjoy. No people, no houses, no telegraph poles; just expansive skies, mist tumbling on a distant hillside and a silence broken only by lapping water and gulls ascending".
* JOHN BELLANY CBE RA HRSA (SCOTTISH 1942 - 2013), BOAT IN HARBOUR oil on canvas, signed framed image size 122cm x 152cm, overall size 139cm x 169cm Comment: A spectacular and large (48 x 60 inches) example. Provenance: Private collection Monaco. Note: Collector demand has never been higher for the work of John Bellany and numerous examples have been sold in recent months by both McTear's and others at ever more impressive prices. In The Scottish Contemporary Art Auction of 29th May 2022 "The Finnon Smoker" by Bellany sold for £80,000 (hammer) and in the same sale, "Bass Rock Fable" (a 76 x 61cm unframed oil) sold for £12,000 (hammer). In our 21st August 2022 auction, lot 137 "The Newspaper Hat" (a 61 x 51cm oil) sold for £9500 (hammer). "Like-for-like" auction prices for original paintings are usually difficullt to assess, but in The Scottish Contemporary Art Auction of April 2023, two Bellany paintings which had been acquired in our auctions in September and November 2014 were consigned for sale by the same owner. The original 2014 selling prices were £1800 and £4000 and the same paintings sold in April for £3800 and £7000 (all hammer prices). This equates to a growth in value of 86.2% in fewer than nine years. In The Scottish Contemporary Art Auction of 25th May 2023, lot 282, "Restless Wave" a 90 x 90cm oil (by Bellany) sold for £9000 (hammer) and in our auction of 9th November, lot 92, "Harbour" a 90 x 120cm oil by Bellany sold for £11000 (hammer). Most recently, "The Players" lot 50 in our auction of 28th March 2024 sold for £30000 (hammer).
CATRIONA MILLAR, PRINCESS AND FREDDIE oil on canvas, initialledunframedoverall size 41cm x 31cm Note: Catriona Millar's work takes its inspiration from the stories that lie at the heart of the human condition, and the sparkle of a narrative behind the eyes of her subjects hints at everything from longing to melancholy. Her work often juxtaposes human characters with a variety of animal confidants, with some seeming physically present in the composition while others take on a talismanic quality. Born in Glasgow, Catriona Millar studied at Harrogate School of Art and Grays School of Art, Aberdeen. Since the success of her sell-out 2005 degree show she has exhibited across the UK including the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. In October 2006 she came to the attention of Charles Saatchi with her first solo exhibition at the Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh. Catriona Millar now lives and paints in the southeast of England. Catriona Millar is listed in the 2012 edition of Who's Who in Scotland. In the Scottish Contemporary Art Auction of 3rd May 2015 lot 2138 "The Agency" by Millar sold for £2800 (hammer).
* GRAHAM MURRAY (SCOTTISH 1907 - 1987), UNTITLED mixed media on board, signedframedimage size 51cm x 76cm, overall size 67cm x 94cm Note: Graham Murray was born in Glasgow and studied at Glasgow School of Art. He lived and painted in France, Turkey, Switzerland, Germany and England until 1938, when he returned to Glasgow. During the war years he taught in Clydebank, and here he first made the acquaintance of Stanley Spencer, who was appointed official war artist on Clydeside. The two artists became good friends, and Spencer was a frequent visitor to Murray's spacious flat in Landsdowne Crescent, and to the Pewter Pot. Murray exhibited with Leicester Galleries and Reid and Lefevre in London and with the Portico Library in Manchester. In Scotland he exhibited with the Greenock Arts Guild, and with the Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) and Royal Glasgow Institute (RGI). His futurist cityscapes marked his individuality; and when he left Glasgow in 1985 to live in Berkshire with his second wife, his landscapes and flower studies were a complete sell-out at a farewell exhibition. He is represented in the Art Gallery & Museum, Kelvingrove, and in numerous private collections in Britain, Canada, Switzerland, the USA and Australia.
* GEORGINA MCMASTER (SCOTTISH b. 1980), SAL oil on canvas, signedframedimage size 100cm x 50cm, overall size 120cm x 70cm Note: In The Scottish Contemporary Art Auction of 6th March 2022, "Camouflage" (lot 206, a 91 x 121cm oil on canvas) by Georgina McMaster sold for £4400 (hammer) setting another UK auction record price for one of Scotland's most notable young artists.
