JIM COLLINS SCOTTISH ARTIST THIS IS FOR SALE ITS A LARGE ORIGINAL FRAMED PAINTING 45( 114 CM ) WIDE X 34.5 ( 88 CM ) HIGH £600 IM IN AYR SCOTLAND..... HERE IS WHAT HE SAYS ON HIS WEB PAGE Welcome to my corner of the web.I used to work in a shipyard until they let me loose in June 1989, but I have been painting and drawing all my life. While working in the shipyard, I executed commissions for Misener Transportation Canada and North Sea Ferries. I also exhibited and sold at the Royal Scottish Academy summer exhibition of 1985. Since leaving the shipyard I have shown in many galleries throughout the central belt of Scotland and in a group exhibition which included Josef Herman and Peter Howson at The City Gallery Leicester in the year 2000. My work on the shipyard theme is representational and I have included some images in the Gallery 1 section of this site. A period of experimentation with light reactive media in 1993-94 led to an exhibition of paintings and nine installations. This was an exciting time for me as it was fun creating most of these installations from the written word. This change of direction developed into my current surreal work which still has links to my memories of the shipyard. I have included some surreal images in the Gallery 2 section of this site. A group of North Ayrshire artists including myself exhibited in Claustre St Domingo, Inca, Majorca from 17 September until 15 October 2004. The other artists were David Reid, Michael Durning, Chick McGeehan and Jamie ODea. My shipyard paintings were on show at Claustre St Domingo, Inca, Majorca from 17 September until 15 October 2004. They were also on tour with an exhibition initiated by North Ayrshire Museums titled “Over the Wall.” The exhibition ran at various venues in Scotland from 9th September 2001 and had bookings until April 2003. Other exhibitors included Painters Tom McKendrick, Kenny Little, Jim Sweeney, and Willie Moran. Sculptors Roy Fitzsimmons, Stuart Orr, and Tom Mills exhibited along with Ceramicist Ken Ryan. Rock Star Kevin McDermott had his songwriting notebooks and albums on display along with a video. Another video was shown of one of Peter McDougal’s plays. All the exhibitors worked in the shipyards at some time and are all in different careers now. Fairway Forklifts Ltd. of Hillington Industrial Estate, Glasgow, sponsored the exhibition. The show was at the Lillie Gallery, Milngavie until February 12 2003. It then moved to Methil Heritage Centre,Museum of Levenmouth, Fife, from February 27 until 19 April. Solo Shows 1997 “Sighting the Ways.” Retrospective, The Racquet Hall, Eglinton Country Park, Kilwinning. 1994 One week residency. Loudon Hall, Ayr. “New Beginnings.” Glasgow Vennel Gallery, Irvine. 1993 Glasgow Vennel, Irvine. Arran Library, Brodick, Isle of Arran. 1992 Strathkelvin Museum, Kirkintilloch. “Look Here, See There.” Pearce Institute, Govan, and, Elderpark Library, Govan. “Recent Work.” Roselle House, Ayr. Citizen’s Studios, Leith, Edinburgh. 1991 Greenock Arts Guild, Greenock. Pearce Institute, Govan. Valley Arc, Glengarnock. 1990 “The Ship.” Hospitality Rooms. Pearce Institute, Govan. Scottish Amicable, Glasgow. Museum of Transport, Glasgow. Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine. Group Shows 2006 “North Ayrshire Open.” Racquet Hall, Eglinton Country Park,Kilwinning 2005 “North Ayrshire Open.” Racquet Hall, Eglinton Country Park,Kilwinning 2004 “From Courtyard to Cloister.” Claustre St Domingo, Inca, Palma de Mallorca. “North Ayrshire Open.” Racquet Hall, Eglinton Country Park,Kilwinning 2003 “Over the Wall.” The Lillie Gallery, Milngavie. Museum of Levenmouth, Fife. 2002 “Over the Wall.” Summerlee Industrial Heritage Park, Coatbridge. The Tall Ship, Glasgow. 2001 “Over the Wall.” Vennel Gallery, Irvine. 2000 “Labour Intensive.” The City Gallery, Leicester. 1999 North Ayrshire Open, Racquet Hall, Kilwinning. 1998 “Christmas Show.” Compass Gallery, Glasgow. “North Ayrshire Art Teachers’ Show.” Vikingar, Largs. “Courtyard Studios.” Roselle House, Ayr. 1997 “Eisce.” North Ayrshire Open, Racquet Hall, Eglinton Country Park, Kilwinning. 1996 “The Right to Work.” Linthouse, Glasgow. “Christmas Show.” Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine. “Courtyard Studios.” Takelurfabrikken, Skudeneshavn, Karmoy, Norway. “Courtyard Studios.” The Glasgow Vennel Museum, Irvine. 1995 “Prestwick Arts Guild Open.” MacLaurin Gallery, Ayr. Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine. 1994 “Paradise Lost and Foundry.” Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine. Glasgow Vennel Museum, Irvine. “Prestwick Arts Guild Open.”MacLaurin Gallery, Ayr. “Artists in the Community.” Intermedia, Glasgow. 1993 “HAC 93.” Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine. “Contemporary 93.” Dick Institute, Kilmarnock. “Prestwick Arts Guild Open.”MacLaurin Gallery, Ayr. 1992 “Made in Govan.” Pearce Institute, Govan. “Ayrshire Artists at the Vennel.” Glasgow Vennel Museum, Irvine. “Arts Forum.” Scotland Street School, Glasgow 1991 “Assembly.” Citizen’s Studios, Leith, Edinburgh. 