* JAMES COSGROVE (SCOTTISH b. 1939),
THINKING ABOUT CHAIRS
watercolour on paper, signed and titled
image size 56cm x 79cm, overall size 65cm x 87cm
Mounted, framed and under glass.
Note : Born in Glasgow in 1939, Jimmy studied painting at evening classes at Glasgow School of Art under Danny Ferguson. He later gave up his career in engineering to study art full time, gaining a Diploma and Postgraduate Diploma and winning a travelling scholarship, which took him across Europe. His first studies were in printed textile design and his work, for many years thereafter, was predominantly printmaking and drawing. He taught at the Glasgow School of Art and was a founder member of the Third Eye Centre and the Print Studio in Glasgow. In 1989, two of James` large paintings were included in the survey exhibition `Scottish Art Since 1900` at the National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh. Living on the west coast of Scotland, and looking directly across to the Isle of Arran, his work is currently concerned with marine landscapes, often with an ambiguous narrative. James exhibits his work throughout Scotland and many of his paintings are in private and public collections worldwide.