The Leith Gallery in Edinburgh

The Leith Gallery

This was a small gallery in Edinburgh

From the outside I saw some impressionist landscape paintings and was interested in their use of colours mostly paintings by Davy Brown, a Scottish Artist.

The artwork was also on sale in this gallery so it was good to see the price charge for certain pieces of work.

(Above image)

Davy Brown

“24 Midsummer Sunset, North Berwick”

Oil

81 cm x 81 cm

3,500 pounds

He captured the light reflections of the sunset well which is what impressionist artist should capture. The colors were soothing and aesthetically pleasing

Davy Brown

“21 Bass Rock Sunset”

Oil

81cm x 81cm

3,500 pounds

This too had been painted with calm luminous colors.

The river in the middle of the painting was my eye’s starting point, it then lead me towards the sea and then around the sky. The last point was the mountainous feature in the middle surrounded by a colorful sunset sky.

This way of painting guides the audience throughout the entire painting which is something every painting should have.

Looking closely at the details, you can see evidence of brushstrokes, i tend to follow a pattern, try to imagine the route taken by the artist when painting. 

Gallery Space

The space itself wasn’t great.

There were sculpture in the middle that could have been easily knocked over by someone carrying a bag, or bending over to take a closer look.

The lights were rather dim, natural sunlight took over which only created mass shadows inside which only made the lighting of the pieces worse.

Improvements could be made, if improved it could definitely liven up the atmosphere inside, attracting people to come in. Consumers would come in if they could actually see the paintings.

This could then lead to a higher interest towards the pieces, a higher chance of artwork being sold. 

Michael McManus

“Pear Core”

Cedarwood

36cm High

160 pounds

This was one sculpture I enjoyed. Usually when I finish off a fruit, I throw it in the bin or it will simply start to rot.

It was nice to see a freeze-frame of it before the rotting and then end of eating.

Looking at this, i could psychologically taste the pear, it brings up the memories in my taste buds of what a pear taste like and brings in a sweet sense whilst looking at this sculpture.