Irish artist: George Callaghan at Red Rag Gallery

Today’s featured Irish Artist at the Red Rag Gallery is George Callaghan

George Callaghan was born in County Antrim, N.Ireland in 1941, attending Carrs Glen Primary School up the Old Park Road. At the age of four George’s family immigrated to South Africa where he was educated in the ways of apartheid. He also became the Western Province Boxing Champion Gnat weight division.

At the age of 14 the impending death of his Grandfather forced the family to return to Belfast. George attended Ashfield Secondary Imtermediate. He left school at 15 to work at Nicholson and Bass printers and box makers, as an apprentice Commercial Artist. A year later he commenced studying Art at the Belfast College of Art on a Scholarship. George started work in Dublin as a junior designer with Janus Advertising Agency and 8 months later moved to Kennys Advertising Agency as a senior designer.

George Callaghan then moved to London as a designer and eight months later he immigrated to Sydney, Australia. For a year he worked as a senior designer at McCann Erickson then moved to Leo Burnetts where he stayed for the next 11 years as an Art Director.

Today George Callaghan is an artist with an International reputation and following. This is not only for his contemporary paintings, but also for his harp music. George is a leading exponent of the Celtic Harp and his recordings of harp music include compact discs featuring Traditional Airs, and Rhyme and Reason along with several cassettes.

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British art: artist Andrew Macara at Red Rag Gallery

Andrew Macara is today’s featured British Artist at the Red Rag Gallery.

Andrew Macara was born in Derbyshire in 1944. He is a member of the New English Art Club along with fellow members David Cobley, Charles Hardaker, Ken Howard, Karolina Larusdottir and William Selby. His paintings also regularly feature at the Royal British Artists (RBA) London art exhibitions. Other Red Rag members of the RBA include: Stephen Brown and Steven Outram. Macara contemporary paintings are also regularly exhibited at the Royal Academy of Art in their Summer Exhibitions.

Andrew Macara travels extensively gathering images for paintings from around the world. But his native Derbyshire continues to feature in many paintings. Elvaston Castle in the Derbyshire Peak District is the setting for today’s featured art work. This is a charming snow scene with children throwing snowballs at one another in front of a stand of trees lit by low winter sunlight. Another character perhaps the artist himself is seen in shadow in the foreground.

Andrew Macara’s subjects vary but his painting of snow scenes is distinctive because of his treatment of light and shade. Long blue-grey shadows capture a snow scene perfectly. He looks for colour and movement and manages to convey a sense of life in his paintings. ‘I believe in becoming involved and participating in the hustle and bustle of life. It is painting this visual experience that interests me’.

Paintings by Andrew Macara are available from Red Rag British Art Gallery together with Andrew Macara Limited Edition Prints .

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Irish art: artist Hugh O'Rourke at Red Rag Gallery

Today’s featured Irish Artist at the Red Rag Gallery is Hugh O’Rourke

Aodh Sean O'Ruairc (Hugh Sean O'Rourke) is an art graduate of the famous Glasgow School of Art. As a student Sean won the prestigious MacLaine-Watters Medal at the Royal Scottish Academy's Student Competition in 1977 and in 1978 won First Prize in the Watercolour section in the John and Mabel Craig Bequest Fund Competition at Glasgow School of Art.

Hugh Sean O'Rourke art work captures the tranquility and natural beauty of remote Scottish and Irish landscapes, with indications of man's involvement in the vistas. His empathy with the Connemara and Western Highlands is very evident in his paintings. A colourist at heart, Sean’s imaginative use of colour helps draw the viewer into the depths of the composition.

Hugh O’Rourke’s Modern Art is available from the Red Rag Bath Art Gallery

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Katty McMurray at Bath Art Gallery

Today we are featuring the art works of a new Modern British Artist at Red Rag Bath Art Gallery . Her name is Katty McMurray and she is a young artist who was in London and studied at the Chelsea School of Art.

Always a keen traveler, Katty McMurray has been inspired to create her contemporary paintings by visiting places throughout the world. While away on location Katty spends her time sketching, and on returning to her art studio, uses her sketches as a base for her larger paintings in oil on canvas.

Today Katty McMurray has established herself as a successful British artist who produces paintings in a distinctive naïve style. For further information contact the Red Rag Gallery in Bath.

