Artist Information:
Gavin Weir
Glasgow,
United Kingdom
Member Since: Jul 2006
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Artist Statement:
My current work is inspired by
the Scottish landscape, for an
artist interested in colour
and textures it is an ideal
location. I am fascinated by
the very particular
atmospheric qualities light or
sometimes lack of light we
receive in Scotland. It is so
often affected by clouds that
feel as solid as the ground
casting waves and blue shadow
over the hills, by walls of
rain that move over the land,
hiding it like fog. In
contrast light often cuts
dramatically through the
landscape as it is escaping
through a pin prick in the
blanket of clouds. Its winter
beauty, when the light comes
directly and almost
horizontally across the hills,
golden in colour it warms and
glows off the surfaces and
textures to touches and throws
long shadows in its wake.
I am using the paint to
create, richly varied textural
surfaces, to achieve an
expressionistic descriptive of
the landscape. The paint I use
is often mixed with raw
pigments to increase the
vibrancy and depth of the
colour. This process affects
the surface qualities of the
dry painting, creating strong
contrasts of flat matt and
velvet or glossy textures.
With the application of paint
I am trying ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
2008: Gallery 23, Spring
Show, Glasgow
2007: Aspect Prize
Exhibition, Museum & Art
Gallery, Paisley.
2007: Paisley Art
Institute, Museum & Art
Gallery, Paisley.
2007: Arteries Gallery,
Spring Show, Glasgow.
2006-2007: Arteries Gallery,
Winter Show, Glasgow.
2006-2007: Gallery 23, Winter
Show, Glasgow.
2006: Gallery 23, Spring
Show, Glasgow.
2006-O/...
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Artist Galleries:
Gallery23, Glasgow
Stable Gallery, Inverary
www.artgallery.co.uk...
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Commissions:
Commissions available on
request, please contact the
artist for further
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Gavin Weir's Free Artist Portfolio
| Welcome to Gavin Weir's Portfolio. Browse Gavin Weir's body of work: My current work is inspired by the Scottish landscape, for an artist interested in colour and textures it is an ideal location. I am fascinated by the very particular atmospheric qualities light or sometimes lack of light we receive in Scotland. It is so often affected by clouds that feel as solid as the ground casting waves and blue shadow over the hills, by walls of rain that move over the land, hiding it like fog. In contrast light often cuts dramatically through the landscape as it is escaping through a pin prick in the blanket of clouds. Its winter ... |
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