* PETER BEVAN (BRITISH 1946 - 2018),
COILA'S BARD
pastel on paper, signed, titled label verso
image size 52cm x 43cm, overall size 77cm x 67cm
Mounted, framed and under glass.
Label verso: Art Lovers' Cafe, Glasgow.
Note: Peter Bevan trained as a Painter at the Royal College of Art in London from 1968 - 1971 and taught Fine Art at the Glasgow School of Art from 1973 - 2003. He has been an Artist in Residence in Scotland, India, Japan, China and USA. Inspired by the life and works of the poet, Robert Burns, he made two solo Shows, “Love and Liberty” 2009 and “Portraits of the Poet” 2010 commissioned by Compass Gallery, Glasgow. A permanent outdoor sculpture, “Paisley Date Palms” was installed in the garden of House for an Art Lover, Bellahouston Park, Glasgow in 2009.
Note 2: Coila, the Muse of Lowlands poets, is invoked in Robert Burns' 1785 poem 'The Vision'; he describes how after a hard working day in the fields, the spirit of the Muse of Coila appeared to him and crowned him as the Poet of Kyle in Ayrshire and showed him how the nature and history of the region would inspire his work.