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Alison Laing

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My paintings attempt to capture a fleeting moment in time and make it permanent by translating it onto the canvas using bold brushstrokes and energetic mark-making in oils. Usually on a small scale, my works are intimate snapshots of every day life, turning even the most mundane scenes into extravagant vignettes by utilising my distinct artistic vernacular. I am very driven by the physical act of painting and only do a single sketch before jumping straight onto the final piece as I like to let spontaneity and implicit memory lead the way. I think that small works are like little windows of intrigue and would like my work to entice the viewer to get up close in order to let the details of delicious brush marks emerge.
2025
Salon Traders, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh
Borders Art Fair, Borders Events Centre, Kelso

2024
Insight, Edinburgh Gallery Society, Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh
Then & Now: 100 Years of Visual Arts Scotland, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Now & Then: 100 Years of Visual Arts Scotland, Dalkeith House, Dalkeith
Little Papers, Jock Tamson's Gairden, Edinburgh

2023
Honey! I Shrunk The Exhibition, Edinburgh Gallery Society, White Space, Edinburgh
Scottish Portrait Awards, Longlist, Online
Scottish Landscape Awards, City Art Centre, Edinburgh
30 x 30 Online Exhibition, Society of Scottish Artists, Online

2022
Artists At Work 2, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
130 Years Annual Exhibition, Society of Scottish Artists, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh

2021
Edinburgh College of Art Degree Show
Glimmer
  • Alison Laing
  • Glimmer
  • Oil
A Road Leading
  • Alison Laing
  • A Road Leading
  • Oil
Night Cap
  • Alison Laing
  • Night Cap
  • Oil
New Town
  • Alison Laing
  • New Town
  • Oil
Dublin Street
  • Alison Laing
  • Dublin Street
  • Oil
Gust
  • Alison Laing
  • Gust
  • Oil
Glacial
  • Alison Laing
  • Glacial
  • Oil
Dinner Party
  • Alison Laing
  • Dinner Party
  • Oil

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