elaine speirs
DESCRIPTION
Solo exhibition - No Small Dreams 11th July to 21st August - & Collective Art Gallery Bridge of AllanTRANSCRIPT
& Collective Art Gallery t -01786 359864
e [email protected] - andcollective.co.uk
28 Henderson Street, Bridge of Allan, FK9 4HR
Elaine Speirs No Small Dreams 11th July - 21st August 2014
Elaine Speirs No Small Dreams 11th July - 21st August 2014
Elaine Speirs was born in Johannesburg and moved to the West Coast of Scotland as a young child. She studied at Edinburgh College of Art and the Slade School of Fine Art in London. She also trained to be a teacher and she has taught in schools and also privately. She returned to South Africa in 2006 and then came back home in 2009 with her three daughters. Over the last four years Elaine has re-established herself as a painter.
Her children and their friends are her inspiration. She is absorbed in their lives and she constantly observes them. The uncertainties of her own childhood have given her the freedom to dig deeper into the complications and mystery of being a child. She conveys the fragility of childhood, the transition between girlhood and womanhood, and the utter peace of the sleeping child.
She regularly exhibits at the RSA, with VAS and the SSA. Recently she exhibited at the Mall Galleries in London. Awards have included the Fulton Textile Award (1995) the MacGregor Painting Award (1993) and recently the Glasgow Club Award (2012). She was shortlisted for the National Open Art Competition.
Peace £1,200Oil & Acrylic 201365cm x 73cm Framed
Child’s Doll £950Oil on Paper 201455cm x 60cm Framed
Youth II £350Pencil & Pastel on Paper 2014 56cm x 77cm Unframed
She’ll Pull Your Heart Out £2,600Oil & Acrylic 2013 85cm x 115cm Framed
No Small Dreams £4,800Oil on Board 2014 115cm x 130cm Framed
Seventeen £3,500Oil & Acrylic 2014 90cm x 176cm Framed
Greta £350Oil & Pencil on Paper 2014 56cm x 77cm Unframed
Judy £350Oil & Pencil on Paper 2014 56cm x 77cm Unframed
Breathe £350Mixed Media on Paper 2014 56cm x 77cm Unframed
Girl £350Mixed Media on Paper 2014 56cm x 77cm Unframed
In Your Dreams SOLDOil & Acrylic 2013 134cm x 70cm Framed
Lost £2,300Oil & Acrylic 2012 92cm x 116cm Framed
Delia Child Star £1,500Oil on Paper 201485cm x 115cm Framed
Child Star £950Oil & Acrylic 2014 85cm x 104cm Framed
Prayer £950Oil & Acrylic 2014 85cm x 116cm Framed
Waiting £1,900Oil & Acrylic 2013 85cm x 115cm Framed
Elaine Speirs
1967 Born in Johannesburg, South AfricaLives and works in Edinburgh
EDUCATION 1989 – 93 Edinburgh College of Art1993 – 95 Slade School of Fine Art
SOLO EXHIBITIONS2014 & Collective, Bridge of Allan2013 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS2013 SWA, The Mall Galleries, London2013 VAS, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh2013 SSA, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh2013 Aberdeen National Gallery2012 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh2012 Award Winners’ Show, Glasgow Art Club2012 Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh2012 Shortlisted National Open Art Competition2012 Kelly Gallery, Glasgow2012 Aberdeen National Gallery2012 Paisley Institute, Paisley2012 Paisley Institute Drawing Competition2011 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh2011 “Quartet”, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh2011 VAS, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh2010 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh2010 Royal Scottish Academy
AWARDS2013 Caron Keating Memorial Art Award2012 Glasgow Art Club Award
