Artist’s show

A Perthshire painter billed as one of Scotland’s leading contemporary artists is helping to kickstart a springtime exhibition in Glasgow.

Ron Lawson’s work, centred around the Hebrides, has won him a global fanbase with sales as far afield as the USA, Australia and Singapore.

He launched his latest exclusive show ‘Into Spring’ at the Annan Gallery on April 1, one of just two gallery exhibitions he stages per year, and revealed that his newest collection was full of brighter and lighter tones to help see off the winter.

Lawson spends weeks at a time travelling around the Outer Hebrides to capture the look of the islands he has loved all his life – and for his most recent visit to the islands last November, he found himself changing his palette.

“When I was painting for the show, I realised it was all very spring-like,” he said.

“I definitely focused on bringing that lighter feel to my work and it cheered me up during the winter months.”

Lawson has sold out nearly every exhibition he has ever staged, with a client base now eagerly awaiting his new shows at the Annan Gallery and the Strathearn Gallery in Crieff.

He has hailed his successful relationship with the galleries, both owned and managed by husband and wife, Scott and Susan Bennett.

“I’ve decided to only have a Spring exhibition at the Annan Gallery and an Autumn exhibition at the Strathearn Gallery,” he noted. “The shows are a great way of stretching myself - I always look to try something a little new.

“The most important thing is to put that little slice of Scotland on paper for all to enjoy.”