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Are you in Edinburgh at the moment?

Visit:  ‘the gallery on the corner’, 34 Northumberland St, Edinburgh, EH3 6LS

'In the Flow Country, Sutherland'

‘In the Flow Country, Sutherland’

It’s a busy and exciting time to be in Edinburgh at the moment, but if you’re already getting a little over ‘festivalled’ and are seeking something a little different to do, why not visit ‘the gallery on the corner’.   In this small contemporary gallery, set on the corner of Northumberland St and Dundas Street, just a short walk from the city centre, you’ll find a wonderful selection of work by a broad range of artists.  It’s the perfect place to get away from the rush of the city and to enjoy some new and different art …..and maybe buy yourself something special.

 I’ve been showing work at ‘the gallery on the corner’ since it opened in 2010 and as patron to the gallery I am, of course, going to be a little biased.  That said though, every time I visit the gallery I always get a really good feeling about it.  It’s bright and welcoming and friendly ….and above all, there’s always a really interesting and exciting selection of work to see.

 Here are images of the three paintings I currently have at the gallery, but to see the full range of artists work available, take a visit to the gallery itself.

'Low tide, Harris'

‘Low tide, Harris’

'On the Pentland Hills, March'

‘On the Pentland Hills, March’

Visiting the Gallery

The gallery is open from Tuesday to Saturday, 11.00am to 5.00pm

 ‘the gallery on the corner’

34 Northumberland St, Edinburgh, EH3 6LS

Tel:   0131 557 8969

“Please note that the gallery does not have wheelchair access. There are seven steps down into the gallery making wheelchair access difficult, however if you contact us prior to visiting we will do our best to accommodate you.”

To learn more about this great little gallery and to see images of some of the other artists work, you can visit their website:

http://www.thegalleryonthecorner.org.uk/

Gallery On The Corner - Map

Gallery On The Corner – Map

All go on the Harbourside

Irvine Harbourside's Cultural Festival

Open weekend - Irvine Harbourside's Cultural Festival

Fingers crossed for a bit of good weather this weekend …not, as usual, because we want to go walking, but because this is the weekend of Irvine’s first Harbourside Cultural Festival.   It should be a good couple of days as the organisers have arranged quite a lot of events at venues along the harbour …but a bit of sun would help bring people out and down to the Harbourside.  Anyway, for full details visit the North Ayrshire Library & Information Service website: www.ers.north-ayrshire.gov.uk/whaslikeus.cfm

Irvine Harbourside's Cultural Festival - Open weekend - Courtyard Studios

Irvine Harbourside's Cultural Festival - Open weekend - Courtyard Studios

As part of the larger event, 8 or 9 of the artists, me included, are holding an informal ‘Open Studios’ weekend.  For my part I’d thought I’d just open my doors and leave my studio as it normally is …giving folk an idea of how I work.  Then I started to think about it, and decided I ought to put up a new selection of work and so spent all yesterday moving paintings and benches …..and today I’ll actually try and tidy the tops of the benches!  It’s not quite ‘the working studio experience’ but it’s not just a studio exhibition either.  Anyway, if you’re living in the region, why not come down and see for yourself.

Courtyard Studios will be open

Saturday 2nd June,11am – 5pm

Sunday 3rd June, 12 noon – 5pm

Entry as usual is free.

Irvine Harbourside's Cultural Festival - Open weekend - Courtyard Studios

Irvine Harbourside's Cultural Festival - Open weekend - Courtyard Studios

Irvine Harbourside's Cultural Festival - Open weekend - Courtyard Studios

Irvine Harbourside's Cultural Festival - Open weekend - Courtyard Studios

Artists taking part include, Alison Thomas (painting), Anita Groves (ceramics), Margaret Carslaw (painting), David Reid (painting), Sheila Kerr (jewellery), Chick McGeehan (painting), Brian Craig (painting & photography) and myself, Keith Salmon (painting).

It is a great opportunity to catch up on some of the latest work…… I hope to see you

A trip to Dunkeld –Atholl Gallery

It’s been a decidedly busy few weeks, not least with getting everything ready for going to Speyer on May 11th. But the work at the studio has still been going on and on Tuesday after one small disaster (more of this in a minute) we took seven pieces of work up to the Atholl Gallery in Dunkeld for their forthcoming Spring Exhibition starting this Saturday 17th April.

161 'Rannoch Moor, sketch', Pastel on gesso, 2010,

'Rannoch Moor, sketch'

I’d selected the pieces I’d use for the show a while back and this included four very new works, just completed. One of these is a small new drawing….’Rannoch Moor –sketch’ and this is one of a number of very simple pastel line drawings I’ve been doing. These are worked from the fast pen sketches I do out on the hill but they are done in a mid grey oil pastel on a gesso board. I leave the surface of the gesso quite rough and this gives the pastel line a slightly broken appearance that I particularly like. The finished drawing is then varnished with a matt varnish and the final piece has an interesting appearance….something slightly akin to the pastel mono-prints I used to do many years ago. As I said, the piece included in this show is only small but is I think quite a strong little image. I’ve started working on a couple of bigger drawings done in the same way and am quite excited by the potential …..possibly using this way of drawing (but on a really big scale) when over in Speyer. Watch this space as they say!

I also included a larger upright piece in the selection. This painting, ‘Moon and frozen crag, Beinn an Dothaidh’ has never been properly framed before although I completed it a number of years ago. I’ve had it in my studio though and it has received a lot of attention. It’s tall thin shape also attracted me to it for this show as it would allow me to show a larger piece without it taking up too much space – this painting is currently the ‘Artwork of the week’ on my website.

'Late winter afternoon, west Highlands', Acrylic & Pastel, 2009, 30 x 30 cm

'Late winter afternoon, west Highlands'

The other paintings I planned to take included two of my new long thin 76 x 23 cm pieces, two of the 30 x 30 cm pieces and a small 12.5 x 12.5 cm painting. The selection seemed to work well …then disaster struck! On Monday evening as I was wrapping the paintings for the journey to the gallery, I managed to knock one of the 76 x 23 cm pieces. As anyone who has seen my work in galleries will know, I tend to use a simple distressed ‘York’ silver frame with most of my paintings. These look good and work well with the rather scratchy, scribbled nature of my work – but, these frames are almost impossible to repair if damaged. So, there I was with a frame with a dint in it and no replacement frame of the right size….aaah! At this point I’m pleased to say, I remained calm although it was probably good that no-one was in the studio at the time. I usually keep a number of framed works at the studio and so had to choose a different piece now. I went for another upright piece, ‘Where sky and moor-land meet’. This is a more abstract piece as it is based on the bands of colour you sometimes experience when on the hill. I think that this piece will work well with the others but as it was such a late substitution, I’ll only know when I see the work on the wall.

163 'On Beinn a' Ghlo, autumn', Acrylic & Pastel, 2010, 30 x 30cm

'On Beinn a' Ghlo, autumn'

The gallery holds an informal preview on Saturday morning / afternoon, so Anita and I are planning to go along. We’ve decided to make a day of it and take the train rather than do the two and a half hour drive up there and back again. From the station, it’s about a mile walk into the village, crossing the wide and very majestic River Tay by a beautiful bridge. After seeing the show, I think it’ll be time for a late lunch and a pint of real ale at a pub overlooking the river…..I think we’ll both deserve that!

The exhibition runs from April 17th – June 7th 2010

Atholl Gallery
6 Atholl Street
Dunkeld
Perthshire
PH8 0AR
SCOTLAND
Tel:01350 728855