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Anji Allen At Red Rag Bath Art Gallery

Today's featured work is from artist Anji Allen. Anji Allen has developed a specific and recognisable style of contemporary art. Anji builds her art works with layer upon layer of paint producing very textural paintings which are reworked and scraped back as she marks and draws lines into the paint. Paintings are limited calm neutral colours of pale green, dark brown, creams and golds

Anji Allen’s paintings are a revelation and celebration of the day to day. Familiar items such as scrubbed table top, milk jugs and tea cups are elevated and given a rarity value in Anji’s paintings with her careful use of space and texture.

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Today’s the featured Scottish Artist at Red Rag Gallery is John Kingsley

Scottish artist John Kingsley was born in Glasgow in 1956. He studied drawing and painting at Glasgow School of Art from 1973-77. His art tutors included James Robertson, David Donaldson and Geoffrey Squire.

John Kingsley has established a reputation as a leading Scottish contemporary artist. He was a finalist in the Hunting Art Prizes competition in London in 1989, 1993 and 1998, and was highly commended in the same competition in 1996. In 1991 Kingsley won the William Bowie Landscape Prize and in 1992 the Mary Armour Award the Paisley Art Institute. Since 1987, John has been an artist member of the council of the Paisley Art Institute.

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British art: artist Tina Morgan

Today’s featured British Artist is from the West Country. Tina Morgan was born in the British seaside village of Lynton in 1952. After studying art and design in Cornwall Tina went to work as an Art Director. During this time she won many awards including two at the Cannes Film Festival.

In 1985 Tina Morgan decided to change career direction and began painting as a full time professional artist. Since then Tina has exhibited her art work widely and today she has established herself as an artist with a reputation for capturing the light and the lazy day holiday buzz of people relaxing on the south Devon beaches. Her softness of palette and great skill in observing and depicting people creates art work with a timeless quality.

Tina Morgan art works are primarily oil on canvas. Talking about her paintings Tina says: ‘ I use oil paint because the colour and textures are so rich. I develop the background and paint onto that with a knife for texture. Long springy brushes are used for the detail. The memory of a scene has always been far more interesting than the impression viewed on the day. So I capture the moment with a pastel or pencil sketch and photographs, then spend a long time just observing the view

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British artist: Ken Howard RA

Today we feature British Artist - Ken Howard

Ken Howard is a Royal Academy artist with a worldwide reputation. He has exhibited extensively, both nationally and internationally. He was born in 1932 and studied art at Hornsey School of Art.

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British Landscape Contemporary Art: David Atkins

The latest artist to be showing at Red Rag Bath Art Gallery is landscape painter David Atkins.

Atkins was born in Greenwich in 1964 and studied at St Martin’s School of Art, London and later at Winchester School of Art. Today David is a well established artist with a reputation for creating evocative landscape paintings and urban scenes.

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British art: artist William Selby

Our next art show is just one week away. It is a mixed art show featuring selected artists from the New English Art Club(NEAC). The NEAC is one of the leading British art societies with a number of well known artists.

Over the year Red Rag has promoted many art works by NEAC members. One of the most sought after has been William Selby. We are therefore delighted to be showing more paintings by Bill Selby.

Bill is a native of Yorkshire where he was born in 1933. He is very much a self taught artist. He has been painting professionally for many years and his contemporary paintings have been shown at several leading British art galleries.

Selby paints using oil, acrylic and mixed media. His paintings are stunning displaying bold colour. Bill develops his paintings by applying layer upon layer with painterly brushstrokes.

Other NEAC artists in the art show include Royal Academy artists Fred Cuming and Ken Howard plus David Cobley, Charles Hardaker and Andrew Macara.

The NEAC art exhibition starts 6 November. For further details email the gallery or

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Jeremy Barlow RI

One of the first artists to be showing at our newest gallery in Bath is British artist Jeremy Barlow . Jeremy Barlow was born in 1945. He studied illustration at Northampton School of Art. He later worked in art studios in London and the Midlands before deciding to become a full-time painter in the early 1970's. His paintings have been exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, the Royal Society of Marine Artists and the Royal Society of British Artists. He was elected an Associate Member of The Royal Institute of Oil Painters in 1990, a full Member of the ROI in 1994 and a council Member in 1995.

