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James Roughead

James Roughead
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James Roughead is a Scottish artist raised on the Isle of Bute, currently living and working in his Glasgow home studio. The subject of the majority of his work is landscapes and seascapes from around the Isle of Bute and the British coastline.

Working with oils and gouache both 'plein air' and in the studio, James focuses on colour and textural variations to achieve impressions of his subject, that have an added dimensionality and life up close.

This surface texture is developed by using pallet knives and thick loaded brush strokes dispersed around thin layers of paint, with the occasional points of raw surface poking though.

James received his Bachelor of Science (Hons) from UWS Paisley in Computer Animation with Digital Art.
Blazing Sunset, Inchmarnock,12” x 16” oil on panel.
  • James Roughead
  • Blazing Sunset, Inchmarnock,12” x 16” oil on panel.
  • Oil
Kames Bay Nocturne 9” x 12” oil on panel
  • James Roughead
  • Kames Bay Nocturne 9” x 12” oil on panel
  • Oil
Twilight, Kames Bay 12” x 12” oil on panel
  • James Roughead
  • Twilight, Kames Bay 12” x 12” oil on panel
  • Oil
Red Glow, Maryhill 8” x 8” oil on panel
  • James Roughead
  • Red Glow, Maryhill 8” x 8” oil on panel
  • Oil
Past The Trees, Kames Bay 12” x 16” oil on panel
  • James Roughead
  • Past The Trees, Kames Bay 12” x 16” oil on panel
  • Oil
Golden Clouds Over Inchmarnock 9” x 12” oil on panel
  • James Roughead
  • Golden Clouds Over Inchmarnock 9” x 12” oil on panel
  • Oil
Fading Light, Tyninghame Beach 12” x 16” oil on panel
  • James Roughead
  • Fading Light, Tyninghame Beach 12” x 16” oil on panel
  • Oil
Gold Behind Arran,14” x 18” oil on panel
  • James Roughead
  • Gold Behind Arran,14” x 18” oil on panel
  • Oil

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