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The MThe Maclaurin aGallery Macgazine lSummaer 2016 uEntry rto the gialleryn is free Published by Friends of the Maclaurin EDITOR’S e NOTE me ellccoom Maclaurin History I am very excited about this editione of the magazine as we are fea - WW The trust was founded as a bequest from the late Mrs Mary Ellen turing not one but two Ayrshire artists and looking at their work. Maclaurin, who, in her Will, provided that curators appointed The first, our own dear friend, the internationally renowned artist, within the Will should, within five years of her death, build an art Helen M.Turner, first Patron of the Maclaurin Gallery. Helen’s fasci - nating life in art from her days as one of Scotland’s foremost car - gallery and/or museum in Ayr to be called The Maclaurin Art pet designers to the present day will be on view in the Maclaurin in Gallery in memory of her husband. August. The second featured artist could not be more different. He is James Klinge a new and exciting young artist, from Dunlop, who is Who’s who at Maclaurin making a name for himself on the streetscapes of Glasgow and beyond. You may not be familiar with James’ work unless you have spotted some of his eye-catching murals on walls in Glas - Patron gow. Train travellers into Central Station might well have seen his Peter Howson OBE huge tiger on the Clyde Walkway and if you walk along Mitchell Trustees Lane heading for Buchanan Street you can see his Giant Panda on John Walker Chair The Maclaurin Trust a gable end. But there is a lot more to James than street art. Nicholas Kilpatrick You can read lots more about both artists in this issue. Helen M Turner A whole range of events coming up over the next few months. If Curators you haven’t visited the current exhibition, Ayrshire from the Air - Celia Stevenson Vice Chair Maclaurin Trust amazing aerial photographs taken by Dr Patricia Macdonald, then Michael Clark Permanent Collection you should make a point of getting along soon, as these images give a totally new view of the county. Sports fans are catered for Diane Gardner Chair Programming by Sticks and Stones in Rozelle House, featuring curling, golf, Caroline Lorimer Chair Development football and ice hockey with memorabilia from all of them. The Paul Williams Chair Friends Boswell Book Festival at Dumfries House next weekend has an in - Provost Helen Moonie Representing SAC triguing list of contributors and for the first time ever there are Cllr Bill Grant Representing SAC going to be drawing classes for all ages. Spring Fling in Dumfries and Galloway is always a wonderful festi - Cllr Mary Kilpatrick Representing SAC val of arts and craft and this year the programme is even bigger Cllr Kirsty Darwent Representing SAC and covers four routes around that vast area. Serious planning is Friends of the Maclaurin Committee required to make the most of the four days. Paul Williams Chair Caroline Lorimer Vice Chair The Friends of the Maclaurin AGM will be held this year on Wednesday 25th May in the Gallery and will be followed by a Douglas Gulland Treasurer drinks reception and a recital by that great favourite of the Friends, David Reader Membership Secy Scottish Opera Baritone, Andrew Mactaggart. Celia Stevenson Editor Maclaurin So don’t miss out, put the date into your diary now and bring a Fiona Robertson Chair Events friend, they will be most welcome. Sue Williams Children’s Co-ordinator The planters in the courtyard are again being planted and man - Sheena Boyd aged by Corton Plants and a big thank you goes to Alison Kerr Moira Pollok-Morris and her staff. We also thank volunteer Michael Kirkwood who has Alan Moir re-sanded the courtyard after its pressure clean and intends to re - Dr Alan Taylor move any weeds that dare show their heads! The carved soldiers in the Remembrance Garden have been oiled Cllr Bill Grant SAC Culture Portfolio to help preserve them from the rigours of Scottish weather, so a Sheila McLean Minutes Secretary big thank to Alistair Bell, Sarah Hill, Jim, Jed and Holly McIntyre South Ayrshire Council at The Maclaurin Art Gallery and the tireless Michael Kirkwood for undertaking that valuable Jean Inness Libraries, Museums & Galleries Coordinator work. Aileen Cowan Library Museums Operations Officer So let’s hope we can look forward to a brilliant summer. Lots Elinor Clark Museums & Galleries Officer going on in the galleries and the Park so do come and visit. The Maclaurin Trust is a Scottish Charity No:- 132798 Enjoy the magazine Open all year round Monday to Saturday 10am - 5pm Celia Stevenson Judge Editor Sunday 12 noon - 5pm Contact Us The Maclaurin Art Gallery Front Cover “The trough of