PLEASE NOTE ALL SIZES ARE FRAME SIZES
Venetian Facade
watercolour 51cm X 42cm £730
Terracotta Sun
watercolour 38cm X 33cm £425
Art To Wear
col pencil 78cm X 58cm £815
Permanently - Temporary study I
watercolour
Permanently - Temporary study II
watercolour
The above two studies are framed together 90cm X 63cm
£990
Listas Last Stand
watercolour 51cm X 41.6cm £690
Strike A Pose
graphite 84cm X 64cm £965
Venice Sketch I
mixed media
Venice Sketch II
mixed media
Venice Sketch III
mixed media
The above three sketches are framed together 70.5cm X 64cm £820
Le Quattro Stagioni
watercolour 39.5cm X 48.5cm £715
Forever Impervious
watercolour 35cm X 41cm £540
Where Angels Fear To Tread
watercolour 52cm X 64.5cm £1250
Vying For Attention
watercolour 41cm X 41cm £640
The Stone Speaks
watercolour 63cm X 50cm £1070
Collage Study for The Stone Speaks
collage 40cm X 50cm £680
Fading Beauty
watercolour 52cm X 52cm £1060
Illuminated Window
watercolour 76cm X 65cm £1600
American Express
watercolour 121cm X 91.5cm £3650
American Express study I
watercolour
American Express study II
watercolour
The above two studies are framed together 56cm X 78cm £785
Elegant With Age
watercolour 52.5cm X 52.5cm £1000
Great Divide
watercolour 40cm X 33cm £448
Collage For Vying For Attention
collage 40cm X 45cm £650
Le Quattro Staglione Study
watercolour 35cm X 42cm £500
Four Seasons Study I
graphite
Four Seasons Study II
graphite
The above two studies are framed together 64cm X 50cm £550
Billboard Altarpiece
watercolour 122cm X 75cm £3100
Echoes Of The Day
watercolour 78cm X 78cm £2050
Afternoon Drama In San Marco
watercolour 53cm X 65cm £1170
Fading American Dream study I
watercolour
Fading American Dream study II
watercolour
The above two studies are framed together 55cm X 88.5cm £875
Dutch Shawl Study
neocolour 77cm X 54cm £750
Gypsy Figure Drawing
col pencil 71cm X 56cm £675
Illuminated Window study I
watercolour
Illuminated Window study II
watercolour
The above two studies are framed together 56cm X 78cm £785
Iron Clad Gate
watercolour 41.5cm X 50cm £770
The Red Door At Blackscroft
watercolour 52cm X 64cm £1280
The Wee Blue Door
watercolour 34cm X 26.5cm £305
Morning Sun Lucca
watercolour 39cm X 33cm £435
Fire Door
watercolour 35cm X 42cm £500
Billboard Madonna
watercolour 64cm X 52cm £1220
This Way
watercolour 35cm X 42cm £550
'When putting together an exhibition for the purposes of selling in a gallery, there are a few self imposed “rules” which I normally adhere to. Call it convention, if you will. Keeping apart a number of works which appear similar, because they have been developed around a subject or theme is one. Not showing preparatory sketches, drawings, collages, false dawns, blind alleys etc, would be another.
I decided to show, in this exhibition, some of my “hidden pieces” (or support material), for my more finished / completed paintings. They are after all members of the same family.
You, the viewer, are being offered the rare opportunity see where ideas take off and change direction as new possibilities reveal themselves to me. Working in this manner, ideas flow continuously and there is never enough time to explore every facet. Some good ideas are never pursued and some are when they shouldn’t be, but that’s what keeps things interesting. That is also why the drawing, sketch, Maquette, is an essential part of the working process of an artist.
By omitting certain pieces from an exhibition, the idea or thread contained within a body of work can sometimes be missed or miss construed. It was my intention to allow the viewer an intended “Insight” into some of my preparatory ideas, sketches, etc as support for the main paintings. It is hoped that a little bit of the “hidden” workings will be revealed in the process.
An interesting aside to showing these support works is the fact that they can be viewed for the first time as works in their own right. There is often energy and vitality within a sketch or drawing that can be missing from the more polished variety. It is the carefree rather than careless mark that can imbue liveliness and simplicity that may be sacrificed in the making of the larger studio paintings.
If nothing else hopefully you go away with a little bit more of an “Insight” into the process involved in creating a work of Art.'
Angus McEwan RSW ARWS