* JUDITH L BRIDGLAND (AUSTRALIAN / SCOTTISH b. 1962), STUDY : SMALL BURN AND SUMMER GRASSES oil on board, signed, titled versoframed and under glassimage size 15.5cm x 15.5cm, overall size 31cm x 31cm Handwritten artist's label verso.Note: Judith was born in 1962 in Australia, and trained in Glasgow, where she now lives and works. Her bold, exuberant and vibrantly joyful landscapes have led to sell-out shows in Scotland, London and the rest of the UK as well as exhibiting further afield in America, Russia and Sweden. Working in oils, her paintings use bold, vigorous, rhythmical strokes of impasto paint combined with delicate brushwork. This gives an exciting texture to the paint surface along with a sense of abstraction, which reflects nature’s contrasts and delicate harmonies. However, whilst the work is very painterly, it also has a strong sense of place. Winner of the 1999 MacRoberts Open Prize, the 2010 House for An Art Lover Award, and the Glasgow Art Club Award in 2016, Judith is also a member of the Paisley Art Institute, and a regular exhibitor at the Royal Glasgow Institute and Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour. Paintings in private collections in England, Ireland, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Turkey, Mexico, Canada, USA, Bermuda, Australia, Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates. Collections include: Sophos Plc Global Headquarters, Arisaig Partners, The Royal Bank of Scotland World Headquarters, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow Caledonian University, British Midland (on permanent exhibition in the Executive Lounge at Glasgow International Airport). Work also owned as part of the Helen Cargill Thomson Collection, gifted to the University of Strathclyde. Judith's highly successful 14th Feb - 10th March 2020 exhibition at Duncan R. Miller Fine Arts (London) was her fourteenth solo show at this prestigious London gallery.
* BARBARA BALMER RSA RSW RGI (SCOTTISH 1929 - 2017), TULIPS IN JUG watercolour on paper, signedmounted, framed and under glassimage size 52cm x 69cm, overall size 84cm x 101cm Note: Barbara Balmer had a singular vision. Her pictures have a curious, if not surreal, edge. In her instantly recognisable style, she took the everyday and simplified it into shapes and patterns that she filled with subtle gradations of colour. Born in Birmingham, she moved to Scotland by way of a scholarship from Coventry School of Art that took her to Edinburgh College of Art (1949-1953). Her contemporaries are a roll call of familiar names of Scottish art: Elizabeth Blackadder, John Houston and Frances Walker to name a few. Balmer, however, eschewed the expressive brushwork and vibrant palette of the time and developed her own unique visual vocabulary. Throughout her long career, spanning more than five decades, she was twice selected to exhibit at the John Moores Exhibition in Liverpool, and had solo shows at the Richard Demarco Gallery and the Open Eye Gallery in Edinburgh, the Scottish Arts Council Touring Exhibitions and at the Fine Art Society in Edinburgh. Barbara taught at Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen between 1970 and 1980 and held a retrospective exhibition at Aberdeen Art Gallery which travelled to Dundee, Lincoln and Coventry. Her work is included in many public and private collections including, The Royal Collection, The Scottish National Portrait Gallery (Portrait of Richard Demarco), The City Art Centre, Edinburgh, Leicester City Museum, Aberdeen and Stirling Universities, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Birmingham, Perth, Dundee and Lincoln Art Galleries. Seven of her paintings were used as dust jackets by Virago for the Modern Classics series and she was an elected member of the Royal Scottish Academy, the Royal Glasgow Institute and the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour. In Barbara's obituary in The Herald, Richard Demarco wrote: "I hesitate to define her as an English, Scottish or indeed British artist. Her particular art must be viewed as belonging to the great and enduring tradition associated with the latest manifestations of European painting in this age of modern art".
* GILLIAN GOODHEIR DA (SCOTTISH 1949 - 2022), POMEGRANATES gouache on paper, signed and dated '08, titled versomounted, framed and under glass image size 27cm x 29cm, overall size 50cm x 51cm Artist's label verso.Note: Gillian Goodheir was one of Scotland's best-loved artists and a regular exhibitor at good galleries around Scotland and the North of England. She was born in Glasgow and studied at Glasgow School of Art, specialising in Drawing and Painting. She graduated in 1967 then took a Post Diploma. She then taught art in Glasgow but in 1975 she and her husband moved to mid-Argyll where she lived and worked. Gillian Goodheir's paintings reflect her surroundings, the ever-changing weather and light in the west of Scotland but also the south of France where she spent a lot of time, when she could. As well as landscape she excelled in Still Life, combining flowers, textiles and decorative objects. Her preferred medium was gouache which she handled in a fluid spontaneous style, capturing light and colour. Her work is in collections throughout the U.K. (including six works in the Permanent Collection of the Palace of Westminster, London) as well as in the U.S.A., Canada, Hong-Kong, Holland, France and New Zealand.
