Georgina McMaster 'To Africa and Back'

Georgina McMaster

To Africa and Back

8th June to 7th July

Front Cover: Spot the Difference, oil on canvas, 92 x 120cm

Above: Fenella, oil on linen, 70 x 100cm

Georgina McMaster ‘To Africa and Back’

Solo Exhibition Opening Saturday 8th June 10am to 5.30pm

We are thrilled to welcome Georgina McMaster back to the Strathearn Gallery in 2024 with her spectacular new solo exhibition ‘To Africa and Back’.

As one of Scotland’s foremost contemporary wildlife painters, in this new collection of work Georgina brings together the wildlife from a recent trip to the Masai Mara, combined with her native Scotland.

This invitation features a selection of the works available - the full exhibition can be viewed online at www.strathearn-gallery.com

Sales enquiries welcome on receipt of this invitation. Exhibition runs from 8th June to 7th July 2024.

Meet the Artist Saturday 22nd June 11am to 1pm

Georgina will be visiting the gallery on Saturday 22nd June between 11am and 1pm – a fantastic opportunity meet with her and learn more about her work.

We look forward to seeing you in the gallery soon.

The Strathearn Gallery w 32 West High Street w Crieff w Perthshire w PH7 4DL

Website www.strathearn-gallery.com

Email info@strathearn-gallery.com

Telephone 01764 656100

Left: Mtoto (Baby), oil on canvas, 30 x 25cm

Right: Zuri (Beautiful), oil on canvas, 62 x 55cm

Opposite: Nakuona (I See You), oil on canvas, 45 x 60cm

Left: Larry, oil on canvas, 25 x 30cm

Above: Letitia, oil on canvas, 25 x 30cm

Georgina McMaster

Surrounded by animals from a young age and brought up within a creative family, it was almost predestined that Georgina McMaster would pursue a career as a wildlife artist.

After graduating from art school and then initially juggling a teaching career with her painting, Georgina decided in 2012 to concentrate on painting full-time – she hasn’t looked back since.

Today, Georgina’s work is collected worldwide and is instantly recognisable with her large bold and dynamic works, often with backgrounds deliberately left blank, allowing Georgina to focus entirely on capturing the character of each animal painted.

In late 2022, Georgina visited Kenya’s Masi Mara and it was this experience that continues to provide so much inspiration for her in this new exhibition.

Seeing big cats, elephants, giraffes and zebras in their natural habitat also heralded an evolution in Georgina’s painting. The climate, vast skies, spectacular savanna and breath-taking sunrises and sunsets of Kenya all providing the perfect backdrop for the close study of wildlife, allowing Georgina to take a further step forward in her art and approach to wildlife painting.

Already renowned for her lifelike depictions of the textures of fur, feathers or skin and ability to capture the spark of life in the eyes of animals, Georgina has further developed her style by adding in more and more layers of detail and incorporating a far broader colour palette into her work than ever before.

“Painting a crocodile was different” states Georgina, “I enjoyed layering the colours to form a harlequin-like pattern on the skin, making it seem almost jolly, while also trying to convey in its eye the stealthy threat it poses.”

The majesty of the African animals in the exhibition are matched by striking paintings of our own native wildlife. Painting Scottish wildlife is Georgina’s first love and living in a rural environment, her daily life involves seeing garden birds, bees, hares, deer, highland cows, birds of prey and Springtime, lambs.

“In my earlier career I was probably best known for painting highland cows and have painted fewer in the past few years, but it is always a great joy to return to one of my favourite animals. I love painting and know I always will. It’s my dream job.”

Above: Hakuna Matata (No Worries), oil on canvas, 40 x 120cm

Above: Mamba (Crocodile), oil on canvas, 30 x 80cm

Right: Night Watch, oil on canvas, 30 x 25cm

Top Left: Wee Hoots, oil on canvas, 10 x 10cm

Bottom Left: Wee Hoots III, oil on canvas, 10 x 10cm

Above: Spring Forward, oil on linen, 70 x 100cm

Above: Wee Bawbee, oil on linen, 40 x 40cm

Opposit Left Top: Magical Power, oil on canvas, 20 x 20cm

Opposite Left Bottom: Iridescent Poise, oil on canvas, 20 x 20cm

Opposite Right: Adorn, oil on canvas, 26 x 16cm

Left: Kaka (Brother), oil on linen, 50 x 40cm

Above: Mrefu Sana (Very Tall), oil on canvas, 100 x 40cm

Above: Kiongozie (Leader), oil on canvas, 120 x 92cm

Above: Best Foot Forward, oil on canvas, 100 x 100cm

Left: Bee-neath, oil on canvas, 15 x 15cm

Right: Bee-hold, oil on canvas, 15 x 15cm

Left: Thor, oil on linen, 40 x 40cm

Right: Catriona, oil on linen, 50 x 40cm

Above: Alexander, oil on canvas, 100 x 100cm

Above: Porini (Wilderness), oil on canvas, 50 x 50cm

Above: Moto Pink II, oil on canvas, 30 x 25cm

Left: Snow Queen, oil on canvas, 25 x 30cm

Right: Wee Hoots II, oil on canvas, 10 x 10cm

Right: Fluffy, oil on linen, 40 x 40cm

Left: Maisha Marefu (Long Life), oil on linen, 30 x 24cm

Right: Hekima Kubwa (Great Wisdom), oil on linen, 70 x 100cm

Above: Kuibuka (Emergence), oil on canvas, 72 x 102cm

Above: Spellbound, oil on canvas, 16 x 26cm

Left: Cider with Rosie, oil on canvas, 30 x 30cm

Right: Grace, oil on canvas, 15 x 15cm

Above: The Proposal, oil on canvas, 50 x 120cm