A good January tidy up.

Well, we are delighted with the new floor.

Clearing everything out of the office area and long room gave us a chance to do some serious cleaning and tidying and it is all looking great now. One more room to go and then we will have eliminated all the carpet!

Happy New Year!

Today we didn't get our Sunday off - we've been hard at work emptying two rooms in the gallery and taking up the old carpets ready for the new flooring being laid tomorrow.

The New Year is the perfect time for 'out with the old and in with the new'.  We will be closed from Monday 6th (tomorrow) and we will reopen on Saturday 11th January. This is stage three of a four stage renovation project, after this we will only have one room left to do.

We are also preparing for a very important exhibition in February when we present an exciting two person show with Lisa Hooper and John Threlfall.

It feels good to start the new year this way!

Festive Opening Hours

We're open today, and after a particularly stormy night it is feeling very cosy in the gallery with the fire on.

Here are our festive opening hours.

Friday 27th December OPEN
Saturday 28th December OPEN
Sunday 29th December CLOSED
Monday 30th December OPEN
Tuesday 31st December OPEN until 4pm
New Year's DAY CLOSED
Thursday 2nd January CLOSED
Firday 3rd January OPEN
Saturday 4th January OPEN

We will then take a short break and open again on Saturday 11th January.

Sculptures by Anthony Theakston with chocolates and ginger wine.

Hilke MacIntyre - Check Out

HILKE MACINTYRE 'Check Out' ceramic relief

A customer in the USA emailed me this photo. She lives in an earthquake zone and had been afraid of her Hilke MacIntyre ceramic relief falling off the wall in a quake. She decided to have it framed. I have never seen any of Hilke's ceramics framed like this and I think it looks great.

You can buy Hilke's work including this one, Check Out from our online shop.

Winter Exhibition Opening

SAM CARTMAN Castrocielo oil on board

Our Winter Exhibition Opens this Saturday, the 23rd of November. We are busy getting everything ready and admiring all the fabulous work that has come into the gallery. It really is exciting.

Please join us for a glass of mulled wine between 11am and 1pm and view the new show. A lot of the work is available to view on our web site here. I will be adding more images over the next few days.

We are delighted that artist John Threlfall will be joining us in the gallery to sign copies of his beautiful new book Drawn to the Edge.

Pop Socks

LEO BLAMIRE Pop Socks oil on gesso panel

Leo had more good news this week. His painting 'Pop Socks' has been accepted into the Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition. The exhibition opens on Saturday. You can read the opening times here.

Prizes at The RGI

LEO BLAMIRE   The Conversation  oil on gesso panel

We are delighted to announce that my brother Leo Blamire got two paintings into the Royal Glasgow Institute Annual Exhibition.

Both paintings won prizes: The Conversation won the David Cargill Award for an artist under 35 and Summer Gazing won the Art Exposure Gallery Award for painting.

LEO BLAMIRE   Summer Gazing  oil on gesso panel

I'm looking forward to the party on Saturday!