* JAMES ORR (SCOTTISH 1931 - 2019), MONTROSE BEACH oil on board, titled versoframed and under glassimage size 31cm x 35cm, overall size 47cm x 52cmNote: James Orr was a regular and successful contributor to The Scottish Contemporary Art Auctions. A modest man when it came to his own achievements, his work is held in the collection of HRH The Late Duke of Edinburgh and in many private collections across the world. He won several awards for his work, including the RGI’s Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow Award. His paintings have given and continue to give great pleasure to many people. Renowned for his kindness and generosity, he also nurtured many budding artists and gave his time generously through artist demonstrations for many art clubs across Scotland.Condition of the picture is good overall, with no visible or known issues.
* GEORGE THOMPSON (BRITISH 1934 - 2019), BOYS FISHING oil on board, signed, titled and dated 1995 versoframed and under glassimage size 42cm x 37cm, overall size 60cm x 54cm Note: George Thompson was born in Wigan in 1934. He moved to Chester when he was eleven. He studied fine art (painting) at Chester School of Art and gained an art teacher’s diploma at Liverpool College of Art. He then spent his time teaching painting in Chester and the Wirral. He later moved to West Kirby, overlooking the estuary of the Dee. Here the constantly changing colours, textures and play of light on the water and wet sand, were a constant source of inspiration to him. Every summer he combined a love of travel with a working holiday abroad, especially Venice and Tuscany and more recently in Croatia, Corfu and Ireland. He had one man exhibitions in Australia, Canada, USA and Japan and his paintings are in collections all over the world. He won prizes at the Pastel Society Exhibitions, at the Mall Galleries in London and the National Acrylic Painters Association Exhibition.Condition is good overall, with no visible or known issues.
* MATT MCCURDY, NUDE STUDY oil on paper, initialled mounted, framed and under glassimage size 89cm x 74cm, overall size 109cm x 94cm Note: Trained Glasgow School of Art B.A.(Hons) Fine Art. Multiple solo and group exhibitions in Glasgow, Edinburgh and London. Collections include: The Commonwealth Development Corporation, London; Earl of Dundonald; University of Strathclyde, Glasgow; Baillie, Gifford and Co., Edinburgh; East Dunbartonshire District Council and private collections throughout the United Kingdom, Germany and North America. Represented by Hughson Gallery, Glasgow.
* MURIEL BARCLAY, SUMMER SALES oil on canvas, signedframedimage size 41cm x 35cm, overall size 63cm x 58cm Note: In the inaugural Scottish Contemporary Art Auction staged by McTear's on 22nd November 2008, "Pink Tutu Tune" by Muriel Barclay sold for £7475 (premium) which was widely reported to be a record price for any maiden painting at public auction by a Scottish artist (past or present). Muriel Barclay is one of Scotland's most successful living artists and her exhibiting history is impressive. Her paintings are enthusiastically collected around the UK and auction appearances of her larger paintings, such as "Leg Pulling", are extremely rare. Collections include: Sir Arnold Clark, Lord Harris, The Sultan of Brunei, Alex McLeish, Sir Jack Harvey, HBOS, Biggart Baillie, Arisaig Partners, Ernie Els (golfer) and numerous other prestigious corporate and private collections worldwide. In The Scottish Contemporary Art Auction of 13th December 2020 "Peace Delegation" (a 77 x 87cm oil, lot 612) by Barclay, sold for £5500 (hammer) and in The Scottish Contemporary Art Auction of 24th October 2021 lot 836 "Venice" by Muriel Barclay sold for £6000 (hammer).
* SIR NORMAN REID (BRITISH 1915 - 2007), CARNATIONS AND FRESIAS AGAINST THE LIGHT oil on board, initialed, titled label versoframed image size 27cm x 33cm, overall size 37cm x 44cm Handwritten label versoNote: Sir Norman Reid is best known for being the celebrated Director of the Tate Gallery from 1964 to 1979 but he was also a talented painter, having won a scholarship to study at Edinburgh School of Art in the late 1930's under William Gillies. The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art hold and have exhibited his work, which rarely appears at auction.
* FRED YATES (BRITISH 1922 - 2008), SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND oil on canvas, signed, titled label versomounted, framed and under glass image size 46cm x 55cm, overall size 64cm x 72cm Label verso: J M LondonProvenance: The artists estate Note: Fred Yates was a self-taught British artist, known for his plein-air paintings of the English landscape. Influenced by so-called naïve art and the work of L S Lowry, Yates' work incorporated bold colours, loose brushwork, and child-like abstractions. Often, he layered paint on top of the canvas to create a thick, textured surface, giving his paintings a sculptural quality. Born on July 25, 1922 in Urmston, England, Yates fought in the Second World War alongside his twin brother, who was killed at the Battle of Arnheim. After the war, he began painting the Manchester cityscape in his free time and became well known in the local art scene, working alongside painter Lowry. Yates moved to Cornwall in 1968, where he began painting rocky beach landscapes and scenes of village life. He gained national attention after presenting his work at the 1985 exhibition “St Ives 1939– 64” at the Tate Gallery in London. A decade later, the artist moved to Rancon, France, painting the local landscape for the remainder of his artistic career. Yates died on July 7, 2008 in England at the age of 85. His work is held in the collections of the Brighton and Hove Art Gallery, Liverpool University, and the University of Warwick.
