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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.

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

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.

Voyages

PETER QUINN: VOYAGES
15th October – 20th November 2021

An exhibition of new paintings . 15th October – 20th November 2021.

Gallagher and Turner, 30 St. Mary’s Place, Newcastle, NE1 7PQ

Catalogue of paintings available. Contact the gallery here.

Rue du Faubourg Montmartre, Paris – Peter Quinn
Boulevard Malesherbes, Paris.
Shop, Koroni, Peloponnese, Greece.

Now and Then

Now open at the Bankside Gallery, London.

Melbourne, corner of Brunswick Street and Rose Street, watercolour, 2021.

‘This exhibition of works by Members of the Royal Watercolour Society showcases paintings created in the very recent present alongside those at the earliest points in their career, and everything in between. The display promises to provide visitors with a rare insight into the development of each artist’s creative output, as well as the opportunity to take a piece of work home, whether from now or then.’

1st to 31st October.

Details here.

Melbourne Bottle Shop, watercolour, 1995.

RWS AUTUMN: Art in the time of Corona

‘This latest display of artworks by the Royal Watercolour Society will delve into the challenges encountered by each artist during the Coronavirus lockdown. These extraordinary circumstances have meant that many artists have not been able to create in their usual media, and so for one time only we are excited to deliver an exhibition of Royal Watercolour Society artists, in all media.’

Bather by the River, Bangkok, watercolour 2020.

I have four works in the show. These are from a group of works that were languishing unfinished in my studio. Under a lockdown spring-clean I felt it was time to finish them.

On now 2 – 31 October 2020

Full details here.

Mini Picture Show

Bankside Gallery, 6th December to 26 January.

Works on a small scale by artists from the Royal Watercolour Society and the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers. Contemporary watercolours and original prints, both framed and unframed, may be taken away immediately.

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My Paintings in the show:

Charing Cross Road, The Garrick Theatre, London

In the Garden of the Blue House, Mexico City

Tortilleria, San Cristobal, Chiapas, Mexico

Mexican Spices, Oaxaca

Follow the link for more info.

 

 

in Malta

IMG_20191107_121728I’m in Malta to launch the new book ‘Quinn in Malta’.

The book is edited and introduced by the late Peter Apap Bologna. He had been planning the book, its launch and the accompanying show for a year or more. Without Peter’s energy, enthusiasm and good humour the book would not have been completed. He encouraged  me to paint new watercolours to show at the launch. On receipt of each new batch he was, as ever, hugely enthusiastic. He took especial delight in discovering my sketchbooks and preparatory drawings: these feature in the book and a good number have found their way to frames and are in the accompanying exhibition.

Peter passed away only two weeks ago. We miss him greatly. You can read an appreciation of him here: Peter Apap Bologna (1941-2019).

The launch takes place at St. Patrick’s School, don Bosco Street, Sliema on Saturday 9th November in the morning 11-1. All welcome.