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The Maclaurin Magazine Craft Edition Autumn 2020
The Maclaurin Gallery • August 27, 2020
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Our second totally online Maclaurin Magazine and this issue features some of the talented craftspeople working in south west Scotland.
Also going online are some of our favourite festivals that had to completely rethink their offer this year because of Coronavirus.
The Wigtown Book Festival, a great favourite is going online, as is the Boswell Book Festival of Memoir and Biography and Spring Fling which gets supporters travelling across the country to attend is also going digital. The great thing is that you can buy from all of them and even get your books signed.
So take a look at the magazine and you can read all about the people and the events.
This vibrant selection of predominately new work by Scottish artist Lex McFadyen, adorns gallery one. Most of his work was completed in his sunny French studio at Noyers-sur-Serein, Burgundy. Each one a shining jewel on the canvas and, so far, has proved a popular show with visitors. Images here are from launch day on 24 May and show Lex alongside the gallery’s curator Dianne Gardner. McFadyen grew up in Ayrshire before completing his degree at Glasgow School of Art and he went on to have a successful career in fashion. Now he has come full circle, returning to his first love of painting and we are delighted that he has returned to Ayrshire for a solo show! This exhibition runs until 30 June. There’s still time to see it… or call in again for another look! All artwork is for sale and affordably priced, original artwork. The perfect statement piece to transform any wall in your home.
Spring has been busy in the gallery with the launch of both the Glasgow Society of Women Artists' annual exhibition and ‘If You Don’t Ask’ by freelance photographer for the press, Alistair Devine.
The first exhibition of the year is Ayr Sketch Club's Annual Exhibition. It's always a popular event with a wide range of Ayrshire based artists. We hosted a ‘Meet the Artists’ event midway through their exhibition as, sadly, their scheduled exhibition launch was cancelled due to storm Eowyn. What a great afternoon it was, bustling with artists and visitors! This exhibition continues until the end of March.