* JOEL KIRK (BRITISH b. 1948), NEXT GENERATION oil on board, signed, titled versoframedimage size 50cm x 70cm, overall size 76cm x 96cm Note: certificate of authenticity included in this lot.Note 2: Joel Kirk is a British painter working in a Photorealist style. He travels the world, making initial studies of his subjects, in pastel and watercolor, before transferring them to larger canvases in his studio. Born in Dorking, United Kingdom, Kirk attended the Southend College of Art before beginning his career as a commercial artist, producing images for publishing houses and postage stamps. His realist techniques are comparable to those used by artists such as Julie Bell and Timothy Barr. Kirk often raises money for Wildlife foundations, including the Born Free Foundation and the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund. Kirk lives and works in Dorset, United Kingdom.
* JOHN BELLANY CBE RA HRSA (SCOTTISH 1942 - 2013), THE ITALIAN GIRL oil on canvas, signed, titled and dated 1994 exhibition label versoframed image size 76cm x 61cm, overall size 93cm x 78cm Exhibition label verso: Viva L'Italia 1994, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh. Private collection, Monaco.Note: Collector demand has never been higher for the work of John Bellany and numerous examples have been sold in recent months by both McTear's and others at ever more impressive prices. In The Scottish Contemporary Art Auction of 29th May 2022 "The Finnon Smoker" by Bellany sold for £80,000 (hammer) and in the same sale, "Bass Rock Fable" (a 76 x 61cm unframed oil) sold for £12,000 (hammer). In our 21st August 2022 auction, lot 137 "The Newspaper Hat" (a 61 x 51cm oil) sold for £9500 (hammer). "Like-for-like" auction prices for original paintings are usually difficullt to assess, but in The Scottish Contemporary Art Auction of April 2023, two Bellany paintings which had been acquired in our auctions in September and November 2014 were consigned for sale by the same owner. The original 2014 selling prices were £1800 and £4000 and the same paintings sold in April for £3800 and £7000 (all hammer prices). This equates to a growth in value of 86.2% in fewer than nine years. In The Scottish Contemporary Art Auction of 25th May 2023, lot 282, "Restless Wave" a 90 x 90cm oil (by Bellany) sold for £9000 (hammer) and in our auction of 9th November, lot 92, "Harbour" a 90 x 120cm oil by Bellany sold for £11000 (hammer). Most recently, "The Players" lot 50 in our auction of 28th March 2024 sold for £30000 (hammer).Condition of the picture is good overall, with no visible or known issues.
* ALEXANDRA (SANDIE) GARDNER (SCOTTISH b. 1945), BLACK & WHITE SHOES oil on board, signed, titled versoframed and under glassimage size 29cm x 23cm, overall size 50cm x 43cmNote: Alexandra (Sandie) Gardner is without doubt one of Scotland's most successful and well known living artists. Unquestionably one of the country's biggest personalities in the Scottish art world. Born in 1945 in Glasgow, Sandie is fiercely proud of her working-class roots. Showing extraordinary artistic talent from the age of 5, Sandie was accepted to study at the prestigious Glasgow School of Art in 1963. She worked hard and was closely under the tutelage of the Head of School, David Donaldson. Almost unbelievably, as soon as she qualified, Sandie was offered a lecturing position at the Art School, she was 22 years old. Sandie had a highly successful teaching career and throughout these years she was able to paint for several prestigious galleries in Edinburgh, Glasgow and London and had several highly acclaimed solo shows. After some 21 years at GSA , Sandie retired from teaching in 1988 to become a full-time professional artist and she never looked back.
