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Alan James McLeod

Alan James McLeod

Alan was born in Falkirk, Stirlingshire, before moving to Edinburgh. He graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 1990 with a BA (Hons) in Applied Design, winning a design award for furnishing textiles from the RSA. His early career was chiefly in textile design, working with producers such as Monkwell, Warner Fabrics, John Lewis, Habitat, Zoffany and Sanderson Fabrics.

Currently based in Worthing, Sussex, Alan has increasingly turned to painting as an expression of the landscape and elements, which encompass him in his daily life.

“My influences range from weathered effects created by the elements, to landscapes, planetary bodies, human bodies, and minds, and surface pattern making.

The works are created using hand painted papers, before being collaged together. Blending gouache, textiles and mixed media, Alan creates unique works of art which translate his subjects into beautiful, weathered and textured work on paper.

“Painting provides an answer to a call from my surroundings. The wear caused by nature, from weathering of man-made and natural materials, reveals a multi-layered history. Inspiration then becomes more cerebral. Documenting emotional responses to music and memory, celestial bodies and changes in the seasons.”

Alan has previously shown in mixed exhibitions at Doubtfire Gallery, as well as showing at Cameron Contemporary Art, Hove, Littlehampton Museum and IO Gallery, Brighton. In 2015, he presented his first solo collection to great acclaim here at Doubtfire, showing a stunning collection of original contemporary work, both large and small scale, abstract and semi-abstract.


Example of Artist's Work

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This Artist at Doubtfire

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22nd November 2023 - 2nd March 2024

imaginary traditions

30th November 2022 - 26th February 2023

another time, another place

21st September - 22nd October 2022

wondrous stories

1st December 2021 - 12th February 2022

memento

8th September - 16th October 2021

the quite long winter SHOW

25th November 2020 - 8th May 2021

selectionbox

7th December 2019 - 14th February 2020

urban • rural

4th May - 29th June 2019

winterworks 18|19

24th November 2018 - 2nd February 2019

winter season 17|18

2nd December 2017 - 3rd February 2018

sacred traces

1st July - 29th July 2017

winterescence

3rd December 2016 - 4th February 2017

Circus

5th December 2015 - 30th January 2016

outscapes inscapes

9th May - 30th May 2015

August Works on Paper

2nd August - 30th August 2014