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'Magican's Exit' by Charles MacQueen RSW RGI

The World Heritage City of Bath is the location for Red Rag’s new art gallery. The gallery is located between two historic and iconic landmarks – The Royal Crescent and The Circus. Against the background of classical Georgian architectural elegance Red Rag will be showing the best of today’s British and Irish artists

The new gallery will open with contemporary Scottish Art from one of the Scotland’s leading artists - Charles MacQueen.

Charles MacQueen was born in Glasgow in 1940. He was educated at St Aloysius College and then attended the Glasgow School of Art. After graduating from Glasgow School of Art in 1965, Charles MacQueen pursued a successful career in Art Education. Charles retired from teaching in 1990 to concentrate full time as a professional artist.

MacQueen is inspired by his regular visits to Tunisia and Morocco. The latest contemporary paintings at Red Rag Galley in Bath demonstrate Charles’s fascination with the two countries. Colour and surface texture are very important elements in his paintings.

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British artist: Mike Bernard

Today's post features another view of the Cornish fishing village of Polperro. Polperro is a location much favoured by artists. This pice of contemporary British Art comes from leading British artist Mike Bernard.

Mike Bernard produces highly textured semi-abstract paintings often executed in mixed media incorporating collage and acrylics. Bernard enjoys bringing an experimental approach to his watercolour and oil paintings. Regular subjects include coastal and street scenes in the English West Country and Italy. Mike says: "What attracts me most is the pattern of buildings, boats and similar features in a scene. I build a painting by putting in blocks of colour to develop a pattern which is pleasing to my eye in colours which are harmonious, bringing in feelings of spontaneity, freshness and freedom."

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'Morning Polperro Harbour

Today's post features contemporary British Art from Cornish based artist Peter Beeson.

Peter Beeson’s contemporary paintings are recognisable by their light-filled textural surface and quiet approach. Although not a native of Cornwall Beeson has a real empathy with county. In addition to showing at Red Rag Gallery Peter Beeson paintings have also been exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer show

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Contemporary art - British art from David Inshaw

Today we have uploaded eight new limited edition prints from established British artist David Inshaw. The new limited edition prints can be viewed on the Red Rag Gallery website. This includes today's post titled 'Storm Over Silbury Hill'.

David Inshaw is recognised for the powerful intensity of his English landscape paintings and limited edition prints. He has paintings in many private and public art collections including the Arts Council of Great Britain, the British Council, City of Bristol Art Gallery, Devizes Museum, Sunderland Museum and Art Gallery and is well represented in the Tate Gallery's art collection. David Inshaw first caught the public imagination in 1972 with his painting ‘ The Badmington Game

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Latest Red Rag Art Show

This weekend the latest art exhibition at Red Rag Gallery opens. Titled 'Street Life' it is a mixed art show featuring contemporary British Art, Scottish Art and Irish Art from leading some of today’s leading artists.

The art show provides a snap shot in time across the world. The Red Rag artists have produced a series of wonderful street scenes from across the globe capturing the magic and atmosphere of cities and towns. Included in the art show are scenes from France, Italy and Spain plus the cities of Havana, London, New York and Paris. The art show starts today and runs until 19 September. You can view the art works at Red Rag Gallery from 10:00 each day.

Today's featured contemporary painting is 'Fifth Avenue, New York' from British artist David Farren.

This contemporary painting is now sold.

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'Street Life' art exhibition at Red Rag

The next Red Rag art exhibition is 'Street Life' - a mixed show featuring Scottish Artists Jack Morrocco, Ian Elliot and Stuart Sim

The show opens Sunday 6 September and continues until 19 September. Red Rag Gallery is open everyday from 10:00

Other artists included in the art show are Susan Brown, David Farren, Janet Ledger, John Martin and Brian Smyth

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Modern Art - British artist Austin Moseley

Austin Moseley was born in 1930 in Tiverdale, Staffordshire. He has always lived and worked in the West Midlands and has a natural affinity with the area and the people of the Black Country.

Austin Moseley has painted for many years and has exhibited widely including the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists (of which he was elected a Member) and the Royal Institute of Painters in Oil.

Austin Moseley’s textured oil paintings often of West Midland canal scenes or hill sides in the Dales and Lakes - portray the people, animals and landscape around him with humorous affection. Today Austin Moseley's paintings are highly sought after

The featured Austin Moseley painting above is now sold.