1985 “Summer Exhibition.” The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh.Installations Following my exhibition, “New Beginnings” in February 1994, I had moved into Courtyard Studios at Irvine’s Harbourside and spent most of that year experimenting with light reactive media. I had built a small dark room in the studio with fluorescent and ultra violet lighting so that I could see the different effects on the work I was producing. 1995. Music and Mystery “New Beginnings” was a collaboration with local composer/music teacher Bill Kerr. Bill’s ambient music added to the overall effects of the exhibition and would be the beginnings of an exciting time for both of us, each inspired by the other’s work. We were commissioned by Cunninghame District Council to produce an installation in the main hall of the Valley Arc arts centre Glengarnock as part of the Cunninghame Festival. We would also collaborate with the Council’s Parks Department in turning the venue into “Another World.” Lighting and music was controlled from a small room outwith the hall, but with a window looking into it from a high viewpoint. I had prepared hundreds of feet of calico by staining it with various colours of ink, giving the cloth a tonal quality under UV light. I then spattered it with Luminous and fluorescent paint, which made it eerie in darkness. Tropical plants were laid round the walls and an island was created in the middle of the room, as there was a grand piano that was too heavy to move. We just built around it by using the plants and three palm trees were hired to give height. On top of the piano, I sat a plaster cast of an Ian Cooper head sculpture on a piece of luminous paper which lit up the head in darkness. All the plants were sprinkled with luminous pigment first, then fluorescent, so that they would be colourful, and also seen when there was no light. I made lava by mixing luminous and fluorescent pigment with wallpaper paste and laying it in two basins at different heights with the tubes from a fish tank pump going into each batch and under cut down buckets so that air built up before escaping and causing large bubbles. Bill’s piece of music had a part that sounded like bubbles bursting. He also had thunder in the piece and the lighting was disconnected by a rocker switch, giving the effect of lightning. I made musical notes with Willow, painted them luminous and hung them from light fittings in the ceiling. String was also dyed fluorescent and dotted luminous so that you had broken lines moving in the dark from the two office type fans that were set up. Before anyone entered the installation, smoke was released as the music began. Narnia Following the success of “Music and Mystery,” I was asked to produce another Installation in the heckling shop at the Glasgow Vennel Museum Irvine for the children at Christmas time. This was once again well received and Bill’s music was perfect. We had the loan of Paisley Museum’s lion as our Aslan. 1996. Out of the World and into Largs. Renowned Spanish writer, Medardo Fraille, was commissioned by the council to write a short story with a Largs connection and this would be the community event for the Arts Festival. His story was scripted and various local groups of young people were to be the cast in this multi media production. I provided the setting in the Brisbane Centre, Largs, and Bill composed music once again. 1998. Santa’s Twinkle Grotto I was commissioned by Kilmarnock town centre to produce Santa’s grotto in a vacant shop within the Burns shopping mall. 1999. The Land o’ the Leal This would be the biggest Installation to date as it was in a Nissan hut measuring eighty five feet by thirty five. Eglinton Country Park commissioned this one as part of environment week and most of the material used came from within the park. 2002. Africa I was commissioned by North Ayrshire Council to create an installation on the theme of Africa for the storyteller Malcolm Green. I transformed a classroom at the Abbey Primary School in Kilwinning into an African jungle for National Tell a Story Day which was 25 October 2002. All primary 7 pupils from Kilwinnings schools attended the event. 2003. Fairy Tales and Fantasy This Installation was commissioned by North Ayrshire Council, and held in St Marys church hall, Saltcoats, as part of the 2003 Childrens Festival. It was installed so that storytelling sessions for school children would be more ambient. The storytellers were Margaret Smith, Kate Hibbert, Wendy Welch, Jack Beck and Frances Logan. 2004. Stepping Stones to Sea Stories This years installation for the storytellers that was held in St Bridgets Primary School, Kilbirnie. The Beasts Lair Installation at the Magnum Leisure Centre prior to the panto, Beauty and the Beast. If you have managed to get this far, then you will have noticed that I managed to cut down on the secrets!
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