Grinneas nan Eilean
Posted: Saturday, 05 January 2008 |
I have finally visited the Islands Open Exhibition of art and craft, I was going with a friend last month we met for lunch and were so comfy blethering that we stayed in the County and didn’t see the exhibition, I know my friend lurks and sometimes reads my blog so if you see this I can happily go again when you have time, it is on until the 26th January so there is still time, I took only a few photos, the gallery is well lit but..there’s always a but….the lights reflect off the glass and you cannot see the picture/photo properly, so even less photos to share with you,
Loosely Tied by Vega
I really like this but cannot afford it, sorry about the angle of the shot but it was so high on the wall which was another thing I found irritating,
Seamus by Margaret Agnes MacLean,
I don’t usually like sheep purely because there are so many (sheep and paintings/photos of them) but I like this one I think it is the going in close and plain black background,
Sleepy Blue Waters by Kim Park
I like the unphoto quality of this, it has a wide mount and frame but I had to cut them out due to reflection,
Just Thistles by Kim Park
I love this, I like black and white photography, there are 3 photos in a single long frame like Sleepy Blue Waters only horizontal instead of vertical but the other 2 had reflected light so I had to crop them out,
Loosely Tied by Vega
I really like this but cannot afford it, sorry about the angle of the shot but it was so high on the wall which was another thing I found irritating,
Seamus by Margaret Agnes MacLean,
I don’t usually like sheep purely because there are so many (sheep and paintings/photos of them) but I like this one I think it is the going in close and plain black background,
Sleepy Blue Waters by Kim Park
I like the unphoto quality of this, it has a wide mount and frame but I had to cut them out due to reflection,
Just Thistles by Kim Park
I love this, I like black and white photography, there are 3 photos in a single long frame like Sleepy Blue Waters only horizontal instead of vertical but the other 2 had reflected light so I had to crop them out,
Comments
By far the best B&W IMHO is the scissors and sewing kit by Colin Robertson. A proper Silver Gelatin print with proper blacks to.
# from Here
I went to Grinneas also, only whilst I was there you could only view the pictures from a distance of around 8 feet, in order to avoid stepping upon or injuring the small children finger-painting around the edges of the room ... :-) I also wished that they could've displayed the name of the artist more clearly, as I invariably had to bend down and squint for most of them ...! Did you 'get' then one with the wide black and white stripes ...?!
soaplady from fighting new years torpor
# I agree but the photo I took has reflection just as many others did so I couldn't post them, soaplady I agree I couldn't see why the lower pictures didn't have the lable above or to the side, I was also irritated by how high some were,
usland threads from ness
another of my comments lost in bbc blogland, # I too like the Sewing Kit and took a photo but couldn't post it as it has reflection on it from the lights, Soaplady I agree about the hidden labels, I don't see why the labels on the lower work could not have been put above the work or next to it, I also did not like how high some of the work is,
island threads from ness
Hi, I am the one who painted Seamus, glad you appreciated the painting and thanks for the added publicity too! I was impressed with the way the exhibition was displayed and the range of styles that were on display. Roll on the next exhibition!
Margaret Agnes Maclean from Point
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