17 April – 8 May 2010
Paul Murray graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 1984 and has been painting, teaching and travelling ever since. The pictures are mostly inspired by local scenes from the Western Ferries and the Kip Marina to the hills and landscapes around the artist’s Gourock home. However, inspiration has also been drawn from Paul’s travels in Europe and the Middle East; his work is represented in the private collection of the Bahrain Royal Family
‘His paintings attempt to encourage the spectator’s eye to journey back through the picture, to look beyond the decorative and to appreciate the subtle changes of surface and mark. Collage is crucial in the work; pre-printed images, calligraphy and textures, are left as a trace of the observed subject.’
Exhibitions
Royal Glasgow Institute.
Royal Society of Painters inWatercolour.
Paisley Art Institute.
Thompsons, London.
Richard Hagen Fine Art, Broadway.
John Green Fine Art, Glasgow.
TheWhitehouse Gallery, Kirkcudbright.
Wilson Davis Fine Art.
Quarriers Village.
The Seagull Gallery, Gourock.
McLaurin, Ayr, ‘101 Artists’.
The Bahrain Art Society, Bahrain.
Chris Nicasse, Marbella.
Lemon Street Gallery, Truro
Awards
2000 Paisley Art Institute Award.
2002 Mary Armour Award; PAI.
2007 Paisley University Award; PAI.
2007 Scottish Drawing Competition – 1st Prize.
The Whitehouse Gallery Exhibition Award.
2008 The Glasgow Art Club Fellowship Award; PAI.