Sunday 27th November 2011
RSA OPEN 2011

One of my latest paintings has been selected for exhibition at the RSA Annual Open Exhibition which is open from 12 November 2011 - 18 December 2011.



The Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh, EH2 2EL, Tel: 0131 225 6671

Saturday 12th November 2011

Presidency of the Society of Scottish Artists (SSA)

It has been my great privilege to be so closely associated for so long with the extraordinary group of artists and collaborators that makes up the Society of Scottish Artists. However, after nearly eight years on Council, three as Vice-President and two as President, I think it is safe to say I have done my time. Although sad to be leaving something that has been such a large part of my life for so long, I am very happy to be handing the governance of the SSA into the very capable hands of Louise Ritchie and Gayle Nelson as President and Vice-President respectively.

It has been a great pleasure to work alongside Louise for the last two years and I’d like to take this opportunity to thank her for all her support and great humour during this time. I would also like to thank Noreen and the many members of Council I have worked with over the last eight years for all their dedication and commitment.

I am confident that Louise and Gayle, together with the support of the Council and Julia, our newly appointed administrator, will rise to these challenges and turn their great creative energies to advancing the aims and traditions of the Society in new and interesting ways.

Christopher Wood PPSSA

Tuesday 12th October 2011
The Royal Glasgow Institute 150th Annual Exhibition

I am very happy to have learned today that my latest work 'In the Cold Air ' below has been accepted for exhibition at the 150th Anniversary RGI exhibition.

Friday 7th October 2011
New Works

I am delighted to be showcasing these new paintings with the excellent Gullane Gallery in East Lothian during October.

21st September – 15th October
The Scottish Arts Club Solo Exhibition

Having won the Scottish Arts Club Prize back in 1995 with the painting below 'The Moon Lends Away its Light', for various reasons I never quite got round to having the exhibition that went with the prize. Sixteen years later I am very happy to be exhibiting a range of works from throughout that period.

Wednesday 11th May 2011
The Scottish Business Achievement Awards Trust Charity Auction

The two paintings below were auctioned at this event to help raise funds for the SBAAT charity.

The Scottish Business Achievement Awards Trust is the nation's most prestigious and established awards programme. Founded in 1982, SBAAT has raised in the region of £3 million in essential funding for Scottish Charities while recognising achievement and promoting excellence within Scottish business.

The 2011 event was held on Wednesday 11th May 2011 at Prestonfield House Hotel, Edinburgh.

 

Tuesday 8th January 2011
The Glasgow Art Club Fellowship Award

'The Climb' below, has won the Glasgow Art Club Fellowship Award at this year's SSA Annual exhibition held at the Royal Scottish Academy building.

Tuesday 8th January 2011
SSA 2011: The 114th Annual Open Exhibition
of the Society of Scottish Artists

After weeks of preparation and hanging, the Society's 114th Annual open exhibition is now open to the public. It is always a huge undertaking and as President of the Society I am grateful to all those who pulled up their sleeves and joined in.



images © Norman McBeath 2011

To view more, please follow the link to the SSA website [click here]

The Royal Scottish Academy Building
The Mound, Edinburgh

Exhibition Open
Saturday 5th February - Thursday 3rd March
RSA Upper Galleries, The Mound, Edinburgh
Monday – Saturday 10am – 5pm, Sunday 12pm – 5pm

Friday 19th November 2010
Don Van Vliet

Captain Beefheart RIP 1941 - 2010

Friday 12th November 2010
The Scottish Gallery

I have three new painting/collages in the Scottish Gallery's 'small works' forthcoming Christmas Exhibition from 1st - 24th December

16 Dundas Street
Edinburgh
tel: 0131 558 1200



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Friday 12th November 201
A selection of new works

entry - Friday 18th June 2010 Exhibiting Societies of Scottish Artists Auction for Scottish Art A major auction of contemporary Fine and Applied Art to raise funds for the Exhibiting Societies of Scottish Artists. ESSA are proud to present the fourth Auction of Fine and Applied Arts in association with Lyon and Turnbull Fine Art Auctioneers. Works can be viewed online at www.essa-scottishart.com from 26th June or at Lyon & Turnbull at the address above. Viewing opens on Saturday 26th June at 11am and bids can be placed in person, by telephone or by email until 1pm on Wednesday 30th June. Silent Auction Dates: Works on view 26 - 30 June Deadline for final bids 1pm 30 June Opening Hours Sat 26 June: 11am-4pm Sun 27 June: 2pm - 5pm Mon 28 June: 10am - 5pm Tues 29 June: 10am - 5pm Wed 30 June: 10am - 1pm

