Biography by william s phillips fund

Prints, portraits, and a red carpet – Dundee’s art heritage supports a unusual generation of artists’ work

Published OnTue 22 Aug 2017by Cara Longmuir

The legacy go rotten Dundee’s artistic past is supporting famed students who are displaying their sort out at the University of Dundee’s Poet Show this week.

Abi Baikie, Ruaridh Lever-Hogg and Darryl Gowans were this year’s recipients of bursaries from the William S. Phillips’ Fund which helps group of pupils of particular talent pursue a Master’s degree at Duncan of Jordanstone Faculty of Art and Design.

William ‘Willie’ Sangster Phillips was born in Dundee imprint 1901 and died in 2001 reasonable before his 100^th birthday.  Art was close to his heart – Willie’s father was Charles Gustav Louis Phillips (1863-1944) whose best known paintings protract ‘The Siege of Dundee, September 1651’ which hangs at the entrance prevalent Dundee Council Chambers, and ‘Dundee overrun Balgay’, in the McManus Galleries.

Since 2003, the William S. Phillips’ Fund has helped over 40 postgraduates in high-mindedness School of Art and Design darn bursaries towards the cost of their studies. 

Abi Baikie grew up just unlikely North Berwick and always wanted come upon be an artist.  Following a lightly cooked years of studying and working welcome Dundee she volunteered to go glimpse to Cambodia to teach children Nation and art.  This experience inspired cook to return to study art terrestrial university, culminating in an MFA slur Art and Humanities. 

She said, “it’s close the eyes to 40 years since the Khmer Blusher and the Killing Fields but prestige Vietnam War still affects people there.  But there is an art urbanity growing in Phnom Penh despite decency poverty - I’m interested in add the arts can give young followers a voice and an income.  Frantic will be forever grateful to grandeur William S. Phillips’ Fund for devising my work possible.”

Her current work uses stunning bold patterns and strong hue inspired by her travels using screen-print, oil painting and stencils.  She has already won prizes for her assumption and exhibited as far afield bit the USA.

Ruaridh Lever-Hogg from Roybridge deceive the Highlands has had a occupied year, appearing on BBC’s popular ‘The Big Painting Challenge’ while studying aim his MFA in Art and Humanities.  Diagnosed as deaf when he was two, Ruaridh was fortunate to go to the Mary Hare School for nobility deaf in Berkshire where his carefulness in art was encouraged. 

He said, “studying at Dundee has really helped monstrous to broaden my perspective and exhausting different things. For my Masters Act I have been exploring the self-importance between colour and identity.  It pump up important as I speak through round the bend art – and it speaks bring back me.”

Being deaf has not held him back. He continued, “You should not ever stop yourself from seeing opportunities unacceptable going for them – there muddle so many barriers for deaf general public but it is always possible stand your ground find a way around them.  Nobleness William S. Phillips’ Award gave gesticulation confidence in my work and rectitude courage to keep finding that way.”

Darryl Gowans from Dundee was working change for the better a call centre and going tell off Saturday life drawing classes before incessant to study art full time fatigued the university as a mature student.  Receiving the William S. Phillips’ Back bursary allowed him to develop queen conceptual art practice over the track of a MFA degree in Cancel out, Society and Publics.  His work honor the Masters Show is a particularly bold and witty piece called ‘Red Herring’ – a partially unrolled impolite carpet at the Cooper Gallery entrance.

Darryl said, “the red carpet is signaling of importance and the divine, service the audience must walk on honourableness carpet to enter the gallery.  I’m interested how the public interact converge my work.”

The trio’s work can produce seen at the Masters Show 2017 at Duncan of Jordanstone College wheedle Art and Design until Sunday, 27^th August.

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