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new paintings and
assemblage
by eòghann maccoll
“ BEI NG A N A RT I ST I S AN AF F LI C T I ON T HAT N EV ER GOES AWAY. EV EN I F T H E DI RE CT ION OF
YO UR A RT I ST I C EX P RES S I ON C H AN G ES, OR LI FE TAKES YO U TO N EW P LACES, I T ST I LL COM ES
BACK, T H E U RG E TO M AKE OR PAI N T, TO CRE AT E , I T IS CORE TO YO UR BEI N G AN D HA P P I NESS. ”
Eòghann studied Fine Art at Duncan of
Jordanstone College of Art & Design in
Dundee where he received a First Class
Honours Degree in Drawing & Painting. As
a student he won the prestigious Hospitalfield
Student Scholarship in Arbroath.
He has exhibited solo exhibitions all over
Scotland and the UK, from an Lanntair in
Stornoway, to the Gracefield in Dumfries,
the Dick Institute in Kilmarnock and the
Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh, not forgetting London at the Royal
Academy, in Wales at the Oriel Ynys Môn in Anglesey and in private galleries
in Barcelona.
Beside his artistic practice Eòghann is an arts lecturer with New College
Lanarkshire and an elected member for Annick. He is Spokesperson for
Lifelong Learning at East Ayrshire Council.
Talking about his practice as an artist, he says, “After many years of drawing
for reference, the new paintings are all purely paint driven and referenced from
memory or digital images. Intentionally my
inspiration is drawn from everyday locations,
possibly just around the corner. Hopefully
however they also have beauty.”
“If the paintings are about place then the
assemblages would be about ideas. Assemblage
is like a semi three dimensional collage, Picasso
was probably the first European visual artist
to use the technique. Since seeing naïve and
primitive art pieces as an art student I have
always used found and recycled materials to create artworks. There is a play
between texture and colour. The experimentation with material.
After travelling and seeing differences I can see home within that context, on
the same level, not inferior or superior but valid and equal.”
To see Eòghann’s work, luckily you don’t have to go far... visit Dunlop
Village Hall before the 13th of March where his exhibition will be open
from 11.30am - 2.30pm Thursdays and Fridays. To find out more go to
www.dealbhadair.com