Art groups raise the roof with silent sale

Each year Scotland's three historic art societies – the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Water Colour, the Society of Scottish Artists, and Visual Arts Scotland, which have 1,200 members between them – stage their annual exhibitions at the RSA building.
The annual open shows give young and little-known artists in particular a chance to show work in the capital's prestigious art space.
However, since the building's revamp early this decade, the rent alone now costs the societies £30,000 per year. The National Galleries of Scotland (NGS) rents the building to the societies at cost for seven weeks for their annual shows. [click to read the rest of the article...]

The Scotsman Newspaper: 26 June 2010
By tim cornwell
www.scotsman.com

entry - Tuesday 25th May 2010
The Scottish Business Achievement Awards Trust Charity Auction

The two paintings below were auctioned last week to help raise funds for the SBAAT charity.
Together they realised a total of £8000.

The Scottish Business Achievement Awards Trust is the nation's most prestigious and established awards programme. Founded in 1982, SBAAT has raised in the region of £3 million in essential funding for Scottish Charities while recognising achievement and promoting excellence within Scottish business.

The 2010 event was held on Friday 14 May 2010 at Prestonfield House Hotel, Edinburgh.

 

entry - Wednesday 3rd March 2010
The Exhibiting Societies at the RSA: Scotsman Review

Duncan Macmillan's four star review of the exhibition and a robust defence of the importance of the three Societies' place in Scottish Culture.
The Scotsman, 2nd March 2010

Read the review on The Scotsman website [ link ]

entry - Tuesday 23rd February 2010
The Society of Scottish Artists 113th Annual SSA Open Exhibition

As a direct result of the previous news entry (8th December, below) I'm afraid I have sorely neglected these pages. I had to take over running of the SSA website as well as everything else involved with the Presidency and as a result have had little time for either my own work or this site.

We have however just opened the 113th Annual SSA Open Exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy and now I hope to be able to get back to work in my studio.

entry - Monday 1st February 2010
Homes & Interiors, Art Words


Issue 69
January/February 2010

entry - Tuesday 8th December 2009
The Society of Scottish Artists

At our recent AGM I had the honour of being elected to take over from Professor Elaine Shemilt as the President of the Society of Scottish Artists (SSA).

These are challenging times for membership organisations such as ours. With private and gallery sales badly affected by the recession, and corporate collecting and sponsorship similarly diminished, artists are finding it harder and harder to make a living. Add to that the hugely increased costs of exhibiting at our traditional home of the Royal Scottish Academy and some might say things look pretty bleak. The Society however, is made up of enormously talented, resourceful, and enthusiastic people and we will continue to work together, to draw on these resources, and to ensure that we will be around for another hundred years.

entry - Tuesday 24th November 2009
The Exhibiting Societies of Scottish Artists (ESSA) Christmas Exhibition

The three Societies that make up ESSA will be having a Christmas fund-raising exhibition of small and affordable works in the three weeks up to Christmas. This is in conjunction with Essential Edinburgh and the City of Edinburgh Council.

Exhibition dates: Saturday 5th - Thursday 24th December 2009

46A George Street
Edinburgh
EH2 2LE

Artists hand-in at the venue is Monday 30th November and the exhibition will be open from Saturday 5th December until Christmas Eve.

For further information contact the Society's administrators:
SSA -
VAS -
RSW -

entry - Monday 2nd November 2009
The Royal Glasgow Institute

'Out of Crystal Waters' (below) has been selected for exhibition at the 148th Open Annual Exhibition of the Royal Glasgow Institute at the Mitchel in Glasgow.
For more information, please see Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions

entry - Monday 10th August 2009
RSW Sir William Gillies Award

I am absolutely delighted that my latest work, 'The Wind was the Colour of the Sun' has won the prestigious Sir William Gillies Award at the 129th Annual RSW Exhibition.

