Morag Muir is one of the most well known artists from around here.
Every time I go to an exhibition or gallery there is at least one of her
paintings on view. Her paintings are very different to other contemporary
artists, they are instantly recognizable as hers and they are always full of
small interesting objects.
This work is
not to every ones taste, despite the fact she is so popular and successful I
have heard many people say they don’t like her work, claiming its too ‘fussy’
and even too ‘girly’’ ( what ever that means). The last time I was at the
hospital I was drawn to one of the many paintings that hang on the corridor
walls, I casually thought, ‘oh that looks very similar to one of Morags
paintings’, and once up close I realized it was one of hers. 
When I say her
paintings are every where, they really are. It has taken me a while to come
around to her work, I used to go more for the figurative work or the Scottish
seascapes but now I am really beginning to appreciate them.
Maybe that’s
because I can see how clever they are and how much work goes into each of her
paintings. If you check out her web site, be sure to look at the model of the Bengal tiger she painted to raise funds, it’s quite
special. .
This is her web site.
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MORAG MUIR
Morag Muir was born in Glasgow
in 1960. She studied at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee from 1978-83 under the likes of Alberto Morocco,
Peter Collins and Dave McClure, winning the John Milne Purvis Prize and the
Major Travelling Scholarship. She has taught at Duncan of Jordanstone, the
Seagate Gallery/Printmakers Workshop, Dundee Contemporary Arts and throughout Fife. More recently she has concentrated solely on her
own painting career.
Her new acrylic on board paintings have been painted in
her kitchen, which seems entirely appropriate as she takes inspiration from
domestic interiors, family memorabilia, photographs, flowers and bric a brac.
The luxurious veils of colour, flat planes and ambiguous space create something
magical from everyday items. She has exhibited at numerous venues thoughout Scotland and the UK and the Castle Gallery is
delighted to be able to show her work
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Born in Glasgow, Morag was a graduate of Duncan of Jordanstone College, Dundee in 1982. Her still life canvases full of vivid hues echo Eastern iconography & ethnic Bric-a-brac. As much as anything Morag is driven by the sheer joy of painting.
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I like the 'busy-ness' of her paintings. They don't let the eye rest for a moment, there's always something new to attract the attention. That's something I've always liked in art.
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