Judith Bridgland: A Scottish Journey
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Judith was born in 1962 in Australia, and trained in Glasgow, Scotland where she now lives and works. Her bold, exuberant and vibrantly joyful landscapes have led to sell-out shows in Scotland, London and the rest of the UK as well as exhibiting further afield in America, Russia and Sweden. Working in oils, her paintings use bold, vigorous, rhythmical strokes of impasto paint combined with delicate brushwork. This gives an exciting texture to the paint surface along with a sense of abstraction, which reflects nature’s contrasts and delicate harmonies. However, whilst the work is very painterly, it also has a strong sense of place. Winner of the 1999 MacRoberts Open Prize, the 2010 House for An Art Lover Award, and the Glasgow Art Club Award in 2016, Judith is also a member of the Paisley Art Institute, and a regular exhibitor at the Royal Glasgow Institute and Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour. Judith’s work can be found in the collections of The Royal Bank of Scotland, British Midland, The University of Strathclyde, Glasgow Caledonian University, and privately worldwide.
Photograph: Judith on location in Borve, Harris.
Cover Image - Beach at Gullane through Montbretia (detail) - 24 x 24 inches - £3600 2.
Judith Bridgland: A Scottish Journey 10 - 24 October 2020 All paintings are oil and are for sale on receipt of this brochure
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Green Waves, Seilebost Beach, Harris 10 x 10 inches - £1250 Wild Irises on the Golden Road, Harris 26 x 32 inches - £3950
Right: Harebells at Seilebost 40 x 48 inches - £7500 4.
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Glen Lochy 32 x 40 inches - £4950 6.
Evening Sands, Seilebost, Harris 12 x 12 inches - ÂŁ1600
Waves Breaking on Seilebost Beach, Harris 32 x 32 inches - ÂŁ4500
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Seilebost Beach, Harris 16 x 16 inches - £1950 Clouds over the Cuillins at Elgol 36 x 36 inches - £5250 Right: Sheep in Fields with Foxgloves, the Campsies 40 x 48 inches - £7500 8.
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Dog Roses, Dumgoyne 6 x 6 inches - £795 Rest and Be Thankful 16 x 16 inches - £1950
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Sunlight on Red Fields, Argyll 32 x 40 inches - £4950 11.
Foxgloves, Looking towards the Campsies 6 x 6 inches - £795 Grasses at Borve Beach, Harris 20 x 20 inches - £ 2850
Right: Campsie Fells with White Daisies 40 x 48 inches - £7500 12.
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Burn in Spate 32 x 40 inches - ÂŁ4950 14.
Down to the Beach, Harris 20 x 20 inches - ÂŁ2850
Clouds over Hills, Argyll 20 x 20 inches - ÂŁ2850
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Poppy Field, Carberry 32 x 40 inches - ÂŁ4950 16.
Poppies at Carberry 16 x 16 inches - ÂŁ1950 Marram Grass, North Berwick 24 x 24 inches - ÂŁ3600
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Poppies and Yellow Flowers, Longniddry 10 x 10 inches - ÂŁ1250 Beach at Gullane through Montbretia 24 x 24 inches - ÂŁ3600
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Poppies at Aberlady 32 x 40 inches - ÂŁ4950 19.
Cow Parsley, Tantallon Beach 12 x 12 inches - £1600
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Poppies by the Sea 12 x 12 inches - £1600
Clouds and Wet Sand 32 x 32 inches - ÂŁ4500 21.
Poppies with Distant Cottage 6 x 8 inches - ÂŁ850 Montbretia on the Shoreline 16 x 16 inches - ÂŁ1950
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Paths through Bluebells 40 x 40 inches - £6500 23.
In the Dunes, Bass Rock 16 x 16 inches - ÂŁ1950 Poppies by the Road to Tantallon Castle 24 x 24 inches - ÂŁ3600
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Sea Grasses, Bass Rock 24 x 24 inches - £3600
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The plants and foliage that form the foreground of my landscapes are of great importance to me. Not only do the different flowers say something about the character of the particular location, as well as marking the seasons, but they add texture and vibrancy to the paintings. I often return to the same locations again and again, becoming familiar with the delicate harebells, the colourful burst of orange montbretia, or the carpet of purple heather. In this special collection of still life paintings for this show, I have brought the landscape indoors. I have taken the wildflowers and grasses that normally form the foreground, and have instead made them the focus of their own compositions. I have put them in my favourite vases, and have tried to let them find their own arrangement rather than pose them too much – they are wild flowers after all.
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Wildflowers in Blue Vase 32 x 32 inches - £4500 27.
Sweetpeas, Nasturtium Leaves and Grasses 20 x 20 inches - ÂŁ2850
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Honeysuckle and Saxifrage 20 x 20 inches - ÂŁ2850
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Nasturtiums and Grasses 16 x 16 inches - ÂŁ1950
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Foxgloves and Buttercups in Green Vase 32 x 32 inches - ÂŁ4500 31.
Road Towards Trotternish, Skye 24 x 26 inches - ÂŁ3600
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