Myrtle J. Farquharson Myrtle studied at Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen, Scotland. She gained a Diploma and Post Diploma in Drawing and Painting and was awarded the Steel Cornwall Scholarship for waterclour, the George Davidson Gold Medal and a Post Diploma Scholarship. Following her Post Diploma year Myrtle was awarded a travelling scholarship and spent six months in Italy, Spain and France visiting galleries and museums painting and drawing. Myrtle was an Art and Guidance teacher in Aberdeen for many years and since taking early retirement she has spent most of her spare time painting, drawing and making prints at Peacock Printmakers in Aberdeen. Solo exhibitions have included Aberdeen University in 1988 and 1992, the Art Gallery, Grampian Hospitals Arts Trust in 1995 and 1998. Myrtle has also exhibited at the R.S.A., the S.S.A., Visual Arts Scotland and Nexus Gallery in Edinburgh, with Peacock Printers at the Affordable Art Fair at Battersea Park and the Contemporary Print Fair, London, Aberdeen Artists and Gray's Former Students' Club in Aberdeen, the Riverside Gallery in Stonehaven and Tolquhon Gallery, Tarves. |
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Gallery 1. Landscape, Ballater. (59 - 42cms) 2. Lotus. (20 -30cms) 3. Siena - Evening. (33 - 43cms) 4. The Forbidden City - Beijing. (66 - 42cms) 5. Vivace. (61 -46cms) 6. Dawn - Lake Titicaca. (86.5 - 23cms) 7. Asleep. (63.5 - 54cms) 8. Bennachie. (59 - 42cms) 9. Hong Kong Sunset (28 - 56cms) 10. Mid-Day, Siena (49.5 - 45.5cms) |
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In 1998 Tom Tempest-Radford, International Corporate Art Consultants of London commissioned
100 prints and in 1999 Myrtle was commissioned to do 120 prints for
the P&O lines flagship cruise liner "Aurora" While she was teaching, Myrtle Farquharson often travelled abroad during school summer holidays. Since retiring she has travelled to countries such as Egypt, Peru, China, Sri Lanka, Italy and Mexico. It is the landscapes, people and unusual sights that influence Myrtle's work - some of which can be seen on this Web Page. Myrtle says that she gets immense enjoyment out of all the preparatory work involved in her prints - the drawings, the separations and deciding on what colours are to be used and in what order. She is happiest when she is working - whether that is drawing, painting or printing. |
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