Charles MacQueen RSW RGI & Christine Woodside RSW RGI: A Joint Exhibition
Husband and wife artists, Charles MacQueen and Christine Woodside, will exhibit new and recent works in a joint exhibition.
Charles MacQueen RSW RGI
Having made a name for himself as an abstractionist at a time when the Scottish art scene was dominated by figurative artists, Charles MacQueen has become known as one of the foremost Scottish painters of his generation. Travelling frequently to Italy, Morocco and Tunisia, MacQueen's work centres around the evocation of place, for this exhibition he has focussed on Venice. Working in mixed media, he uses colour and surface texture to create abstract compositions incorporating memories and forms observed on his travels. Looking to the sharp contrasts of light and dark created in doorways and arches, MacQueen produces texture with layers of paint and gesso, channelling the decadent richness of the Italian Renaissance painters.
Christine Woodside RSW RGI
A leader of the diverse school of contemporary Scottish art, Christine Woodside has gained acclaim for her distinctive style of landscape painting. Her paintings often depict the countryside surrounding her home in Fife and others influenced by her travels abroad. Developing on the rich palette, representational naivety and textural gesture of the Scottish Colourists, Woodside portrays the Scottish countryside with a delicate attention to the ever-changing weather and seasons. Also taking influence from further afield, the bright colours and textural interplay of her work derive from her early travels in North Africa. Woodside's work is often filled with joyous optimism, revelling in the form and colour of the landscape.