* JENNY MATTHEWS RSW (SCOTTISH b. 1964), LOMBOK SHELL BASKET WITH BATIKS watercolour on paper, signed, titled label versomounted, framed and under glassimage size 60cm x 51cm, overall size 83cm x 75cm Handwritten label versoExhibition label verso: Mixed Exhibition January 1998, The Edinburgh Gallery.Note: Jenny Matthews was born in 1964 and grew up in Edinburgh, Scotland. She studied at Edinburgh College of Art under Elizabeth Blackadder, John Houston and Ann Oram, graduating in 1986 with a BA (Hons) in Drawing and Painting. Jenny has lived in France and Indonesia and is now based in Edinburgh with her husband and two children. Jenny has earned her reputation as an accomplished Scottish watercolourist and over the last 20 years her work has been exhibited extensively in the UK and abroad. She has also exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) and Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour (RSW). Jenny appeared in the Top 20 of the ‘Savvy Art Investors Guide, 20 Scottish Artists to Buy’, in The Scotsman October 2004 and was the main artist feature in ‘Homes and Interiors Scotland’ magazine Jan-Feb 2005. Her paintings are in the collections of Adam & Co plc, Brodies WS, Hewlett Packard, Ian Rankin and Miranda Harvey, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, Murrayfield Hospital, Paintings in Hospitals, Walter Scott & Partners, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (London) as well as in private collections worldwide.
* HANNAH FRANK (SCOTTISH 1908 - 2008), OH, THAT WAS A FLIGHT THROUGH THE AIR! (THE TRAVELLING COMPANION) pen and ink on paper, signed and dated 1928mounted, framed and under glassimage size 40cm x 24cm, overall size 68cm x 51cm Comment: This is the original pen & ink artwork by Hannah Frank. Provenance: Private collection, Cambridge.Note: Since McTear's first promoted Hannah Frank's spectacular work in 2011, the prices for her ever more rare signed prints have continued to rise with many current prices being more than five times higher than those achieved barely a decade ago. The latest UK auction record figure for a single signed lithograph was most recently achieved (twice) in our auction on 24th October 2021 and now stands at £820 (hammer). Note 2: Hannah Frank was the last living link to the Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau period. She studied at the Glasgow School of Art and Glasgow University in the 1920`s and her haunting pen and ink drawings have been exhibited at the Royal Academy, Royal Scottish Academy and Royal Glasgow Institute. A series of lithographs of some of her 90 drawings were made in the 1960's and again in the 1980's to satisfy the demand for her work after exhibitions in Edinburgh and Glasgow. Only a relatively few of these prints were hand signed (in pencil) by Hannah and it's understood that only one print was ever editioned (numbered) in a conventional manner. A major exhibition at the Royal Glasgow Institute in 2006 brought her work to a new generation of admirers and received considerable press coverage. Her work toured for five years in the UK and the USA culminating in an exhibition at Glasgow University which opened on her 100th birthday 23rd August 2008. After her death, she was awarded a posthumous Honorary Doctorate at Glasgow University and Glasgow City Council`s Lord Provost`s Award For Art (2009).
PHILIP RASKIN (SCOTTISH b. 1947) HEBRIDEAN HARMONY acrylic on board, signed, titled versoframedimage size 47cm x 77cm, overall size 59cm x 89cmArtist's label verso.Note: Born in 1947, Philip studied at the Glasgow School of Art in the 1960s. However, due to his father's untimely death, he had to postpone his career in art and left art school to enter the business world where he stayed for the next 30 years. For 20 of those years, he was the well known proprietor of The Inn on the Green, a celebrated jazz restaurant, in Glasgow. During this time, he maintained his contact with the world of art however, by running a schedule of art exhibitions and openings within the venue. Upon leaving the restaurant in the 1990s, Philip returned to his easel and brushes and since then has become a successful full time artist with broad appeal. He now lives and works from his studio just outside Glasgow. Philip's unique style is instantly recognisable combining a heavy impasto application of the paint alongside more delicate and sensitive brush strokes. Focussing mainly on landscape painting, his inspiration comes from the islands of the west coast of Scotland with Barra, Islay, Jura and Arran being some of his favourite locations. He deftly captures the essence and light of the landscapes through his work, the rugged shorelines, dramatic seascapes and ever changing skies. "I tend to paint very private places for the viewer to own and enjoy. No people, no houses, no telegraph poles; just expansive skies, mist tumbling on a distant hillside and a silence broken only by lapping water and gulls ascending".
* AGNES MILLER PARKER (SCOTTISH 1895 - 1980), MUSHROOM, SNAIL, MOUSE, FISH woodcut print on paper, signed in the mount mounted, framed and under glass image size 13cm x 19cm, overall size 42cm x 52cm Note: Agnes Miller Parker was born in Irvine, Ayrshire and studied at Glasgow School of Art. She later taught at the School before marrying fellow student William McCance. The couple moved to London in 1920. Parker’s work of the 1920s is influenced by the Cubist and Vorticist movements. In the early 1930s she became well-known for her distinctive woodcut illustrations produced for the Gregynog Press in Wales. Her illustrations for Aesop’s Fables were particularly celebrated, as were her sets of engravings for several Thomas Hardy novels made in the 1950s.