This award is presented in memory of one of the founder members of the 1922 Group which included artists such as William MacTaggart RSW and George Wright Hall. Sir William Gillies visited Paris and studied with Andrew Lhote, before travelling to Florence. He painted still lifes, interiors, and landscapes, in particular the villages of Midlothian and the fishing villages on the east coast. He was Head of Painting and Principal of Edinburgh College of Art.


photo ©Paul Reid, Angus Pictures, Scotland

entry - Friday 31st July 2009
New Work

New work completed for submission to The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour 129th Open Annual Exhibition which previews in a couple of weeks in The Meffan Institute.

entry - Friday 31st July 2009
New Work

New work to be published in the catalogue of the forthcoming exhibition at the Manor House Gallery in Chipping Norton.
Larger images will be posted presently and further works as they become available.

entry - Monday 15th June 2009
First Night: Visual Art Review

The Times Scotland Edition
Published Date: 15th June 2009
by Giles Sutherland.

'The Society of Scottish Artists' well chosen annual exhibition opens in a renovated former jute mill overlooking the Tay.'

'...this is a cleanly hung, well-chosen show characterised by professionalism and integrity.'

entry - Wednesday 9th June 2009
Visual arts review: Spirit of artistic adventure

SOCIETY OF SCOTTISH ARTISTS ANNUAL EXHIBITION ****
VISION BUILDING, SEABRAES, DUNDEE

The Scotsman
Published Date: 09 June 2009
By Susan Mansfield

'...the pioneering spirit of the SSA continues in its readiness to support the work of emerging artists, and to embrace those working in a wide range of media.'

'Another guest artist, Philip Reeves, leads a strong abstract contingent, closely followed by the contrasting works of Christopher Wood...'

[ read review here ]

entry - Thursday 4th June 2009
Royal Reception for members of the RSW at Holyrood Palace

On Wednesday the Duke and Duchess of Rothesay held a reception at Holyrood Palace for members of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour. A selection of works by members were on show alongside works by Prince Charles. The Prince, himself a keen watercolourist, took over as patron of the Society in 2004, following the death of the Queen Mother who had been patron since 1938.

entry - Tuesday 2nd June 2009

The Scottish Business Achievement Awards Trust is the nation's most prestigious and established awards programme.

Founded in 1982, SBAAT has raised over £2.7 million in essential funding for Scottish charities while recognising achievement and promoting excellence within Scottish business.

The 2009 event was held on Friday 29th May in the presence of HRH the Princess Royal at Prestonfield House Hotel, Edinburgh.

I'm delighted that, as part of the charity auction, my work 'On the Brink' achieved a hugely generous bid in excess of £3000 - all profits from which go to the work of the charity.



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entry - Monday 1st June 2009
The Society of Scottish Artists Annual Open Exhibition

Exhibition Dates: 23rd May - 19th June

the Vision Building
Vision@Seabraes
Greenmarket
Dundee
DD1 4QB

Opening hours:

Fri 5th June: 9.30am - 8.30pm
Sat 6th June: 10.00am - 5.00pm
(Sat 6th is the last day of DJCAD Degree Show and it closes at 2.00pm today, but the SSA show is open until 5pm)

Sun 7th - 19th June:
Mon - Sat: 10.00- 5.00pm
Sun: 12.00 - 5.00pm

After months of negotiations with the owners of the Vision building and the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design and a huge amount of work by the President and the Council, the combined SSA Annual Open Exhibition and DJCAD Degree Shows finally opened on Friday the 22nd May with an estimated 5,500-6000 guests.

We are grateful to Horizon Property Investments Ltd, The Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design; Dundee University; Dundee City Council; James Keillor Services Ltd; Graham & Sibbald, ACT Property Management; Lesley Knox, Chairman, Alliance Trust PLC; Verdant Works; The Natural Bag Company; Stagecoach; Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop; Morton Fraser LLP; The Rotary Club of Dundee; Rick Gallant, Edward Jones; and Graham at Abertay Design Company.

My own particular thanks go to all the members of the Selection and Hanging & Arranging Committees and all volunteers who gave of their time; Mark Ross and his staff, without whom we could not have had the show that we had; Malcolm Grieve from the Meffan Galleries who overcame various obstacles to actually get the work on the walls; and to Michael Robson for so ably assisting Malcolm. I would also like to express my thanks to all members of Council for their work in the months leading up to the show, and in particular to Louise Ritchie for her energy and creativity. And finally to Elaine Shemilt to whom we all, SSA exhibitors and DJCAD graduates alike, owe a debt of gratitude for seeing the whole project through from start to finish.




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