Our major Spring Exhibition ‘Houses of Light’ was due to open in a couple of weeks but of course thanks to the current situation we are closed until further notice.
So, welcome to our first virtual exhibition. If you would like to purchase or reserve one of the paintings, there are two ways to do it:
- a twenty per cent deposit secures your piece until lockdown is lifted. You can then pay the balance and the work will be delivered or you can collect it from the Gallery
- you can make use of our OwnMYOwn instalment scheme: choose your piece (or pieces!)
– decide on your payment term (three months, six months or somewhere inbetween)
– pay your first instalment
– pay each month until you have paid in full
– take your art home! (Or have it delivered)You can choose to pay by standing order or Paypal invoice – whatever is most convenient for you.All payments are non-refundable.
Please be aware that if you miss a monthly payment or stop your payments before the end of the payment term, the work will be returned to the sales floor and offered to other customers.
Email linsay@artcraftcollective.co.uk or call Linsay on 07801 581674 to work out the details.
We look forward to welcoming you to the actual exhibition opening when we are able to fling our doors wide again. We are planning a big celebration with the opportunity to meet the artist, Ian Pearsall and hear all about his approach and way of working. Also there at the opening will be several contributors to the book published to accompany the show, featuring writing on the theme of Houses of Light.
About the Artist:
Read Ian’s story: https://www.artcraftcollective.co.uk/artists/stoke-artist-ian-pearsall/
Here, Ian describes his inspiration for the show:
“Lighthouses have all the associations of a romantic relationship with the sea …
‘Houses of Light’ is a body of work that came about in my pursuit of a few simple facts in an important personal memory – I’ve recalled it in my writing for the rather fine book produced to accompany the series of drawings that is the exhibition. It’s a vivid memory from a holiday experience that’s lasted right up to this day – a lifetime away, but always like yesterday. A reassuring presence in a hot and restless night time far away in a Portuguese town in an African country. My story is titled ‘Macuti.’
I’ve now visited quite a few since living in the UK, and such is my habit of painting only that which I have experienced first hand, have now pulled the works together in a worthwhile number for the first time to constitute an exhibition – here at the Art & Craft Collective in Edinburgh.
As I’ve spoken to more people about it, whether in person or through significant social media friendships, it’s come to pass that these buildings, and emotional connections to these buildings are of universal significance …so much so that it’s now of equal significance to share this exhibition with everyone who wanted to say something … the words have evoked as much imagery as the works themselves … so get hold of a book and immerse…
Lighthouses don’t just hold a romantic relationship with the sea at all, in lighthouses we can dream …”
Corsewall Lighthouse is located at Corsewall Point, Kirkcolm near Stranraer in Dumfries and Galloway, south west Scotland. First lit in 1817, it overlooks the North Channel of the Irish Sea. Corsewall means the place or well of the Cross.
In November 1970 Concorde reportedly flew over the lighthouse on a trial flight and shattered panes of glass.
Corsewall was automated in 1994 and is now monitored from the Northern Lighthouse Board’s Edinburgh offices. Since automation it has been converted into the Corsewall Lighthouse Hotel. It serves, according to our artist “the best afternoon cream tea you will taste”.
