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Graeme

Swanson

Graeme Swanson describes his painting process as a form of visual narrative, like imaginary adventure stories. He likes to convey the joy of discovering new places, the aura of ancient or historical sites by visually describing the atmospheric effects, the contrasting moods of the weather, the natural and man made patterns on the surrounding landscape through building, spreading and wiping paint and then working back through layers, in order to reveal hidden stories beneath. He creates more surface and colour to explore new avenues and directions giving the previous expressions of these works a new visual story.

Disciplines: Drawing

Location: Edinburgh

Materials: Acrylic

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Graeme Swanson describes his painting process as a form of visual narrative, like imaginary adventure stories. He likes to convey the joy of discovering new places, the aura of ancient or historical sites by visually describing the atmospheric effects, the contrasting moods of the weather, the natural and man made patterns on the surrounding landscape through building, spreading and wiping paint and then working back through layers, in order to reveal hidden stories beneath. He creates more surface and colour to explore new avenues and directions giving the previous expressions of these works a new visual story.

Previous Experience

Paisley Art Institute, Glasgow Art Club, annual exhibition 2026 and 2025 The Line Gallery Postcards exhibition Linlithgow 2025 Aberdeen Artists Society @ Gallery Heinzel, Aberdeen, 2024 AngusAlive Winter Exhibition, The Meffan, Forfar 2024/2025 and 2023/2024 Roger Billcliffe Gallery Glasgow various shows 2023- 2024 Paisley Art Institute 135th and 134th annual exhibition, Glasgow Arts Club 2024 and 2023 The Maclaurin Art Gallery, Ayr, 133rd annual exhibition 2022 Glasgow Art Club, 132nd annual exhibition Online 2020 and 131st Open Annual Exhibition 2019 Aberdeen Artists Society Exhibition, Milton of Crathes Gallery, Aberdeenshire, Summer 2023 WASPS X Kirkcudbright Exhibition, Kirkcudbright Galleries, Spring 2023 SSA 30 x 30 exhibition RSA Galleries Edinburgh, 2023 Albion Expo Albion Business Centre Leith Edinburgh, 2022 Aberdeen Art Gallery, 2022 WASPS Open Studios Edinburgh, 2021 Scottish Drawing Competition, Paisley Art Institute, 2021 Aberdeen Artists Society Online Summer Exhibition, 2021 RSW 139th Open Annual Exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy

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