despare” by John Bellany Rozelle Estate, Monument Road Magazine Design Ayr, KA7 4NQ by John MacDonald t: 01292 443708 2 www.themaclaurin.org.uk The Maclaurin Annual Schools competition This year featuring work from nursery through to second year schoolchildren the competition was one of the best ever. Choosing the awards and presenting the prizes was Patron of the Maclaurin Gallery, Peter Howson who not only presented the two winners from Queen Margaret Academy with their top Awards, but also gave each of them one of his framed drawings. Prizes indeed! The winning paintings now become part of the Maclaurin Schools Collection of previous award winners and will soon be hung in the galleries for all to see. Aayron Harper & Sarah Morrison Queen Margaret Academy JOHN BELLANY The Old Man and the Sea print series on exhibition. The sixteen John Bellany prints purchased some time ago for the Maclaurin Collection called The Old Man and the Sea are hanging in the Garden Gallery of Rozelle House for all to see and enjoy. Thanks are due to the Friends of the Maclaurin who funded the framing. AGM & OPERA a great night in prospect The Friends of the Maclaurin AGM will be held this year on Wednesday 25th May at 5.30 in the Gallery and will be followed by a drinks reception and a recital by that great favourite of the Friends, Scottish Opera Baritone, Andrew Mactaggart. So don’t miss out, put the date into Jim Hermit Photography your diary now. www.themaclaurin.org.uk 3 Helen M Turner was born and educated in Glasgow. After such success she eventually made the decision to leave the On leaving school she joined the creative design studio of the design world and follow a career as a full time professional artist. leading Scottish carpet manufacturer, James Templeton. She also Since then she has never looked back and is now recognized as attended the world-renowned Glasgow School of Art on a part one of Scotland’s leading contemporary artists. time basis where her tutors were Trevor Mackinson and William Gallacher, this allowing Helen to further her natural talent for Helen’s paintings are typically strong, powerful art works full of drawing and painting. confidence. Her Scottish landscape paintings are rich in both subject matter and tone. She excels at recording the atmosphere Later Helen became a documented carpet designer specializing and magic of the Scottish climate, highlighting moments in time. in Aubusson, Beauvais and Savonnary, travelling widely Many of her paintings having been finished under the shelter of a throughout the world producing designs for many prestigious storm umbrella! Part of her enduring appeal is the way she establishments including the Waldorf Astoria, New York Plaza, masters light and shade for maximum effect in her paintings. San Francisco Opera House, Turnberry Hotel and many hotels, casinos and ocean-going liners. 4 www.themaclaurin.org.uk FEATURED ARTIST Helen M Turner PAI PPAI She is an artist blessed with real versatility. In addition to her highly successful landscapes Helen has also developed an enviable reputation for beautiful still life and stunning floral pieces. Her works are instantly recognizable and highly sought after. In 2000 Helen was awarded the Paisley Art Institute Diploma for excellence PAI and in 2001 was elected President PPAI. She is also a lay member of the Glasgow Institute, an artist member of The Glasgow Society of Women Artists (GSWA) and was recently elected artists’ membership of the Glasgow Art Club. Helens paintings hang in many private collections throughout the world and are held in many corporate collections, including Robert Fleming Holdings, Dunedin Fund Managers and Lloyds Banking Group. Helen’s art has been exhibited in many leading galleries in the United Kingdom and in galleries as far afield as France, Russia and Hong Kong. She is a Trustee of the Maclaurin Trust and a valued Curator of the Maclaurin Gallery as well as being its first Patron. Helen in her studio www.themaclaurin.org.uk 5 A SCOTTISH BANKSY! NOT A SCOTTISH BANKSY! -So says James Klinge who is also 32 year old James was born and brought up in Dunlop in Ayrshire keen to tell me that neither is he a ‘street’ or ‘graffiti’ artist. As his and as a child always had a pencil in his hand. After school he father is German and his mother Welsh, can we claim him for went to study illustration at Duncan of Jordanstone in Dundee. In Scotland I ask? Indeed he says. his final year an accident to his right arm “I was he was born in Glasgow – the only one of his family who (necessitating 2 plates and 12 pins to fix) meant he had a four was – so I think of myself as Scottish.” James is a Scottish artist, month layoff from drawing.