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Painting: 'Battery Park, New York' by British artist Susan Brown

Here is another painting from the upcoming Red Rag art exhibition 'Street Life'. It is by one of the leading British Artists - Susan Brown

Susan Brown was born in Yorkshire. She studied at Leeds Polytechnic between 1976 and 1979 gaining a BA Hons in Three Dimensional Design. Since then Susan Brown has progressed two main areas of interest - interior design and contemporary painting. Brown has completed numerous commissions and several projects as both designer and contemporary artist.

Susan Brown contemporary paintings appear in many notable private and public contemporary art collections. These include: Halifax Plc, Allied Domecq, Sir George Martin Trust, Universities of Sheffield and York.

The featured Susan Brown contemporary painting above is now sold.

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Irish art from Brian Smyth

Today's post features a painting from the next art show at Red Rag. It is 'Florentine Morning' from Irish artist - Brian Smyth

Brian Smyth paintings capture the very essence of his subjects. He is equally successful in his treatment of portraits, crowd scenes or café society.

In 'Florentine Morning'Smyth has sucessfully captured the start of a new day. The strong shadowing and narrow lane creates a sense of theatre and atmosphere

This oil painting is now available to purchase from Red Rag Gallery.It is being featured in the show 'Street Life' a mixed exhibition of contemporary paintings inspired by street scenes

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Scottish Art: artist Pam Carter

Today's post features one of the leading Scottish Artists - Pam Carter

Pam Carter was born in 1952. She is a graduate of the Glasgow School of Art

Pam Carter’s subject matter is found in the rugged West Scottish Coast with its isolated cottages and wild colours of the machair and brachen. Pam also paints East Scottish Coastal scenes with majestic cliffs, fishing villages and farm land.

Scottish locations such as Skye, Lewis, Harris and the Uists have been favourite islands for Carter to visit. She has also produced contemporary paintings of Tiree and Coll. Tiree offers idyllic settings. The Island's architecture is like a museum of Scotland's past with wonderful cottages sitting perched on the most beautiful of beaches

Today's featured Pam Carter painting from Red Rag is 'Farm, Iona'

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Cornish artist: Jo March

Today we feature the art work of British artist Jo March

Jo March was born in 1962 and brought up on a family farm in the small Cornish moorland village of Darite in south east Cornwall.

Jo March’s upbringing, living in the Cornish landscape and the people that she met, is a strong influence on her choice of subject and how she depicts the landscape in her paintings. Inspiration for Jo’s paintings and limited edition prints is often drawn from the environment and the people of her childhood. She has abiding fascination with the eccentricities which exist just below the surface of rural life and in particular the characters that she observed in Cornwall whilst growing up.

Jo March’s paintings and limited edition prints are remarkably individual in outlook and style, drawing inspiration from the stunning Cornish countryside.

Today’s art is a Limited Edition Print from Jo titled ’Hendra’. Hendra is nestled at the head of the idyllic Polperro Valley and has the attributes so loved by locals and visitors in Cornwall. This Jo March Limited Edition Print captures the beaches and Cornish landscape in a quirky fun loving format. A house stands proud over looking the fields of grazing sheep. All is well with the world and although there are no people in the print there is a feeling that they are not far away.

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British art: artist Sylvia Antonsen

Today's post features artist Sylvia Antonsen and her painting 'Trevose Head'

Antonsen is fascinated by the British coastline and its maritime buildings. Sylvia's travels and observations have taken her to many UK counties including the county of Cornwall. Trevose Head Lighthouse is British built on the north west extremity of Trevose Head on the north Cornish coast. Its white tower rises above the dramatic sheer grey granite cliffs that are more than 45m above the level of the sea. The light in use today is one of a pair originally constructed here — a higher light and a lower. Pairs of fixed lights helped ships get their positions more accurately. It is the 27m tall higher light that remains in use — a white-painted cylindrical stone tower with gallery.

Sylvia Antonsen has captured the lighthouse on a bright uplifting day. The building stands majestically against a brilliant blue sea and sky. And, the safety and security associated with lighthouses is reinforced by the calm and confident scene. As in all of Sylvia Antonsen’s work it is this linear quality that accentuates a sense of order.

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