Clair Harrigan (b.1964)
Garden Gate
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Acrylic, gouache and oil pastel 29" x 21" Label verso dated 1995. Signed.
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ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Clair Harrigan (b.1964)
Painter and teacher born in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, later settling to work nearby at Girvan, although she travelled widely overseas. Studied at Glasgow School of art, 1982 - 6, winning the Mary armour Award. In 1990 she added the Lily McDougal Award. Was artists in residence at London Hall, ayr, 1986, and in 1989 became a visiting tutor at Glasgow School of Art. Exhibited in many national open shows including RSA, SSWA, Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, Mercury Gallery in London and Edinburgh. Had a series of solo exhibitions at Macaulay Gallery, Stenton, and Christopher Hull Gallery from 1988. In both landscape and still life Harrigan was a rich intense colourist as seen in the show she shared with her parents at the Vicarage Cottage Gallery, North shields in 1995. She was elected a member of the RSW.
