Philip Archer OBE: Looking out from Leith
Works
  • Philip Archer OBE, Gormley Sculpture, Evening Light
    Philip Archer OBE, Gormley Sculpture, Evening Light
    £ 5,000.00
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  • Philip Archer OBE, Looking out from Leith
    Philip Archer OBE, Looking out from Leith
    £ 5,800.00
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  • Philip Archer OBE, Market Window
    Philip Archer OBE, Market Window
    £ 4,000.00
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  • Philip Archer OBE, Raising the Shutters
    Philip Archer OBE, Raising the Shutters
    £ 1,600.00
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  • Philip Archer OBE, Sunflowers
    Philip Archer OBE, Sunflowers
    £ 5,800.00
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  • Philip Archer OBE, Corner Window
    Philip Archer OBE, Corner Window
    £ 1,600.00
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  • Philip Archer OBE, In Praise of Flaking Walls
    Philip Archer OBE, In Praise of Flaking Walls
    £ 2,800.00
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  • Philip Archer OBE, The Studio Wall
    Philip Archer OBE, The Studio Wall
    £ 1,200.00
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  • Philip Archer OBE, Gormley Sculpture, into the blue
    Philip Archer OBE, Gormley Sculpture, into the blue
    £ 5,000.00
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  • Philip Archer OBE, Studio Still Life
    Philip Archer OBE, Studio Still Life
    £ 1,600.00
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  • Philip Archer OBE, Flowers in the Studio Window
    Philip Archer OBE, Flowers in the Studio Window
    £ 3,500.00
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  • Philip Archer OBE, Market Traders
    Philip Archer OBE, Market Traders
    £ 5,000.00
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  • Philip Archer OBE, Saturday Market, Vinyl
    Philip Archer OBE, Saturday Market, Vinyl
    £ 1,600.00
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  • Philip Archer OBE, The Drawing Table
    Philip Archer OBE, The Drawing Table
    £ 1,600.00
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  • Philip Archer OBE, Looking out from Leith (Study 2)
    Philip Archer OBE, Looking out from Leith (Study 2)
    £ 950.00
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  • Philip Archer OBE, The Red Blind
    Philip Archer OBE, The Red Blind
    £ 1,600.00
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  • Philip Archer OBE, Figure in the Window
    Philip Archer OBE, Figure in the Window
    £ 800.00
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  • Philip Archer OBE, Looking out from Leith (Study 4)
    Philip Archer OBE, Looking out from Leith (Study 4)
    £ 950.00
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  • Philip Archer OBE, Crossing the Bridge
    Philip Archer OBE, Crossing the Bridge
    £ 5,000.00
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  • Philip Archer OBE, Looking out from Leith, Study 1
    Philip Archer OBE, Looking out from Leith, Study 1
    £ 950.00
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  • Philip Archer OBE, The Fish Basket
    Philip Archer OBE, The Fish Basket
    £ 1,600.00
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  • Philip Archer OBE, View from the Bridge
    Philip Archer OBE, View from the Bridge
    £ 5,000.00
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  • Philip Archer OBE, Looking out from Leith (Study 3)
    Philip Archer OBE, Looking out from Leith (Study 3)
    £ 950.00
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  • Philip Archer OBE, Balcony Shadow
    Philip Archer OBE, Balcony Shadow
    £ 800.00
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Overview
Philip Archer OBE, Looking out from Leith

Looking out from Leith is an exhibition that takes inspiration from Philip Archer's 30 years of working and painting in the area. Leith is visually rich and stimulating with exciting and sudden juxtapositions of old and new. Archer explores these themes, his work a drama of colour and light, shadows and feints, reflections and glimpses, of people at work or in contemplation, exploring the borders of the material and the transcendent.

 

The area of Leith, situated in Edinburgh, is visually rich and stimulating, with exciting and sudden juxtapositions of old and new; the colour and scale of the docks, a busy and colourful Saturday Market, every kind of restaurant and café, an art school, a vertical distillery, and the youthful energy that has transformed the area in recent years and inspired many wonderful makers, artists and craftspeople.

Archer's new work explores many of these theme - his studio looking out on to one of Leith's busiest streets - the large studio window providing a simple formal device, bringing together the inner world of the artist and the outer world of the here and now.

 

Philip Archer was born and brought up in Cardiff. He started his studies in Art Foundation at Cardiff College of Art and went on to complete a BA in Sheffield College of Art and MA in The Royal College of Art, London. He later moved to Scotland where he was Principal at Leith School of Art from 1991 - 2019. Philip was awarded an OBE in the 2021 New Year Honours list for services to art and education.

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