Thank you to everyone who visited or participated our 10th Anniversary Open Studio Weekend in Arran this summer and who helped make the event such a great success!
This site will start being updated in spring 2023. In the meantime we’ve left 2022’s content online as both a reminder and a taster for next time!
See you at the next Arran Open Studios, 11 – 14th August 2023.
Many thanks to all at @arranartgallery for your support again this year.
Arran Art Gallery are celebrating their 20th anniversary this year with a special summer exhibition in July and August.
Pop in and join the celebrations. 🎉🥳
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SIMON LAWRENCE STUDIO NUMBER 1.
Simon paints mostly bird and animal portraits. His paintings are smallish in size in acrylics on paper with some mixed media.
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Art at Ach Na Darach STUDIO NUMBER 43- Jill Hargan.
Arran its landscapes and people are Jill’s inspiration. She enjoys working in oils and watercolour , large or small and illustrates children’s books.
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We hope you’ve enjoyed our artist social media takeover. Now , with just over 7 weeks until our event, we will showcase the work of all the other artists taking part. Also coming up in July is our preview exhibition in Brodick Hall. This has been a very successful addition to our event. It allows the opportunity to get a wee preview of the work going on around the island, with one piece submitted by each artist taking part in our event.
For now, prepare for your daily virtual exhibition of the work of participants in this year’s Arran Open Studios event.
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Finally in the Black Fox Studio , I have a new venture. Crafted from the off cuts of glass and board from my framing. Float glass is hand cut and combined with inks to create vibrant colours and movement. I love doing them as you never know how they’re going to turn out and the effects change constantly.
That’s the last post from me this week, thanks for looking and also huge thanks to the AOS team. We look forward to seeing everyone soon.
Jo x
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In the Black Fox studio, we also have a collection of monoprint portraits...
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In the Black Fox studio, Mike also loves to create pictures of birds using a variety of media including ink, oils and charcoal.
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STUDIO NUMBER 6 BLACKFOX STUDIO
As well as Black Fox Framing, we also have the printing studio in the garage, where my husband, Mike, works on etchings. When working on landscapes, he likes to represent Arran scenes in his typical atmospheric style...
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Studio number 6 Social media take over.
Black Fox Studio in Lamlash is home to both framing business and the printing studio. We have a lot going on here that I hope to show you over the next week.
First up, our collection of Arran maps and sea charts in a variety of sizes and framed in-house.
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Hi, My name is Kirsty Forsyth and I’m looking forward to joining Lesley Lockhart and Iris Russel at the Ormidale Pavilion in August. I’m a potter and I normally work in my garage throwing and creating useful things or sculptures. I am enjoying using more colour in my pottery this year so come and see us in Brodick and you might see some new pieces out if the kiln!
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Thank you to Lochranza Distillery for your support again this year. We could not put on such a successful event were it not for the support of local businesses.
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My name is Lesley Lockhart and I will be exhibiting at venue number 46. I’ve always had an interest in the decorative arts .I paint mainly in oils and acrylics favouring rich colour and pattern.I’m stimulated by any decoration whether it’s painted or lettered or stitched ; gardens , ceramics and needlework I enjoy.
Managing Arran Art Gallery for Nick Giles for some years gave me the opportunity to indulge my interest. My paintings are mostly light-hearted.
This year I’ve relocated from my old studio at the Old Haybarn ,Lamlash to the Ormidale Pavilion, Brodick , exhibiting alongside Kirsty Forsyth , potter , and Iris Russel , watercolourist.
As well as originals, I’ll have prints and cards for sale ..or just come and have a look .You will be made welcome.
website: www.lesleylockartart.co.uk
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