"FIRST
FLIGHT"
A CARRUTHERS AND COLLINS
COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITION
@
THE VIRGIN MONEY LOUNGE,
EDINBURGH
Opening Night, Thursday 21st
June - 6:00pm - 8:30pm
The new collaborative paintings from
Scott Carruthers and Derek Collins will be exhibited for the first time at
a venue as unique as the art itself!
These paintings combine the unique
'Flaming Art' style of Derek's work, along with Scott's familiar characters,
creating a quirky human element to each piece, and each telling its own little
story.
Derek Collins
With carefully blended resins, powders, pigments and
liquids, Derek Collins creates abstract, textured paintings which come to life
when he adds the final ingredient - fire!
By setting the entire painting alight, Derek creates
strong emotive pieces which can be quite spectacular.
Scott Carruthers
Scott's paintings are largely
inspired by observations of life, childhood and growing up.
Painting the characters in a
naive, cartoon like style helps represent the childhood aspect of the work,
taking the seriousness out of the piece and at the same time accentuating the
innocence of children. The paintings are thought provoking, and sometimes with
the use of metaphors to assist the narrative, allow the viewer to get lost in
their imagination, often taking them back to a much simpler time.
As well as these collaborative pieces, Scott and Derek will also
be exhibiting their own individual paintings, making for a diverse, but very
distinct show.
* * *
The exhibition runs from 22nd June to 21st
July and the Virgin Money Lounge is
open daily to customers of Virgin Money
However you are specially invited to the Opening Night of the
exhibition on Thursday 21st June.
The Virgin Money Lounge is located in St Andrews Square,
Edinburgh (opposite Harvey Nichols)
For more information and images, click
here; http://uk.virginmoney.com/virgin/about-lounges/
So please do come along and enjoy a
relaxing evening in a fantastic setting, with complimentary wine, tea, coffee
and snacks!
RSVP with your interest to
attend by emailing Scott @
