Isobel Milne at Meadowbank Studio
Artist 35
Mixed media connections to the Arran landscape.
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
Ceilidh at Brodick Hall in association with the Boathouse Ceilidh Band, Tuesday 5th August
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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If you visit me in my studio , number 4, here’s an example of something you might find me doing. These have been handdyed using daffodil, copper, blackcurrant, red onion, indigo extract and dogwood. What local plants would you suggest, or like to see being used?
Kat Sparshot.
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Exhibition at Lochranza Inn
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Thank you to Lagg distillery for supporting us again this year. It’s much appreciated.
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Hi, I’m Andrew Roi. My daughter Gracie visited me from Australia last year. This is a portrait I painted of her, at the Grass Market, in Edinburgh.
Thank you to all the lovely responses to work I have posted over the last week! I look forward to seeing you over the Arran Open Studios weekend in August.
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Glen Sannox. Hi, I’m Andrew Roi. One of my favourite spots on the Isle of Arran.
As a child I was fortunate to live on the very edge of the city, and could simply climb over the fence to be in nature. This tree reminds me of what is so special about being immersed in the natural world.
You can see more of my work at www.andrewroi.art
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STUDIO NUMBER 33
Hi, I am Andrew Roi. Having studied visual art and design at the Eastern Institute of Technology in New Zealand, I have worked in various media, from painting in oils to printmaking and photography. For the last few years, I have been exploring watercolour. I was first introduced to it as a high school student. I have always loved the almost ethereal way that it captures the subject.
This painting, Lady in a red coat, was painted in the studio from a photograph that I took, in Florence.
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Hi, my name is Andrew Roi. I’m a painter based in Isle of Arran and
I’m thrilled to be taking part in Arran Open Studios this year and looking forward to seeing you in my studio.
These days I work in watercolour. I love the immediacy of the medium, and the watery way that it represents light and mood. I like to travel when I can, and watercolour is so convenient for traveling. I also enjoy photography. My subject matter is often land and city scapes. Places that evoke a sense of history. I use my photographs as a source for my studio work. Overall, I am always trying to respond to the beauty I see in nature and in the built human environments that reflect this, mostly from earlier times.
This last weekend, I spent some time painting the old boat, The VIC32, at Tarbert.
You can see more of my work at: https://www.facebook.com/andrewroiart/ and my website www.andrewroi.art
https://www.instagram.com/andrewroiart/
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Hi I am Josephine Broekhuizen and this is today’s progress of my painting. I think it’s getting there but not quite yet. Hope to see you at Arran Open Studio’s weekend 15th to the 18th of August. You will be able to see the finished painting.
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Hi I am Josephine Broekhuizen taking part in Arran Open Studios this year This is an image of a painting I am working on at the moment. This is how it has progressed since yesterday. I’ll post again tomorrow to let you see how it progresses.
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Meet Mabel, much loved dog of artist Josephine Broekhuizen. Two lovely paintings, all three can be seen at studio 13
Arran Open Studios 15th-18th August
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We hope you’re enjoying our social media artist’s takeover and discovering more about how the artist’s work.
Coming up this week will be artist Josephine Broekhuizen who was one of the founders of Arran Open Studios in 2012.
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Thanks for your support on my social media takeover week, I hope it’s given you an insight into my work @underwing_studio Looking forward to welcoming you in person during Arran Open Studios!
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