The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
Husband and wife rebrand their gallery
Ahusband and wife team in Newport have changed the name and refurbished their art gallery.
Sheila and Alan Borthwick have operated as Printspace Dundee for the past four years.
But they have now rebranded as No 13 Gallery and increased their range of works of art and craft.
Christmas gifts and local art are on display over two floors.
Alan said: “We started trading as Printspace Dundee, but we found that people assume we sell mass-produced prints.
“The printmakers’ work is either individual images or very limited runs, not anything more than 50 in a run usually.
“Most of Sheila’s work is what we call monoprints – which are one-offs – so they are individual pieces of art.
“So, we decided to rename it No 13 Gallery and we’re handling what we call accessible art.”
No 13 Gallery’s accessible art comes from mainly Scottish artists, as Sheila and Alan wish to showcase local talent.
Sheila is the owner of the gallery, while Alan helps out behind the scenes.
Sheila’s dream of displaying the work of local artists is what led her to open the Newport gallery four years ago.
Alan said: “Sheila had a legacy which she was wanting to use for something different and there’s a lack of available
galleries to exhibit a lot of people’s work.
“Many established galleries have their own groups of artists, often at the higher end of the spectrum.
“We wanted to concentrate on promoting the work of printmakers, as they go through quite an involved process and we thought they were
getting a bit of a raw deal with galleries.”
Printmaking can be a messy and time-consuming process, involving printing motifs or patterns on to a surface using ink and pressure.
Many local printmakers rely on Dundee Contemporary Arts for equipment, and therefore struggled through
lockdown when the printing presses were unavailable.
As well as artwork, the gallery stocks handmade crafts, candles and decorations.
The High Street gallery is open on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
When Sheila is not on the shop floor she is working on her prints in the studio.