Art at Ach Na Darach
Artist 43
Arran it’s landscapes and people are always an inspiration and I try and capture both in my paintings. I work in oils and watercolours, big and small and enjoy both.
Welcome to Arran Open Studios
We are looking forward to 2025 Arran Open Studios which is set to be bigger than ever. The online brochure is now available for download and our interactive map gives details of all our participating artists/makers. Here are the key dates:
Preview Exhibition, Brodick Hall: Friday 11th – Monday 14th July
Film Night at Corrie Hall, Sunday 10th August
Open Studios Weekend: Friday 15th – Monday 18th August
See the Events tab for more details
If you are an artist or maker on the island who has not taken part this time and would like to discuss taking part in the Open Studios next year, please do get in touch. We would love to hear from you!
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Heather MacLeod- Studio number 24
Heather is a Scottish contemporary artist and has worked from her studio in Whiting Bay for over 20 years.
Strongly influenced by the Scottish colourists and the local landscape she paints on silk and canvas creating vibrant and textured of Arran in her own unique style.
Greeting cards, ceramic tiles and prints and gift ideas are also available from her studio.
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Lynn’s art on Arran - Lynn Jones - Studio number 23
Having trained as an Art Teacher many years ago, Lynn rediscovered her love of painting and all things creative while living in Argyll. Inspired by the scenery, she used pure watercolour to paint the historic landscape of the Kilmartin Glen.
She has been selling her work in Argyll for over a decade, but after many years of visiting, she has now moved to the Isle of Arran and has achieved her dream of having her own Art Studio in Whiting Bay looking out over the sea.
Inspired now by the stunning land and seascapes of Arran she loves to find ways to capture the atmosphere and constantly changing light in watercolour. More recently she has explored ‘felt painting’ and using both wet and needle felting techniques and a touch of embroidery, little tactile scenes of Arran are translated in wool.
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Jan and Friends- Studio number 22
Jan works with upcycled fabrics to create quirky pictures, using free machine embroidery. Sara Spinner is a hand spinner/knitter of alpaca, who makes fingerless mitts & hats from the yarn. Jo Morgan is a tapestry weaver, creating pictures, sculptures on driftwood and mandalas using natural and man made fibres. There will also be work on display by Art in Mind
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Studio number 21. James Taylor, Iconic Reserve.
James creates limited edition A2 prints and gifts signed by the artist.
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NICHOLAS DE MAID - STUDIO NUMBER 20
Nicholas trained as a building surveyor constructing plans for extensions which gave him a grounding in detailed drawing.
It was only when he retired that he went back to painting and started to specialise in botanical art taking part in exhibitions with The Society of Botanical Artists in London. Later he took a diploma course in the subject with the SBA.
His style is not so much as to re-create realism but rather an interpretation of reality, stressing detail and lines found both in plants and buildings.
Nicholas considers himself to fall a long way short of being a professional and prefers raising money for charity.
He prints some of his pictures using a system known as Giclée printing and has a number of these for sale along with greetings cards.
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Studio Number 16, Christian Pomeroy , The Clyde Model Dockyard.
Originally founded in 1789 in Glasgow and revived in 2024, the Clyde Model Dockyard designs and produces maritime and industrial scale models and kits.
For more on these wonderful scale models check out the website.
https://www.clydemodeldockyard.com
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Meet furniture maker Andy Leese.
Excellent filmmaker John Perivolaris and cinematographer Ryan Bain came to Arran in May and made some promo films for Arran Open Studios.
We love them! Hope they give you a flavour of our event.
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And so our Arran Open Studios Preview Exhibition draws to a close. Thanks to everyone who visited the exhibition and thank you for all the encouraging comments. Special thanks to all the participating artists. It was a pleasure to exhibit your work.
We are particularly grateful to have Brodick village hall as the venue for the exhibition.
Now we look forward to the main event Friday 15th August-Monday18th August. See you there!
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Final chance to see our Arran Open Studios Preview exhibition. Today is our last day, open 11am-4pm.
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What better way to while away a bit of time on a Sunday morning. Come along to Brodick hall to Arran Open Studios Preview Exhibition and whet your appetite for the main event in August. #arranopenstudios25
Thank you to James’s Chocolate Shop for sponsoring us again this year.
James has sponsored us every year since we began in 2012 , it’s much appreciated.
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Meet artist Josephine Broekhuizen, studio number 13
Excellent filmmaker John Perivolaris and cinematographer Ryan Bain came to Arran in May and made some promo films for Arran Open Studios.
We love them! Hope they give you a flavour of our event.
@john.perivolaris.pd
@ryansbain
@joostbeest
@visitarran
#arranopenstudios25
#arrantheartsisland
#isleofarran
#openstudiosscotland
#arrantheatreandarts
#arranartist
@john.perivolaris.pd
#scottishartscene