2010 Children’s Art Competition

Park Gallery in partnership with The Strathbungo Society are hosting our 2nd Children’s Art Competition. For further information, please view on our Events Page.

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John Damari - Supports The Prince’s Trust

In 2010, John Damari is generously donating four paintings to The Prince's Trust Scotland.

The Prince's Trust gives practical and financial support to young people by developing key workplace skills such as confidence and motivation. They work with 14 to 25-year-olds who have struggled at school, have been in care, are long-term unemployed or have been in trouble with the law.

More than three in four young people The Prince's Trust helped last year, moved into work, education or training.

John's paintings will be auctioned at;

The Lady Provost Charitable Lunch on Sunday 25 April 2010. Glasgow City Chambers. Hosted by Glasgow City Council

The Clay Pigeon Shoot Scotland on 15 August 2010. Auchterhouse Country Sports, Dundee Hosted by Gerard Eadie, CR Smith.

Lunch With An Old Bag on 3 September 2010. Prestonfield Hotel, Edinburgh. Hosted by James Thomson, Prestonfield Hotel.

For more info on the Prince's Trust, please visit  www.princes-trust.org.uk

Park Gallery supported friends and clients, Justin Ryan & Colin McAllister in I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here

JUNGLE FEVER by IVOR SEXTON 

Mark Getty - Fundraising for Macmillan Cancer Support

Mark recently asssited in setting up a wonderful fundraising event ‘Panama Cycle Night’ with his friend Yvonne Sondh, who is participating in a South American cycle covering over 680kms, to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support. Park Gallery donated a framed Limited Edition ‘The Protector’ by Ivor Sexton and it raised £175 towards their highly successful event.

Douglas Roulston - Exhibition at The Roxburghe Hotel, Edinburgh

Park Gallery is delighted to be working in partnership with Macdonald Hotels & Resorts and currently have our second art installation in The Roxburgh Hotel, Edinburgh featuring a collection of stunning Scottish landscapes by one of our top selling originals artists - Douglas Roulston MFA. The exhibition is available to view and purchase until January 2010.

Mark Getty - I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Into Park Gallery

Mark Getty’s collection of celebrity art is now available through Park Gallery. Mark captures the intensity and depth of the individual’s eyes and holds the viewer’s focus and then your eyes move to the rest of the facial characteristics. From Hollywood icons Steve McQueen, Paul Newman to British stars like Keira Knightley, Billy Connolly and newly elected USA President Barack Obama. These imposing images will make a very clear artistic statement in any collection.

John Damari - Exhibition at The Roxburghe Hotel, Edinburgh

Park Gallery is delighted to be working in partnership with Macdonald Hotels & Resorts and currently have our first art installation in The Roxburgh Hotel, Edinburgh featuring a collection of stunning vibrant Scottish landscapes by one of our top selling originals artists - John Damari. The exhibition is available to view and purchase until August 2009.

.John Damari - Supports The Prince’s Trust

John supports many charities and recently donated two of his vibrant original paintings in aid of fund raising on behalf of The Prince’s Trust. One painting reached a staggering £2,700 and the other £2,200 contributing to a very successful event, raising £55,000. John’s donation was the second highest contributor to the total funds raised behind a signed box set of Harry Potter books by Scottish novelist J K Rowling.

Joe Hendry - BUrNS Limited Edition

2009 is an important year for Scotland with the Homecoming Scotland campaign and the 250th anniversary of Robert Burns birth. After several requests to create a piece to celebrate this, Joe created “BUrNS” and it is now available to order. Based on the “Answer Is..” but with the Burns’ tartan and painted in a different style, this print is a Limited Edition of only 95 .

Govinder Nazran 1964 – 2008

‘It is often the brightest star that burns for the shortest time’

We are deeply saddened to announce that one of country's most outstanding, award winning contemporary artists - Govinder Nazran - who enjoyed enormous success around the world, tragically died on Tuesday 30 December, after suffering a seizure on Christmas Eve.

Govinder's striking, naïve portrayal of the feline and canine form, married with strong oriental overtones, and rich texturing and layering, won him thousands of fans across the globe.

In 2004 Govinder became the 'Best Selling Published Artist' in the industry's Fine Art Trade Guild Awards and he enjoyed two sell-out tours in Japan where his work was highly revered. During his prolific ten years with Washington Green his work has been collected and admired by thousands of fans from all walks of life, including many well-known collectors world-wide. Unusually Govinder possessed the vision of both artist and creative director, as he innovated and developed the ideas for his ground breaking collections.

A naturally warm and witty man of enormous integrity, Govinder's shyness made it challenging for him to articulate his thoughts verbally. "My true personality reveals itself through my paintings," he once said. His cats and dogs reached far deeper than a cute, naïve cliché of a 'four legged friend' with many of his paintings dedicated to the fight between good and evil. "I leave it to the individual to look at my paintings and choose what they would like to see, innocence or malevolence - the 'good' or the 'evil'. Above all else I am, and always will be, an eternal optimist. Optimism is one of the greatest gifts we possess and my paintings are from my soul."

Govinder often described his wife Sarah and daughter Eden as his "greatest inspiration" and his most "honest critics".

He will be sadly missed and no doubt by all who appreciated and loved his work the world over.

BEAT THE BANK

Duncan Bannatyne, self made millionaire and one of the Dragon’s Den investors, met a couple willing to risk 10,000 pounds of their own money to make their dreams come true.

He introduced them to three charismatic and colourful experts all offering to cut them in on a one-off deal and give them a better return on their savings. Whether it's the contemporary art dealer, a fine wine specialist or an antiques expert, these professionals have an infectious enthusiasm and a proven track record of making money in their chosen field.

Duncan was on hand to question each expert representing the investment opportunities and to crystallize the risks, and once the couple made their choice, they handed over their own precious, hard earned cash. Duncan invested his own money in the remaining two investment opportunities, eager to find out which expert could really Beat the Bank and who made the most profit in just three months.

This program was broadcast on BBC2 on Thursday 13th November 2008 and it was interesting to hear the art expert’s comments, similar to the views of Park Gallery - investment in art is the visual pleasure received and if you have the potential to realise an increase in value, even better.

TOM MURRAY - Donates Image to Radio Clyde’s Cash For Kids Appeal

Tom Murray has generously donated one of his rare Limited Edition Archival Photographs of The Beatles titled ‘All Together Now’ to be auctioned later in the year by Radio Clyde to raise funds for their ‘Cash For Kids Appeal’.

JOE HENDRY - Sunday Mail Feature 27 July 2008

Joe Hendry’s ‘Kilted Guy’ paintings were recently spotted in Glasgow’s City Inn Hotel by The Sunday Mail and as a result Joe was interviewed and recently photographed at Park Gallery for a feature about his highly successful Men in Kilts art. The article was published in The Sunday Mail 27th July 2008.

THE BEATLES MAD DAY OUT - 40th ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION

Tom Murray visited Park Gallery on Sunday 27th July from 1pm until 4pm to support the Official Launch of Volume II of his Exhibition of Signed Limited Editions of The Beatles. This was an exciting opportunity to meet Tom and hear about that now infamous photo shoot of The Fab Four - The Mad Day Out Summer 1968, which took place on Sunday afternoon - 28th July 1968.

This is the official launch of Volume II in Glasgow and coincides with that Sunday  40 years ago, when Tom photographed the most famous band in the world at the time.

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