* ALEXANDER GRAHAM MUNRO RSW (SCOTTISH 1903 - 1985), MOULAY IDRISS watercolour on paper, signed and titledmounted, framed and under glassimage size 37cm x 47cm, overall size 60cm x 68cm Note: Munro was born in Mid Calder, Midlothian and educated at George Heriot’s School, Edinburgh and at the Royal Scottish Academy Life School. In 1925 he won the Chalmers-Jervis Bursary Prize and Carnegie Travelling Scholarship, which took him to Paris to study with Andre Lhote. In the 1920s and 1930s he travelled extensively in Europe (Italy, Holland, Norway, Denmark and Finland) and North Africa (Morocco, Tunisia and Algiers). Returned to Edinburgh in 1929 and married Ruth Morwood 1932 with whom he later made a home in North Africa above Tetuan. He became art master at Loretto School, Edinburgh and later at Trinity College, Glenalmond. With the exception of one or two scenes in Finland and the Highlands, almost all his 49 exhibits at the RSA were of North African and Spanish people and scenery. He did not show at the RSA after 1952, restricting his work to the RSW, of which he was elected a member in 1956, and the Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts.
CATRIONA MILLAR, ELSA oil on canvas, initialled, titled and dated 2024 versounframedoverall size 41cm x 31cm Note: Catriona Millar's work takes its inspiration from the stories that lie at the heart of the human condition, and the sparkle of a narrative behind the eyes of her subjects hints at everything from longing to melancholy. Her work often juxtaposes human characters with a variety of animal confidants, with some seeming physically present in the composition while others take on a talismanic quality. Born in Glasgow, Catriona Millar studied at Harrogate School of Art and Grays School of Art, Aberdeen. Since the success of her sell-out 2005 degree show she has exhibited across the UK including the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. In October 2006 she came to the attention of Charles Saatchi with her first solo exhibition at the Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh. Catriona Millar now lives and paints in the southeast of England. Catriona Millar is listed in the 2012 edition of Who's Who in Scotland. In the Scottish Contemporary Art Auction of 3rd May 2015 lot 2138 "The Agency" by Millar sold for £2800 (hammer).
* DAVY BROWN (SCOTTISH b. 1950), STILL LIFE oil on canvas, signedframed and under glassimage size 30cm x 30cm, overall size 51cm x 51cm Note: Davy Brown was born in Kilmarnock in 1950. As a young Scottish artist Davy studied at the Glasgow School of Art under David Donaldson and Duncan Shanks. In 1975 he won a modern art scholarship from the Institute of Cultural Affairs in Chicago. This enabled Davy to travel extensively in the USA and Canada. When he returned from his travels he successfully taught contemporary art in Scottish schools. Throughout this time he 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 left teaching in 2002 to concentrate on his painting full time. Over the years his paintings, with their very distinctive style, have consistently grown in popularity. For much of this time Davy Brown paintings have been inspired by his love of the Scottish landscapes.
* ELSPETH HARRIGAN (SCOTTISH 1938 - 1999), PURPLE TULIPS watercolour on paper, signed, titled versomounted, framed and under glassimage size 39cm x 58cm, oerall size 63cm x 80cmLabel verso: C. R. M. F. Art Exhibition.Artist's label verso.Note: Elspeth Harrigan was a highly respected botanical artist who graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 1960. Her numerous awards included Scottish Lady Artist Royal Horticultural Society Silver Medal in 1985 and 1988. Her was married to the artist James Harrigan and her daughter is Claire Harrigan RSW.
* ROBERT KELSEY DA MUniv PAI FRSA (SCOTTISH b. 1949), ISLAND LANDSCAPE oil on board, signed, titled label versoframed and under glassimage size 22cm x 21cm, overall size 35cm x 35cm Label verso: The Rowan Gallery, Drymen.Note: Robert Kelsey is one of Scotland's most prominent landscape painters working today. Born in Glasgow in 1949, Robert studied painting at the Glasgow School of Art from 1966-70 under David Donaldson, James Robertson, and Alexander Goudie. Kelsey went on to teach art until 1995, at which point he left education to paint full time. Since then, Robert Kelsey has developed a reputation as one of Scotland's finest and in-demand painters, particularly for his stunning coastlines. Lot 48 "Portree Bay, Skye" by Robert Kelsey from the same private collection as "Yacht In The Sound of Iona" sold in The Scottish Contemporary Art Auction of 17th August 2023 sold for £2200 (hammer). Known collections include: Paisley Art Gallery, Lord Macfarlane of Bearsden, , Frances Shand Kydd, The Fleming Collection, Cairn Energy PLC, Credit Lyonnaise Bank, Turnberry Hotel, Taylor Woodrow, Lord Smith of Kelvin, His Grace The Duke of Bedford, Anthony Shaffer, Highland Spring Water, Scottish Property Services, Arisaig Partners (Asia) Ltd, Enterprise Oil, Scottish Friendly Assurance.Condition of the picture is good overall, with no visible or known issues.
