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About Blair Thomson

I am a full time painter, with a studio right in the city centre of Glasgow.

Since graduating from Glasgow School of Art in 2002, I have had 3 solo shows, a residency at Cove, on the West coast of Scotland, and at Hospitalfield, and have been participating in a variety of mixed exhibitions. I have also been travelling to Japan to research and make work.

I am fascinated by many aspects of Japan, such its old architecture, haiku poetry, sho calligraphy and artists such as Hokusai and Hiroshige.

At the same time I am drawn by the expansive sea, land and hill-scapes of Scotland and particularly by the abstract rhythms and atmospheres of certain man-made structures within them, such as old piers, often in quiet yet elemental places.

"Spacious fields of colour and spontaneous, graceful brushstrokes create an irresistible Zen-like calm. His inspirations come from his interest in all things Japanese, but the main source of his abstract imagery is Scottish landscape… bridges, crumbling piers and disintegrating shipwrecks."

Article by Lucy Sweet, Homes and Interiors Scotland February 2004.

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Blair Thomson Gallery

Image of Following the Tide
'Following the Tide' by Blair Thomson
Size: 90 x 180 cm
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Sold: Yes
Image of Passing Through Shitenno-ji Osaka
'Passing Through Shitenno-ji Osaka' by Blair Thomson
Size: 110 x 110 cm
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Sold: Yes
Image of Rhythms - Kilcreggan
'Rhythms - Kilcreggan' by Blair Thomson
Size: 80 x 140 cm
Medium: Japanese sumi ink on paper
Sold: Yes
Image of Signalling
'Signalling' by Blair Thomson
Size: 100 x 93 cm
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Image of Transcending
'Transcending' by Blair Thomson
Size: 90 x 90 cm
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Image of Waymark No1
'Waymark No1' by Blair Thomson
Size: 150 x 104 cm
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Sold: Yes


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