Alison McWhirter

29 July - 28 August 2018

Our first solo exhibition with Alison McWhirter.

Alison McWhirter BA MA was born in Scotland in 1975. She attended Bath Academy where she trained as a painter gaining a BA in Fine Art in 1998. She continued her studies to gain a Postgraduate MA in Visual Culture 2000. Bath Academy of Art has produced such luminaries as the colourist Howard Hodgkin.

After establishing a career in publishing, as well as teaching art, McWhirter returned to South West Scotland to pursue her career as a painter; her raison d’etre.

McWhirter has had work selected by the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts. Her studies of flowers are intimate compositions which evoke a mood through their vibrancy of colour and loose bold brushwork. Her paintings are instinctive responses to her subject, often mixing paint directly on the canvas, so creating a sense of spontaneity which is prevalent in all her work. McWhirter’s abstract works are sensorial responses to places which hover in the minds eye, they seem to create a visual order all of their own.

She has had exposure in The Scotland on Sunday in 2011 where she was described as ‘The new Scottish Colourist’. In 2012 Homes and Interiors Magazine deemed her to be one of the top Contemporary Scottish Colourists making waves in the art world. Her instantly recognisable work is held in private collections throughout the UK.

McWhirter has shown internationally in 2014 and 2015 at New York Art Fair and Hong Kong Art Fair selling out in NYC. Her first solo London show in 2016 at The Russell Gallery was a major success.

Alison McWhirter 2018 Daisies and Cosmos 40 x 40 cms oil on linen £1950 The Pink Cyclamen 40 x 40 cms oil on canvas SOLD Roses Against Lamp Black 40 x 40 cms oil on linen £1950 Wild Flowers Looking for Summer 50 x 50 cms oil on canvas SOLD Dad's Sunflowers 60 x 60 cms oil on canvas SOLD Grasses and WIldflowers 50 x 50 cms oil on canvas SOLD Wild Love 40 x 51 cms oil on canvas SOLD Peonies Against Grey Umber 40 x 40 cms oil on linen SOLD Tulips Against Warm White 40 x 40 cms oil on linen £1950 Sierra Madre 50 x 76 cms oil on canvas SOLD Garden Peonies Against Warm Umber 40 x 40 cms oil on canvas SOLD Love Notes 20 x 20 cms oil on canvas SOLD Marina's Peonies 40 x 40 cms oil on canvas £1950 Purple Iris 40 x 40 cms oil on canvas £1950 Peonies in a Pale Lime Green Pot 40 x 40 cms oil on canvas £1950 A Green Thought 100 x 100 cms oil on canvas £3250 Wild Flowers, Peonies and Daisies 40 x 40 cms oil on canvas SOLD Peach Melee 40 x 40 cms oil on canvas £1950 Peonies Against Pale Italian Green Umber 40 x 40 cms oil on canvas SOLD Passing Durisdeer 50 x 100 cms oil on canvas SOLD Considered Daisies and Wild Flowers 40 x 40 cms oil on canvas £1950 It Seems I am Not Myself Except in My Room 100 x 120 cms oil on canvas SOLD

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