* SACHA JAFRI (BRITISH b. 1977), FIELD OF DREAMS gouache & ink on German-etched canvas paper, signed and dated '99, completed 2001framedimage size 51cm x 70cm, overall size 63cm x 83cm Provenance: digital certificate of authenticty issued by Studio Jafri, Dubai 2024.Note: Sacha Jafri (born January 3, 1977, in the United Kingdom) is a British artist known for creating the world's largest painting on canvas, Journey of Humanity (as recognised by Guinness World Records) over seven months in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic in Dubai. In 2021, it sold for US$62 million the third highest price ever paid for a work of art by a living artist. Sacha Jafri was born in England and is descended from the Royal lineage of the Nawab of Awadh. His grandfather Fareed S. Jafri was appointed editor of "Dawn" newspaper by Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the 1950s, and was later appointed Pakistan's High Commissioner to Nigeria in 1968. Jafri attended Eton College. In 2000 he obtained his master's degree in Fine Arts from Oxford University. Safri generally works outside the art gallery system, donates many of his works and or proceeds from them to charity efforts, and numbers among his collectors members of the British Royal family, Sir Richard Branson, Sir Paul McCartney, Leonardo DiCaprio, Bill Gates, Lady Gaga, Will Smith, Warren Buffet, Lionel Messi, Madonna, David Beckham, George Clooney, Eva Longoria and Barack Obama. Sacha’s first love, however, is cricket. No wonder, he enjoyed painting odes to Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli—the latter portrait celebrating a decade of Kohli’s IPL journey was auctioned off at a charity dinner organised by the Virat Kohli Foundation in 2017 (the painting was later purchased for a whopping $4.5m at a charity ball in London).
* GILLIAN GOODHEIR DA (SCOTTISH 1949 - 2022), SUN N SHADE gouache on paper, signed and dated '05, titled versomounted, framed and under glass image size 24cm x 26cm, overall size 46cm x 45cm Artist's label verso.Note: Gillian Goodheir was one of Scotland's best-loved artists and a regular exhibitor at good galleries around Scotland and the North of England. She was born in Glasgow and studied at Glasgow School of Art, specialising in Drawing and Painting. She graduated in 1967 then took a Post Diploma. She then taught art in Glasgow but in 1975 she and her husband moved to mid-Argyll where she lived and worked. Gillian Goodheir's paintings reflect her surroundings, the ever-changing weather and light in the west of Scotland but also the south of France where she spent a lot of time, when she could. As well as landscape she excelled in Still Life, combining flowers, textiles and decorative objects. Her preferred medium was gouache which she handled in a fluid spontaneous style, capturing light and colour. Her work is in collections throughout the U.K. (including six works in the Permanent Collection of the Palace of Westminster, London) as well as in the U.S.A., Canada, Hong-Kong, Holland, France and New Zealand.
* NITA BEGG (SCOTTISH 1920 - 2011), BROWN WAX CANDLE oil on canvas, signed, titled and dated 1983framedimage size 72cm x 46cm, overall size 83cm x 57cm Note: Nita Begg enrolled at the Glasgow School of Art, in 1937 at the age of 16. She studied throughout the war as the School was forced to stay open by the Scottish Education Department. Graduating in 1943 she was awarded a place at Hospitalfield House which she took up in 1947 having completed her war service as a nurse. A professional artist for over 50 years, she specialised in oil creating a body of work amounting to over 400 paintings. Her paintings are in the private collection of Her Majesty the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, Glasgow Museums and Art Galleries and private collections in New York, Australia and throughout the UK. For extensive bioraphy, see www.nitabegg.com
* EDWARD NOOTT RBSA (BRITISH b. 1965), STILL LIFE WITH VEGETABLES oil on canvas, signedframedimage size 50cm x 60cm, overall size 67cm x 77cmNote: Edward Noott was born in 1965 and took a Foundation Course at the Cheltenham College of Art. He later studied at Trent Polytechnic College of Art, where he gained a B.A. – Fine Art Degree Course, and later attended the State University of New York, Oneonta, N.Y. Edward Noott has exhibited at the Royal Institute of Painters in Oils, the Royal Birmingham Society of Painters (where he is an elected Member), Royal West of England Academy and the Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne. The son of John Noott, one-man exhibitions have been held at The John Noott Galleries in Broadway (Worcestershire) annually since 1993, together with solo exhibitions in London and the provinces plus many exhibitions in the United States of America. He is the recipient of many awards and prizes including the Royal West of England Academy Purchase Prize (purchased by the University of Wales for their permanent collection).
