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Author Archives: artmar09
Paint It on Black…
The artwork is inspired by the architecture of Alexander Thomson, Charles Rennie Mackintosh and William Leiper. Namely Holmwood House, Glasgow School of Art and the Templeton Building. I have recently discovered the potential and versatility of acrylic paint pens and … Continue reading
Colour and pattern Inspired by Alexander ‘Greek Thomson.’
My work is often inspired by arguably the greatest and iconic Glasgow architect, Alexander Thomson. January 2019 completed this piece of work with particular reference to the patterns and colours used in Holmwood House, Cathcart by Thomson during interior decorating … Continue reading
The Arlington Baths Greetings Card Designs
These cards are for sale in the Poolside Office with a donation from the sales going towards the Arlington Baths restoration fund. All photographs are copyright of Marion Gardyne.
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Remembering Glasgow School of Art
I was fortunate to be able to take photographs of GSA both inside and out a few years ago. I used these as the starting point for creating several photographic collages of the building which I have since completed. In … Continue reading
Sea Pottery Collages.
I have a collection of fragments of Victorian pottery which I found when beachcombing on the stone and pebble shore at Inveraray, a town situated on Loch Fyne, a sea loch, in the west coast of Scotland. The pottery has … Continue reading
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Glasgow Tenements Fabric Collage
Feeling very Glaswegian and Scottish today! This is a photograph of hand and machine embroidered fabric collage depicting a Glasgow tenement facade and a gable end. The tenement was modelled from a building in Mount Florida, a Southside district near … Continue reading
Print Studio Screenprints
When on a screen printing course at Glasgow Print Studio, I produced several black line prints inspired by the architecture of Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson. Following on from this, I individually added colour to each design using watercolour paints and water … Continue reading
Art Made Now :Woman Rated Collages
These collages were completed for a submission for the Royal Academy Summer Show. The theme of the show is ‘Art Made Now.’ I made an anagram of this title resulting in ‘Woman Rated.’ This being the centenary of some women … Continue reading
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Photographs of The Arlington Baths Club Turkish Suite and Slipper Room.
Images copyright: ©MarionGardyne2017 Above is a small selection of the 150 photographs that I had taken when collecting visual information and references to begin the the design for the collage panels. The last image although blurred is an interesting combination … Continue reading
Art Work Inspired By The Arlington Baths
Using the beautiful mosaic centre of the floor at the old water fountain in the Turkish Suite as inspiration, this unfinished ( I’m still working on it…) circular design depicts the colours of the tiny tiles which are a variation … Continue reading