Neil MacPherson RSA RGI RSW - Life is a Strange Place

Sat Oct 12 2024 at 11:00 am to Sat Nov 02 2024 at 04:00 pm

Compass Gallery | Glasgow

Compass Gallery
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Neil MacPherson RSA RGI RSW - Life is a Strange Place

A new solo exhibition in Compass Gallery Glasgow by one of the most important painters working in Scotland today. Neil MacPherson a graduate of Glasgow School of Art had his first solo exhibition in Compass Gallery in 1986. He has since gone on to receive numerous awards and has been appointed as a Royal Scottish Academician a member of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour and the Royal Glasgow Institute. His work is widely exhibited in national institutions including The Scottish Parliament Edinburgh; Gallery of Modern Art Glasgow and the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Edinburgh. Throughout his career he has exhibited widely throughout Scotland and further afield.

 

A highly creative and skilled painter his work comes from the myths and legends of the far north where he lives and works. Inspired by Gaelic and Celtic folklore his colourful paintings illustrate some of the small yet fundamental truths found in nature humanity and life itself. Neil MacPherson creates a surreal poetic world the paintings involve the beautiful narrative which explores ancient tales religion myths and poetry. Often autobiographical he explores relationships in a romantic and a poetic way. 

Event Venue

Compass Gallery, 178 W Regent St, Glasgow G2 4RL, United Kingdom, Glasgow

Tickets

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