Scott Naismith | Duality | May 2024

Catalogue for Scott's solo exhibition at Morningside Gallery May 2024

SCOTT NA I SMI TH DUAL I TY

MORNINGSIDE GALLERY

SCOTT NA I SMI TH DUAL I TY

SOLO EXHIBITION 18.05.24 - 01.06.24

MORNINGSIDE GALLERY

INTRODUCTION May 2024

We are delighted to introduce our eleventh solo show of Scott Naismith’s paintings. This exhibition is called Duality and it marks Scott’s continued and deepening interest in developing his work in a more abstract direction, portraying visual reality but also his experience of philosophical, emotional and spiritual realities. Over the years Scott’s work has developed from a more straightforward and representational approach to landscape painting in which the rugged coastlines and beautiful sunsets of Scotland have been shared with viewers on the canvas, to his more abstract approach now. He takes elements expressed by nature - such as the light - and filters them through philosophical concepts to create a new visual representation of landscape. For Scott, reality in its simplest form can be understood as duality. It is nature’s ongoing dance between opposing forces that inspires him to paint, and he takes these opposing forces, simplifying and embellishing them to form a new visual language. Within this new body of work Scott has explored the opposition between dynamism and tranquility, expressing it visually through the contrast between muted and saturated colour. And of course running through all of Scott’s work is a sense of fundamental hope and optimism, of light emerging through darkness.

Eileadh Swan Gallery Director

Notes

All paintings are for sale and may be purchased or reserved prior to the exhibition opening. We kindly request that decisions on reserves are made by 10am on Friday the 17th of May.

COLOUR POLARISED Oil on Aluminium | £6250 Framed Size: 110 x 110 cm

HARRIS GOLD Oil and Acrylic on Linen | £1950 Framed Size: 50 x 50 cm

SURROUNDED BY COLOUR Oil and Acrylic on Linen | £1950 Framed Size: 50 x 50 cm

OPPOSING FORCES Oil and Acrylic on Linen | £8250 Framed Size: 160 x 110 cm

DUALITY STUDY I Acrylic and Oil on Linen | £1300 Framed Size: 40 x 40 cm

HARMONIOUS TENSION I Oil and Acrylic on Linen | £1950 Framed Size: 50 x 50 cm

CLOUD FUSION Oil and Acrylic on Linen | £6250 Framed Size: 110 x 110 cm

DUAL I TY Oil and Acrylic on Linen | £11950 Framed Size: 190 x 130 cm

IRON FIST IN A VELVET GLOVE Acrylic and Oil on Linen | £4750 Framed Size: 90 x 90 cm

EQUAL AND OPPOSITE Acrylic and Oil on Linen | £6250 Framed Size: 160 x 60 cm

DUALITY STUDY II Acrylic and Oil on Linen | £1300 Framed Size: 40 x 40 cm

DUALITY STUDY III Acrylic and Oil on Linen | £1300 Framed Size: 40 x 40 cm

FORTH BRIDGES FLIGHT PATH Oil on Canvas | £6250 Framed Size: 160 x 60 cm

COLOUR NEUTRALISED Oil on Aluminium | £6250 Framed Size: 110 x 110 cm

BOLD DELICACY Oil and Acrylic on Linen | £6250 Framed Size: 110 x 110 cm

HARMONIOUS TENSION II Oil and Acrylic on Linen | £1950 Framed Size: 50 x 50 cm

HARMONIOUS TENSION III Oil and Acrylic on Linen | £1950 Framed Size: 50 x 50 cm

SWEEPING LIGHT Oil and Acrylic on Linen | £5200 Framed Size: 130 x 70 cm

OPPOSING SYNERGY II Oil and Acrylic on Linen | £3200 Framed Size: 70 x 70 cm

DYNAMIC DEPTH Oil and Acrylic on Linen | £3200 Framed Size: 70 x 70 cm

LIGHT AND DARK Oil and Acrylic on Linen | £4750 Framed Size: 90 x 90 cm

SYNTROPY AND ENTROPY II Oil and Acrylic on Linen | £5200 Framed Size: 130 x 70 cm

REFLECTED ABOVE Oil and Acrylic on Linen | £4750 Framed Size: 90 x 90 cm

POWER IN VULNERABILITY Oil on Canvas | £6250 Framed Size: 110 x 110 cm

CONTROLLING CHAOS III Oil and Acrylic on Linen | £4750 Framed Size: 90 x 90 cm

DYNAMIC TRANQUILITY I Oil and Acrylic on Linen | £2450 Framed Size: 60 x 60 cm

DYNAMIC TRANQUILITY II Oil and Acrylic on Linen | £2450 Framed Size: 60 x 60 cm

SYNTROPY AND ENTROPY I Oil and Acrylic on Linen | £4750 Framed Size: 90 X 90 cm

OPPOSING SYNERGY I Oil and Acrylic on Linen | £3200 Framed Size: 70 X 70 cm

REFLECTED BELOW Oil and Acrylic on Linen | £3200 Framed Size: 70 x 70 cm

PATH OF COLOUR I Oil and Acrylic on Linen | £6250 Framed Size: 110 x 110 cm

PEAT INFUSED Oil and Acrylic on Linen | £6250 Framed Size: 110 x 110 cm

HIGHLAND GREEN STUDY I Oil and Acrylic on Linen | £1300 Framed Size: 40 x 40 cm

HIGHLAND GREEN STUDY II Oil and Acrylic on Linen | £1300 Framed Size: 40 x 40 cm

DYNAMIC TRANQUILITY III Oil and Acrylic on Linen | £2450 Framed Size: 60 x 60 cm

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