Merz Residency Video Diary #1
Olivia Irvine : MERZ residency diary #1 Thanks to Creative Scotland for awarding a Vacma Bursary to part fund my residency at Merz, Sanquhar in March 2021. Thanks to Dave Rushton for editing the video. “After a brief visit to Merz around Hallowe’en I thought this is...
Residency at Merz, Sanquhar, dioramas of Pamphy Linns
I spent the month of March 2021 on a residency at Merz in Sanquhar, Scotland. This was partly funded by a Vacma Bursary from Creative Scotland. I decided to spend the month making collages, which led to making dioramas of Pamphy Linns, a location which captured my...
Residency at Merz, Sanquhar; Collaged Charcoal Drawings
I spent March 2021 on a residency at Merz in Sanquhar, Scotland. This was part funded by a Vacma Bursary from Creative Scotland. I decided to spend the month making collaged charcoal drawings and cardboard models. This was a new departure for me and was a response to...
Art Classes and Workshops 2020
I have several art classes and workshops running from my studio at WASPS, West Park Place, Edinburgh EH11 2DP. I also have art classes and workshops elsewhere. Please see links below.The following art workshops are run from my WASPS studio in West Park Place. Please...
Threefold 2 – Three Contemporary Figurative Painters
I am exhibiting new paintings in Threefold 2 at the Union Gallery, Edinburgh. This is the second time I have exhibited with Sophie McKay Knight and Alexandra Warren. We are all contemporary figurative painters who have a strong sense of colour and mystery...
369 Gallery Remembered
I was fortunate to have a studio at the 369 Gallery for four years (1988-92). My first solo show was in the main gallery in 1989 - paintings and monoprints inspired by a year in Madrid on a Spanish Government Scholarship, fosussing on the rose garden in...
Moving artist’s studio
In August this year I moved artist's studio within the same building – WASPS Studios, West Park Place, Edinburgh. I had been in my previous studio for twenty three years! That is a long time to be in an artist's studio. My years there had been marked by a lot of hard...
La Fête Champêtre
This series of paintings takes its inspiration from the theme of la Fête Champêtre – a pastoral festival, or picnic in the park. Eighteenth century French artist Antoine Watteau reflected on this theme, depicting men and women in elegant...
Roman fresco course in Sardinia
Last month I spent a week at Bosa Art School in Sardinia with Carey Mortimer. We are both ridiculously interested in the Roman fresco technique and decided to get together to develop a Roman fresco course to be launched next year in Bosa. The...