CLAIRE HARRIGAN RSW (Scottish 1964 - ) An Angel In The Garden acrylic and oil pastel on heavy paper, signed With inscription on a label verso 96cm x 63cm; 37 3/4 x 24 3/4in Note : Claire was born in Kilmarnock in 1964. She grew up in Ayr - where she still lives- in a family of painters. In 1982 she went to the Glasgow School of Art, where the influence of the Scottish Colourists is always present. Claire graduated in 1986. In 1991 Claire had her first solo exhibition at the Gatehouse Gallery in Glasgow where she has exhibited regularly since. Other solo exhibitions have been at the Christopher Hull Gallery and Bruton Street Gallery in London and The Open Eye Gallery in Edinburgh. Claire was elected a Professional Member of the RSW in 1992 and won the RGI James Torrance Award the same year. In 1996 she won the RSA Latimer Award. Writing in the catalogue for her exhibition at the Gatehouse Gallery in 1999 Adam Butler said.....Claire's palette is rich in range as well as tone using a mixture of acrylic and oil pastel allowing her to produce her characteristically luminous juxtapositions of colours. Her compositions are carefully structured and despite the brilliant initial effect; a closer inspection reveals her use of colour to articulate space and movement and balance. The joy and love of her painting and subjects simmers close to the surface....""
CLAIRE HARRIGAN RSW (Scottish 1964 - ) An Angel In The Garden acrylic and oil pastel on heavy paper, signed With inscription on a label verso 96cm x 63cm; 37 3/4 x 24 3/4in Note : Claire was born in Kilmarnock in 1964. She grew up in Ayr - where she still lives- in a family of painters. In 1982 she went to the Glasgow School of Art, where the influence of the Scottish Colourists is always present. Claire graduated in 1986. In 1991 Claire had her first solo exhibition at the Gatehouse Gallery in Glasgow where she has exhibited regularly since. Other solo exhibitions have been at the Christopher Hull Gallery and Bruton Street Gallery in London and The Open Eye Gallery in Edinburgh. Claire was elected a Professional Member of the RSW in 1992 and won the RGI James Torrance Award the same year. In 1996 she won the RSA Latimer Award. Writing in the catalogue for her exhibition at the Gatehouse Gallery in 1999 Adam Butler said.....Claire's palette is rich in range as well as tone using a mixture of acrylic and oil pastel allowing her to produce her characteristically luminous juxtapositions of colours. Her compositions are carefully structured and despite the brilliant initial effect; a closer inspection reveals her use of colour to articulate space and movement and balance. The joy and love of her painting and subjects simmers close to the surface....""
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