Catherine Rose Creations
Artist 16
Vividly coloured acrylic depictions of the landscapes and wildlife of Arran, with a particular focus on the many local birds. I offer originals and prints, as well as printed giftware.
Welcome to Arran Open Studios 2026
Here you will find details of all the studios and artists/makers taking part in this year’s event.
Using the interactive map or the online version of the event programme (see buttons above) you can explore the range of techniques, artists and venues on offer this summer.
Here is a reminder of the key dates:
Preview Exhibition, Brodick Hall, Friday 10th – Monday 13th July 2026
The Arran Open Studios Weekend, Friday 14th – Monday 17th August 2026
Some of the studios are also open at other times throughout the year. These studios are marked in the list of artists tab with a wee calendar icon, 
on the Artists Page. Please do make sure to check with each artist before visiting as hours and dates may well vary by season.
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 for 2027, please do get in touch. We would love to hear from you!
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We were entertained yesterday by David Samuels playing his bowed psaltery which he made himself. Delightful.
Arran Open Studios Preview Exhibition
Friday 10th July- Monday 13th July 11-4
After a busy day in Brodick hall our 4th Arran Open Studios Preview exhibition is all set and ready to welcome you.
Exhibition opens tomorrow, Friday 10th July until Monday 13th. 11-4
Thanks to all the artists who have submitted, the helpers, the caretaker of the hall, Wyllie and special thanks to the gardener at the Douglas for supplying us with beautiful flowers.
Come and enjoy our exhibition.
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STUDIO NUMBER 5.
BLACK FOX STUDIO
Exquisite drawings of birds and animals, printing, etching, charcoal and glass created at Black Fox Studio. A range of framed Arran maps & charts is also available, plus a bespoke picture-framing service.
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STUDIO NUMBER 18
JAMIE MCNAUGHT
Born in Glasgow, Jamie McNaught studied Interior Design before gaining a BA (Hons) in Fine Art at Glasgow School of Art. studying Drawing and Painting and Printmaking. He went on to teach art in Glasgow at Glasgow Academy for 40 years before retiring. He now lives on Arran and enjoys painting the varied landscapes the island has to offer.
Jamie paints in oil and acrylic and enjoys using bright colours to create varying forms of mark making while creating images of local Arran scenes and boating. Interested in the works of David Hockney, Jamie also creates works using his iPad and often uses this source as an inspiration for his paintings.
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CHRISTIAN POMEROY -STUDIO NUMBER 14
The Clyde Model Dockyard was founded in 1789 to produce model ships for the Admiralty and, by the early 20th century, had evolved into a well-known hobby and model shop situated in the heart of Glasgow. For years, it produced model boats and sold accessories for the modelling hobby before it sadly closed down in the early ‘70s.
Refounded in 2001, and then left dormant for 22 years, the name has now been reacquired by Christian, with the intention of reviving the name into a manufacturer of high-quality models and kits.
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TIM POMEROY STUDIO NUMBER 13 Sculptures in stone, wood and bronze, drawings paintings and prints. Enjoy the sculpture walk/garden in a four acre woodland where a few sculptures are displayed in the landscape.
Tim Pomeroy’s recent sculptures have been inspired by archaeological finds, by designed everyday objects and by natural/organic forms. A seed head can as much inspire monumentality in stone or bronze as a screw-head.
While many of Tim’s sculptures, etchings and drawings are in the gallery representing him in London, the Fine Art Society, there are still many versions to be seen at the picturesque studio location above Lamlash.
Tim trained as a painter and taught painting at Grays School of Art, Aberdeen. And while he is better now known for his sculptures, there will still be many two-dimensional works on display. His public commissions feature in Chatsworth Ho., Cawdor Castle gardens, Provand’s Lordship Glasgow, St Andrews RC Cathedral Glasgow, The Beatson Institute, The Esme Fairbairn Foundation to mention but a few.
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STUDIO NUMBER 12
Saskia Pomeroy is a visual artist working mainly in ceramics. Working from her Glasgow studio, Saskia works mainly from the potters wheel and applies her decorative and illustrative decoration on top of her thrown ware.
STUDIO NUMBER 11
JOSEPHINE BROEKHUIZEN
Josephine trained first in Rotterdam and completed her training in Gray’s in Aberdeen. She is the granddaughter of Matthias Hage who painted in Laren in Holland from the 1920s to the 1950s. She is a direct blood relation of the C 19th Dutch painters the Maris Brothers.
She is a past first-prizewinner of the Aberdeen Artists Award and has exhibited extensively throughout Scotland in private galleries as well as the RSA, SSA, RSW and RGI. Her current main representative is the McGill Duncan Gallery in Castle Douglas but many of her most recent pictures can be seen here at the hive of activity that is Whiterock Studio.
Her paintings are still-life or landscape-based with the emphasis on the ‘based’. They are rarely exact representations and sometimes the altered perspectives and gentle surrealism with which she treats them is as much a key to their meaning as the subjects themselves. Effectively, there is always more to them than simply meets the eye. A recent branch of her oeuvre (no pun intended), has seen her paint twigs and branches with a forensic exactitude that makes the subjects far more than the garden cuttings on which they are based. She says ‘I like the colours, textures and shapes I find in plants and flowers. I compose with them using oil paint which I think has the most luminosity. I use the flowers and plants as an inspiration rather than try to represent them accurately.’
She is a great printmaker too and her lino cuts and etchings will also be on display.
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Thank you Andrew and all at Arran Active for your support with our event again this year. Much appreciated.
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STUDIO NUMBER 10 - Scottish Rain- Norman Ingles
Landscape & seascape photographs of Scottish lochs, mountains & glens, taken in the highlands and west coast of Scotland.
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STUDIO NUMBER 9 MAA ARTWORK
Multi medium realism paintings, mainly been focusing on landscapes inspired by living in Scotland and growing up holidaying on Arran. Other subjects painted are pet portraits and wedding venues.
Megan paints an array of different artwork, using multiple mediums, watercolour, gouache, oil and acrylic. Her most popular commission requests have been wedding venues, dog portraits, and holiday pictures turned mementos.
In June 2026, Megan hosted her first solo art show, where she showcased her first ever landscape collection – Horizons. The concept of ‘Horizons’ came from discovering her love for landscape oil paintings. Pair that with her love for dramatic skies and Megan found her latest subject matter obsession. The collection began by dusting off her oil paints from art school (now a mere 10 years ago), picking up a canvas from the art store and using a reference picture she took of an insane pink and purple sunset over Lamlash Bay on the Isle of Arran. From there, she was hooked and had to create more. Thereafter, ‘Horizons’ was born. The collection will be showcased during the course of the Arran Open Studios weekend and is also available to view on her website.
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