Ed O'Donnelly
Artist 33
Large scale watercolour paintings indirectly responding to ideas around geology, archaeology, land and sea.
Welcome to Arran Open Studios 2024
We are busy preparing for this year’s Open Studios! The 2024 event brochure is now online and can be downloaded using the button above. Updating the interactive map and artist information has also begun.
As well as the main event in August, we once again plan a preview exhibition in Brodick in July. Here are the dates for your diary:
Preview Exhibition at Brodick Hall, 12th – 15th July, 2024
Arran Open Studios weekend, 16th – 19th August, 2024.
You can find more details on our events page here on the website.
If you are an artist/maker on the island and would like to discuss taking part in the Open Studios please do get in touch. We would to love to hear from you!
We look forward to welcoming you all back to Arran this summer!
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Arran Open Studios 16th August-19th August. Spend the weekend on Arran and immerse yourself in Arran’s art. @cottagesonarran have some lovely places to stay , but be quick they get snapped up!
Thank you to @cottagesonarran for sponsoring us with your advert in our brochure again this year.
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Arran Visual Arts annual exhibition on Corrie hall. #arranvisualarts #arranart #arrantheartsisland
STUDIO NUMBER 13
Hi folks, I`m Catherine Rose Scott and I`m looking forward to returning for my fourth Arran Open Studios.
I paint mostly in acrylics, and focus particularly on vibrant and colourful landscapes and wildlife. After moving to Arran seven years ago, I found myself inspired by the hugely diverse bird population over here, so you`ll be seeing a lot of our feathered friends in my work.
Do make sure you stop by at my studio in Whiting Bay over the weekend of 16 -19 August. I`ll see you all there.
#acrylicpainting #wildlifeartist #scottishart #localart #openstudios
A few comments from our recent exhibition at Harbour Arts Centre in Irvine.
We had an average of 6,000 visitors throughout the 6 week exhibition period, amazing! The staff at HAC were so very helpful and friendly too!
It was a great opportunity for us as a collective and for individual artists to exhibit off island.
Many thanks to all who visited, the centre staff and to all the artists who took part . Thank you to @arranecosavvy for the van hire too. We could not have done it without your van. 🚚
We hope that our exhibition will encourage visitors to come to Arran for our event 16th-19th August24. @visitarran
🖼️🖌️🎨
@arts_culture_team_nac
#arranopenstudios24 #harbourartscentre
Paul McGarrie Arran Glass artist. @arranglassartist
Paul is a glass artist, fusing glass in many shapes, forms and colours. He creates unique pieces and stand alone sculptures.
Paul’s work can be seen at Studio number 6 in Lamlash
Arran Open Studios - 16th-19th August 24.
#arranopenstudios24 #arranglass
Here’s a collection of my recent work. I welcome you to step into my world of vibrant colors and intricate designs as I guide you through mesmerizing psychedelic experience with my captivating marker art. Join me at Arran open studios from August 16th - 19th at my studio in Brodick, 2024 for a journey that will ignite your senses and leave you spellbound. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to immerse yourself in the fantastical world of Mick Shroom.
#artist #artwork #artforsale #painting #contemporaryart #artistsoninstagram #abstractart #artoftheday #artcollector #fairytail #buyart #gallery #modernart #instaart #abstract #interiordesign #originalart #drawing #scottishartist #artforsalebyartist #psychedelicart #exhibition #arranart #isleofarran #mushrooms #psychedelic #arranopenstudios
STUDIO NUMBER 42
Hi everyone I’m Mick Shroom. I welcome you to step into my world of vibrant colors and intricate designs as I guide you through mesmerizing psychedelic experience with my captivating marker art. Join me at Arran open studios from August 16th - 19th at my studio in Brodick, 2024 for a journey that will ignite your senses and leave you spellbound. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to immerse yourself in the fantastical world of Mick Shroom.
#artist #artwork #artforsale #painting #contemporaryart #artistsoninstagram #abstractart #artoftheday #artcollector #fairytail #buyart #gallery #modernart #instaart #abstract #interiordesign #originalart #drawing #scottishartist #artforsalebyartist #psychedelicart #exhibition #arranart #isleofarran #mushrooms #psychedelic #arranopenstudios
Well this is my final post on here and I’m really looking forward to being a part of this years open studio and meeting lots of new faces. I’m interested also to see how living on Arran will influence my work I’m guessing it’ll be a mix of very bright positive paintings and rather more abstract thought provoking ones mmm not sure we’ll see but it’s great being here I love the adventure of it all and I recon getting my back house studio in Hamilton terrace ready for august could well be my biggest challenge though with only half a roof and no windows I’ve already started using it 👍😆 here’s a selection of paintings I’ve done of Arran over the last 3 years thank you and hopefully see you in august 16,17,18th 🙂 @smacdonald_art #oilpainting #arranopenstudios #artexhibition #scottishartist #isleofarran
Scott Macdonald Instagram takeover …Thought I’d post the paintings I’ve done since moving to Arran last month the first two are taken outside in my back garden hopefully this weather will continue 🙏 and I’ll have an outside gallery for the open studio weekend 🌅😎👍😁 #oilpainting #isleofarran #seascapes #arranopenstudios @smacdonald_art
STUDIO NUMBER 5
Hello I’d like introduce myself to you all, my name is Scott Macdonald and I originally come from the village of Eaglesham and have just recently moved to Arran. I have been playing music on this island since the 90’s and been coming here every year since the 60’s and it’s the very place I was created as my parents first met in Brodick 😁. I have always loved travelling all over the west coast of scotland playing music and taking photographs. Recently on a trip to Cornwall in 2019 I discovered amazing galleries and artists which got me rather obsessed with painting in oil and watercolour and when lockdown came I created a studio in my garden and started painting every day. Next thing I know it I’m in galleries throughout Scotland and just loving the process of painting and meeting buyers that love my work I’m still amazed 😁 I love painting Glasgow in the rain and seascape paintings and I’m still experimenting with various techniques and moods and not sure where it’s all going but it feels I’m on the right path to somewhere 😁 #artist #ısleofarran #arranopenstudios @smacdonald_art #oilpainting #seascapepainting #cityscape
Our social media artist takeover is coming very soon. AOS artists will have the opportunity to post on our platforms telling you about their work, sharing their images and what inspires them.
Who better to tell the story than the artists themselves. Please support them with a response to their posts, if you feel inclined. @arrantheatreandarts @arts_culture_team_nac #arranopenstudios24 #whatmakesanartisttick #arrantheartsisland
The count down has begun to this year’s Arran Open Studio taking place in August … so we will be getting everyone inspired by highlighting the 50+ participants over the next few months.
So beginning with ‘A’ we have Amanda at Blackwaterbarn Designs. Her handcrafted contemporary, woven and printed, designs are impressionistic in style and inspired by the glorious local landscape, skies, flowers and wildlife.
@blackwater_barn @arrantheatreandarts @arranarts #arranopenstudios24 #visitarran #textiles #fibreart #weaving