Artist - George Birrell

George Birrell has a well earned standing as an established and accomplished artist and he is known and respected throughout the UK contemporary art world.

He trained at Glasgow School of Art in the late 60s and was selected to participate in the Hospitalfield Summer School in 1970.

For the following ten years George taught art and design in a number of Scottish schools before becoming a full time professional artist in 1980. He returned to teaching in 1985 when he became a lecturer in art design and photography which he continued with for the next 13 years before once again starting to paint professionally. His second spell as a full time artist brought a succession of solo and mixed exhibitions throughout Scotland. His success went from strength to strength and his work became much sought after.

George specialises in architectural and landscape paintings mostly focused around Scotland’s east coast towns and villages, particularly those in Fife where the fishing villages are both full of character, tradition and hold special fascination. He also uses Scottish castles as subject matter because of their ready identity and proud traditional structures.

George’s work is instantly recognisable - the mark of an established artist - and his highly developed style involves bold use of colour and tones as well as the evocative use of composition. His use of contrast in colour is very distinctive as is his highly creative approach to light and shade.

He exhibits widely across the UK and his solo exhibitions in particular are highly successful. Over the years he has developed a strong following from collectors both at home and abroad.

His work features in many corporate and private collections both in this country and internationally.

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