The 142nd Open Annual Exhibition of the RSW.

Great to be a part of the 142nd Open Annual Exhibition of the RSW

Watercolour, Peter Quinn RWS, Evening Oaxaca, Mexico 2019.

The 142nd Open Annual Exhibition of the he Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour runs at the Royal Scottish Academy Building on the Mound, Edinburgh, until February 16. In the spacious Upper Galleries, the show features over 300 paintings by RSW members and other artists who responded to the call for open submissions from Scotland, the UK and around the world. It is a showcase of best painting in Scotland in watercolour and water-based media.

Visit the exhibition in person at the RSA Building, Princes Street, Edinburgh, open Monday-Saturday 10am-5pm, Sunday 12noon-5pm, admission free, catalogue £6. Closed Wednesday 1st February.

More detail here.

FabrianoinAcquarello

Peter Quinn R.W.S., Balloons and Bubbles, Oaxaca, Mexico

15th October 2022 – 12 November 2022

Union Gallery, 4 Drumsheugh Place, Edinburgh, EH3 7PT

FabrianoinAcquarello is an annual international watercolour convention which takes place over 5 days in the town of Fabriano, Italy, origin of the world-famous paper.

Every May, over 80 countries, from every corner of the globe, each showcase 15 artists working in watercolour to represent their country. The result is a diverse and culturally rich exhibition, attended by over 1,500 artists.

Scotland has been represented by 15 different artists every year since 2017 and this exhibition at the UNIONgallery is comprised of Scotland’s paintings from 2020, 2021 and 2022 which were included virtually in the FabrianoinAcquarello exhibition but not seen in person.

To view the full collection of work click here. 

FabrianoinAcquarello runs 15.10.2022 – 12.11.2022.

RWS Autumn: Less is More

7 October – 5 November 2022

‘For their annual Autumn exhibition at Bankside Gallery, artists of the Royal Watercolour Society are exploring the notion of ‘less is more’. But have no doubt, this exhibition will be anything but understated. The results of this experiment promise to deliver a display with a huge range of painted interpretations of this debatable concept. Whether artists agree with the statement or not, visitors are promised to be intrigued and inspired by the artworks on display.​’

Bankside Gallery, Thames Riverside, 48 Hopton Street, London SE1 9JH

View works here.

Old Umbrella Shop, Hanbury Street. watercolour 2022.

Fabriano

Crete, Herb Stall

I’m one of the participants in the Seventh Edition of the Biennial International Prize “Fabriano Watercolour 2022”. Many thanks to Giorgio Pellegrini, David Paskett and Angus McEwen.

Museo della Carta e della Filigrana
Paper and Watermark Museum
Largo Fratelli Spacca 2
60044 FABRIANO (AN)

Details on their webpage here: “Fabriano Watercolour 2022”

As tradition, the Biennial invited the President Angus McEwan RWS AWI NWS RSW RGI IMWA SDWS, with his solo show “Transient” and all the 14 Members of the international Jury panel, all of them international Watercolour Masters, to exhibit their paintings in the “Jury Members Show” along the Biennial exhibition at Paper and Watermark Museum – Fabriano -Italy (July 16 > Semptember 30, 2022).

Furthermore, the “Fabriano Watercolor 2022” International Biennial Prize will be guesting the exhibition “Teatros” by the Spanish painter Pedro Cano, Fabriano’s honorary citizen and jury member in the Biennial Prize, 2012 edition.

Download the 2022 catalogue here.

LONDON LIVES

London Lives
Opening this Thursday | 30 June – 10 July

Join us in celebrating London with this vibrant exhibition of paintings and original prints by members of the Royal Watercolour Society and Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers inspired by ‘The Big Smoke’.

Linden Gardens, Notting Hill Gate.

Bankside Gallery
Gallery of the Royal Watercolour Society
& the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers
Thames Riverside
48 Hopton Street
London
SE1 9JH
Open daily 11am – 6pm
Admission Free

REFLECTIONS: Royal Watercolour Society Spring Exhibition

Bankside Gallery, 25 March – 24 April 2022
Free admission | No booking required | Open daily 11am-6pm
In the Platinum Jubilee Year of their Patron, artists of the Royal Watercolour Society take a look back over the last 70 years. From the personal events of their own lives, to the greater goings on around the globe, this exhibition will serve as a reflection on this significant period in history, as well as a celebration of HM The Queen’s 70 years on the throne.

Details here.

Bo Kaap houses, Cape Town, South Africa.
Cape Town Rooftops.

Art Fundraiser in Aid of Ukraine

I have a work in this online exhibition organised by the Bankside Gallery.

Art Fundraiser in aid of Ukraine
Online Exhibition | 16 – 23 March

In response to the horrific events unfolding in Ukraine, we have launched an online art fundraiser with 100% of the proceeds going to the Disasters Emergency Committee’s Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal.

This exhibition is made up of a brilliant selection of paintings and original prints, all of which have been very generously donated by artists of the Royal Watercolour Society (RWS) and Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (RE).

We hope that you enjoy this collection and find an artwork to treasure, while supporting such an important cause.

Click here to view the works.

Shadows, S. Croce, Venice, watercolour, Peter Quinn RWS.

FUNDRAISER RAFFLE – DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal

Gallagher and Turner are fundraising to support the DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal via Just Giving www.justgiving.com/fundraising/GallagherandTurner 

In this time when families are being torn apart, a time of such great courage in the face of death and destruction, art seems such a frivolity. Creativity, however, is one of the things that makes us human, it allows us to communicate and to celebrate our power in the face of oppression. We would like to make it a practical force for good and use it to raise desperately needed aid funding in this European humanitarian crisis.

All details on their webpage here.

I’ve donated Red Villa, Burano, Venice, watercolour.