Artist Friends of Sannox
Artist 40
We welcome you to Sannox Christian Centre to view a variety of artworks including landscapes and painted chairs and to take part in family friendly art and craft, creative activities.
Thank you from all at Arran Open Studios
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.
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Day three of seven days of promoting my work to be seen at Arran Open Studios this August. Materials gathered for using in my smoke firings are all gathered from what is available around me and all natural. There are no glazes used to achieve the colours. I gather seaweed from the shore in Kildonan, heather from the moors in Derbyshire and I have friends who kindly save wood shavings and fir cones. These are just a few of the ingredients that are used in my firings. It all takes time to gather, but makes the process so much more enjoyable. #arranopenstudios25 #peakdistrictartisans #smokefiredceramics #visitarran #doingwhatilove #buyoriginalart Vivienne Sillar ceramics
Today is my first day of Arran Open Studios social media takeover. Over the next 7 days I’ll tell you a bit about me, where I will be showing in August and show you some work. My name is Vivienne Sillar , I am a ceramic artist and I’m returning to this event after a 10 year break. Like many Glaswegians I have holidayed on Arran every year. I now live in Derbyshire, and visit Arran regularly as I run a holiday let in Kildonan. I’m excited to be showing work that is inspired by the wildlife seen from the kitchen window of The Old Schoolhouse. This will be studio 27 in the Arran Open Studios. I show and sell my work in galleries in many parts of the UK, but it will be fantastic to be showing again on Arran. #arranopenstudios25. #peakdistrictartisans #smokefiredceramics #visitarran #buyoriginalart
Thank you to everyone who has interacted with my posts for my social media takeover! I want to sign off with some pictures of my first ever market stall! Despite the classic mixed bag that is Scottish weather, I enjoyed my first time displaying my work at a market! See you all in August! Megan x
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Thank you to Lochranza Inn for supporting this year’s Arran Open Studios!
Great place or a drink or a bite to eat or to stay.
Community run Inn.
2 exhibitions on there just now.
One in the coffee room on the left as you go in the main door. Some Open studios participants have paintings there.
The other in the dining room on the right as you go in the main door. This one is a collaboration with archaeologists , artists responding to the Neolithic landscape at Drumadoon.
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Working with film makers @john.perivolaris.pd and @ryansbain on a promo film for Arran Open Studios.
Studios. Day 1:
Josephine Broekhuizen (painter) @joostbeest Zabdi Keen(sculptor) @zabdikeen and Assja BaumGartner (jeweller) @arran_gems_by_assja_b and sadly not pictured, Andy Leese fine furniture maker.
The film will be used by AOS to promote its open studios event in August.
15th-18th August.
50+ artists and makers to visit. Check out the AOS website
arranopenstudios.org
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@visitarran #openstudiosscotland #arrantheartsisland @arrantheatreandarts
For my second last day of my social media takeover, I thought I would share the progress of the painting that I am working on to submit to Landscape Artist of the year competition this year! Who knows, if the judges like it I might make it on tv! 🌅
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New prints arrived today ahead of Sunday’s market. I am absolutely chuffed with them ☺️ Hope you like them too!
Megan
Thanks @janellesarran @jan_elles_art for your support again this year. #arranopenstudios25
I thought I would use today’s post to tell you a bit about myself, as well as share my latest delivery as an artist (more business cards and stickers for Sundays Market) and some of my recent watercolour originals inspired by my time spent on Arran.
I am 28 years old and originally from Glasgow, however, I have lived in Aberdeen for 10 years now and have spent every year of my life holidaying with my family on Arran! A lot of my painting inspiration comes from the beautiful scenery around the island, however, my most popular commissions are dog portraits and wedding venue/ building paintings.
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Hi everyone! My name is Megan! I am a painter and a first time artist for Arran Open Studios! I will be taking over the social media for Arran Open Studios for this week! Follow me along this week as I prepare for my first market on Sunday and share current prints and originals I am working on!
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Hi folks, this will be my last post for my social media takeover this week. I`ll leave you with some pictures of my recent ventures into watercolour with some cocktails for an upcoming long-term project, as well as a few of my miniature paintings, which have allowed me to explore fun ideas on a smaller scale.
I`m very much looking forward to welcoming everyone to my studio in August, and thanks for taking the time to have a look at my work.
Cheers,
Catherine Rose Scott
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I usually work in acrylics, and love using fluorescent colours for my paintings. These colours can take a lot of patience, as they are quite transparent and often need a lot of layering, but I find the intensely bright results to be a great payoff.
I`m working on a few different paintings at the moment, and you`ll be able to see more of my works in progress in my studio in Whiting Bay.
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