Category Archives: collage

Sea Pottery Collage Work: West Coast Meets East Coast.

Posted on September 30, 2020 by artmar09

  A selection of collage work is currently being displayed and is for sale in the Seagull Gallery, Gourock. The layered panels are inspired by the designs on seashore pottery fragments found by myself and collected. The pieces are from … Continue reading →

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Sea Pottery Collages.

Posted on December 7, 2018 by artmar09

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

Posted on May 5, 2018 by artmar09

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 →

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Art Made Now :Woman Rated Collages

Posted on May 4, 2018 by artmar09

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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Art Work Inspired By The Arlington Baths

Posted on May 4, 2018 by artmar09

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 →

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Other Artwork Inspired by The Arlington Baths

Posted on May 3, 2018 by artmar09

This sequence of images shows the progression of a watercolour design inspired by the coloured glass stars on the ceiling of The Turkish Suite. Also featured in the painting are several of the Minton tile designs seen on the floor … Continue reading →

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ARTchitecture Exhibition at The Arlington Baths from 1st December 2017

Posted on May 3, 2018 by artmar09

On Friday 1st December, The Arlington Baths Club hosted the opening event of the ARTchitecture Exhibition in the club’s Reading Room. Chris and Charlie, my good friends, assisted in curating the show with me. By the preview opening time in … Continue reading →

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Glasgow Society of Women Artists New Works at The Lillie Gallery 6th October 2017

Posted on May 3, 2018 by artmar09

My collages were submitted and selected for this group exhibition last autumn. My contribution  was of two small collages that featured designs from the Parthenon in Athens. The photographs were taken during a recent pilgrimage to The Acropolis. I also … Continue reading →

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Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson LINES OF THOUGHT Bicentenary Exhibition at The Lighthouse.

Posted on May 2, 2018 by artmar09

From 18th August until 8th October 2017, The Lighthouse in Glasgow was host to the ‘Lines Of Thought’ exhibition celebrating the genius and the bi-centinary of the birth of architect Alexander Thomson. The exhibition could be viewed in Gallery One … Continue reading →

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ARTchitecture Exhibition and Designs On Japan pop-up exhibition At Cass Art Glasgow

Posted on May 2, 2018 by artmar09

In June 2017,  Cass Art in Glasgow city centre hosted a solo exhibition of my kaleidoscopic collages inspired by architecture. I was joined by Christine Shaw who’s pop- up exhibition was inspired by the art and design of Japan. Chris … Continue reading →

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