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Galleries: The man behind Scottish art scene


The term “art critic” implies a negativity which by and large doesn’t exist in the writers who sally forth into the art world to create vivid pen portraits of the art they see and the artists they meet.
Art critics tend to be art lovers. Not fighters. So it was with the late W Gordon Smith. Smith wrote about art for the likes of Visual Arts Scotland and Scotland on Sunday in an accessible and upbeat fashion from 1980 until his death in 1996. But writing was just one of the many strings Smith had to his creative bow. Author, poet, dramatist and photographer, he was also a prolific and pioneering filmmaker, who made more than 100 Scope and Spectrum arts documentaries for BBC Scotland from 1969 to 1980. ....

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Christian art retreat planned for Keswick


Christian art retreat planned for Keswick
A creative retreat for Christian artists is planned for Keswick in April.
The three-day Art Retreat is being organised by Keswick Ministries with Morphē Arts, a mentoring charity for Christians in the creative arts.
The retreat is for artists who work in the visual arts, but all are welcome.
It gives artists an opportunity to take time out from the pressures of life to meet together for a creative weekend.
Alastair Gordon, founding director of Morphē Arts, said: “Join us as we share our faith and art together.
“The retreat will be a homely space to be restored and refreshed in God’s word with other artists. ....

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Wick artist's painting like a LSD trip


Wick artist s painting like a LSD trip
By David G Scott
Published: 07:37, 17 January 2021
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A painting featuring in a new online show by an artist from Wick was lauded by a scientist who had worked in psychedelic therapy in the 1950s.
Professor Ian Charles Scott, who now lives in New York, has work in the show hosted by Edinburgh s prestigious Open Eye Gallery – an online-only exhibition due to Covid restrictions.
The show is called An Exhibition Celebrating the Lives of W Gordon Smith and Mrs Jay Gordonsmith and features Ian s painting, which was created in 1989 and depicts a surreal scene within a megalithic chambered tomb in Orkney known as the Dwarfie Stane. ....

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