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Local artists Midge and Alex Gourlay live
and work in Port Appin, Argyll.
Midge is a textile artist and
teacher, trained at Glasgow School of Art and specialising
in embroidered and woven textiles, who has exhibited widely
throughout the UK and works mainly to commission and for exhibitions.
Her work is mainly inspired by West Highland land and seascapes
and by regular visits to the Corbières
region of southwest France. She uses techniques which include
dyeing, fabric manipulation with machine embroidery, paint
and handmade silk paper.
Alex,
former Head of Design at BBC Scotland, now works and paints
from his home in Appin. From 1967 he was a scenic designer
both in the UK and abroad. Also a graduate of the Glasgow
School of Art, he has rekindled his love of drawing and painting
since moving to the west coast and draws his inspiration from
the landscape around him.
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