Elaine Speirs

Elaine Speirs

No Small Dreams 11th July - 21st August 2014

& Collective Art Gallery

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Elaine Speirs

No Small Dreams 11th July - 21st August 2014

Elaine Speirs was born in Johannesburg and moved to the West Coast of Scotland as a young child. She studied at Edinburgh College of Art and the Slade School of Fine Art in London. She also trained to be a teacher and she has taught in schools and also privately. She returned to South Africa in 2006 and then came back home in 2009 with her three daughters. Over the last four years Elaine has re-established herself as a painter.

Her children and their friends are her inspiration. She is absorbed in their lives and she constantly observes them. The uncertainties of her own childhood have given her the freedom to dig deeper into the complications and mystery of being a child. She conveys the fragility of childhood, the transition between girlhood and womanhood, and the utter peace of the sleeping child.

She regularly exhibits at the RSA, with VAS and the SSA. Recently she exhibited at the Mall Galleries in London. Awards have included the Fulton Textile Award (1995) the MacGregor Painting Award (1993) and recently the Glasgow Club Award (2012). She was shortlisted for the National Open Art Competition.

Peace £1,200

Oil & Acrylic 2013 65cm x 73cm Framed

Child’s Doll £950 Oil on Paper 2014 55cm x 60cm Framed

Youth II ÂŁ350

Pencil & Pastel on Paper 2014 56cm x 77cm Unframed

She’ll Pull Your Heart Out £2,600 Oil & Acrylic 2013 85cm x 115cm Framed

No Small Dreams ÂŁ4,800 Oil on Board 2014 115cm x 130cm Framed

Seventeen ÂŁ3,500 Oil & Acrylic 2014 90cm x 176cm Framed

Greta ÂŁ350

Oil & Pencil on Paper 2014 56cm x 77cm Unframed

Judy ÂŁ350

Oil & Pencil on Paper 2014 56cm x 77cm Unframed

Breathe ÂŁ350

Mixed Media on Paper 2014 56cm x 77cm Unframed

Girl ÂŁ350

Mixed Media on Paper 2014 56cm x 77cm Unframed

In Your Dreams Oil & Acrylic 2013 134cm x 70cm Framed

SOLD

Lost £2,300

Oil & Acrylic 2012 92cm x 116cm Framed

Delia Child Star ÂŁ1,500 Oil on Paper 2014 85cm x 115cm Framed

Child Star

ÂŁ950

Oil & Acrylic 2014 85cm x 104cm Framed

Prayer £950

Oil & Acrylic 2014 85cm x 116cm Framed

Waiting ÂŁ1,900

Oil & Acrylic 2013 85cm x 115cm Framed

Elaine Speirs 1967 Born in Johannesburg, South Africa Lives and works in Edinburgh EDUCATION 1989 – 93 Edinburgh College of Art 1993 – 95 Slade School of Fine Art SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2014 & Collective, Bridge of Allan 2013 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2013 SWA, The Mall Galleries, London 2013 VAS, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh 2013 SSA, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh 2013 Aberdeen National Gallery 2012 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh 2012 Award Winners’ Show, Glasgow Art Club 2012 Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh 2012 Shortlisted National Open Art Competition 2012 Kelly Gallery, Glasgow 2012 Aberdeen National Gallery 2012 Paisley Institute, Paisley 2012 Paisley Institute Drawing Competition 2011 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh 2011 “Quartet”, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh 2011 VAS, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh 2010 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh 2010 Royal Scottish Academy AWARDS 2013 Caron Keating Memorial Art Award 2012 Glasgow Art Club Award