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Seagate, by the Arbroath painter Dennis Buchan, who studied at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee, under Alberto Morrocco and went on to teach there. Winner of many awards, he was elected to the RSA in 1991. Born in 1937, Buchan died in 2023. Courtesy Gerber Fine Art, Glasgow.
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The Secret's Out - BILLY OCEAN first sang "When the going gets tough, the tough get going" back in 1985. It resonates still…
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ArtWork uses a Smart Search Box that produces positive results at minimal cost! - THE IMPORTANCE of accurately searching online content of an organisation's website could not be overemphasised…
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Back to School for the Arts - AFTER LIVING for 25 years in Catalunya in N E Spain, my sister has strong views on the Spanish school system, particularly when it comes to the arts. On entering primary school, her daughter got little encouragement in painting, music, drama and design…
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Psychoneuroimmunology? - EVER SINCE I read the headline news "Scientists discover that mother's milk is good for babies" I've maintained a healthy scepticism regarding scientific Eureka! moments…
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Still storming the Castle – a quarter century on! - CELEBRATING its 25th anniversary in the arts is the Castle Gallery in Inverness. Established in 2001 by its founder and owner Denise Collins, this award winning, independent, locally owned gallery promotes original, quality, handmade applied and fine art and…
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Edinburgh's Royal Scottish Academy – 200 up! - THE ROYAL Scottish Academy is celebrating its bicentenary in a big way. This dynamic institution run by artists, for artists, has a brilliant schedule of exhibitions throughout the year at its iconic home on The Mound in Edinburgh…
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The McBey Story (continued) – THE LIGHTS DIMMED slowly in St Andrew's Church and the audience grew quiet, waiting for the first notes to sound. The ancient stone, watched over by medieval effigies, drew in the candlelight as a violin line rose from the back of the naveWHO WOULD HAVE imagined that one half of the 20th Century’s most glamorous artistic couples hailed from the Aberdeenshire village of Newburgh – or nearby Foveran in fact?…
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Loch Eriboll's Sculpture Croft – The wonderful Ceramic Croft maintained on the shores of Loch Eriboll in the far north by Lotte Glob will have two open weeks this year - from May 20 to June 5 and from August 29 to September 4…
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Seagate, by the Arbroath painter Dennis Buchan, who studied at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee, under Alberto Morrocco and went on to teach there.…