* BARBARA RAE CBE RA RSA RE (SCOTTISH b. 1943), ROAD TO MONDA watercolour on paper, signed, titled label versomounted, framed and under glassimage size 57cm x 76cm, overall size 91cm x 109cm Label verso: The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh.Note: Painter, printmaker and teacher, born in Stirlingshire. She studied at Edinburgh College of Art 1961–5 concluding with postgraduate study, in 1966 using a travelling scholarship to work in France and Spain. In 1966–7 was at Moray House College of Education, then taught in Edinburgh Schools until appointments 1972–4 at Aberdeen College of Education, then from 1975 at Glasgow School of Art. In 1984 she was an exchange teacher at University of Maryland. Won a number of awards and prizes, including Arts Council Awards and RSA Guthrie Award and Medal. In 1985 she gained a Scottish Arts Council Grant which permitted her to paint in Spain and New Mexico. Rae was an extremely prolific exhibitor internationally and from 1967, when she had her first solo show at New 57 Gallery, in Edinburgh, was regular at venues including Aberdeen Art Gallery; Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh and London; and Glasgow Print Studio. Her work is in several dozen collections, including Aberdeen Art Gallery, University of Glasgow and British Museum. Rae was a striking landscape painter with a rich palette, yet her pictures sometimes have an intense, brooding quality. Was elected RSA, and RA in 1996. Over the next few years Rae travelled extensively and in 2002 had a residency at Ballinglen Arts Foundation, County Mayo, Ireland. The North House Gallery, Manningtree, put on Barbara Rae Ten Years’ Printmaking in 2004, the first such major survey. In the same year she had a solo show at Tom Caldwell Gallery, Belfast, with another, Mayo, of monotypes and colour etchings in 2006. In 2003, Aberdeen University conferred an Hon. Doctorate on Rae and the Royal College of Art an Hon. Fellowship.Condition of the picture is good overall. The picture has slightly slipped in the mount.
* BANKSY (BRITISH b. 1974), EXHIBITION POSTERS FROM CUT & RUN exhibition posters on papereach framed and under glassimage size 58cm x 41cm each, overall size 65cm x 47cm eachNote: The anonymous graffiti artist known as Banksy is perhaps the most controversial street artist of today. He is famous for his stenciled graffiti works, which appear in public spaces around the world. His use of stenciling developed from a need to complete a work quickly, namely to avoid being caught vandalizing by police. Between 15th June and 28th August 2023 at the Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow he held his first show in 14 years: Cut & Run featuring stencils and more from his career on the street. “I’ve kept these stencils hidden away for years, mindful they could be used as evidence in a charge of criminal damage. But that moment seems to have passed, so now I’m exhibiting them in a gallery as works of art. I’m not sure which is the greater crime”
* ALEXANDER GRAHAM MUNRO RSW (SCOTTISH 1903 - 1985), UNTITLED watercolour on paper, singed, titled indistinctly and dated 1949 mounted, framed and under glass image size 35cm x 46cm, overall size 54cm x 64cm Note: Munro was born in Mid Calder, Midlothian and educated at George Heriot’s School, Edinburgh and at the Royal Scottish Academy Life School. In 1925 he won the Chalmers-Jervis Bursary Prize and Carnegie Travelling Scholarship, which took him to Paris to study with Andre Lhote. In the 1920s and 1930s he travelled extensively in Europe (Italy, Holland, Norway, Denmark and Finland) and North Africa (Morocco, Tunisia and Algiers). Returned to Edinburgh in 1929 and married Ruth Morwood 1932 with whom he later made a home in North Africa above Tetuan. He became art master at Loretto School, Edinburgh and later at Trinity College, Glenalmond. With the exception of one or two scenes in Finland and the Highlands, almost all his 49 exhibits at the RSA were of North African and Spanish people and scenery. He did not show at the RSA after 1952, restricting his work to the RSW, of which he was elected a member in 1956, and the Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts.
* JOHN BYRNE RSA (SCOTTISH 1940 - 2023), MISS WALKINSHAW WITH WILLIE CURRY watercolour and pencil on paper, signed and inscribed, circa 1997mounted, framed and under glass image size 38cm x 55cm, overall size 62cm x 78cm Label verso: Duncan R Miller Fine Art, LondonNote: Characters from The Slab Boys Trilogy: Miss Walkinshaw: A maiden lady of indeterminate years. At the Dance on her own. Willie Curry: Design Room Gaffer. Ex-army, mid-fifties.Condition of the picture is good overall, with no visible or known issues.
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