Giclee Framed Art of
John Bathgate - artist.
Here you will find an extensive selection of his contemporary art available as high quality prints.
All John's prints are available as print only, mounted print or fully mounted and framed.
The item prices quoted on our site include postage and packaging.
What are Giclee Fine Art Prints?
Our Giclee Prints are of the highest quality available with today's technology, they will last upwards of 50 years and give the most accurate reproduction of the original artwork. We print onto heavyweight acid free watercolour paper with archival quality inks allowing us to maintain our high standards.
John's Short Biography
John Bathgate works from his studio at Roskhill, just south of Dunvegan on the Isle of Skye.
A borderer by birth his love of the rugged and wilder country of Scotland's north west saw him move to Skye in 1992 and it is this landscape which inspires his work.
In 1980 John went full time as an artist and a year later an Edinburgh publishing company began to produce prints and limited editions of his work. Moving to Haddington, in East Lothian, he renovated an old mill house and worked from there. He exhibited widely in group and one-man shows all over Scotland. All this time he was constantly journeying north to the Highlands and eventually he made the move to Borve on Skye.
Now, in the north of the island, he looks out on Loch Braccadale with views south to Rhum and Canna and the Skye Cuillin and north to the strange flat topped hills known as "McLeod's Tables". He says, "It's the quality of light here and the constantly changing weather, I could paint the view from my window a hundred times and each would be different". With the Roskhill studio established and new limited edition giclee prints produced, he is looking forward to a productive painting year.
John works in various media and likes to explore ways of applying paint and collage to create his interpretations of the elements that shape the Scottish landscape. He works with waterbased media which allows a flow of ideas, from thin layered washes to thickly applied acrylic with collage integrated into the paint. Work in oils has begun to feature again and some very effective images are produced with use of collage alone.
Most of his ideas are gleaned from walking in the landscape recording details in sketchbooks, drawing in pencil and watercolour crayons to give a "loose, washy account of my ramblings". It may be a panoramic view, or a cluster of trees and houses, often it is smaller details like drystone dykes or a tangle of seaweed on rocks. Back in the studio he can concentrate on the paintings without the difficulty of the elements, a necessity in a highland environment. On occasions some images arrive on their own with no preliminary drawings or at times when an accumulation of work starts a flow of ideas. As he says himself, "I like to have an open mind and try any new ideas that come my way, I am always learning".
Please take time to browse our range, as framed art is a great gift for yourself or friends.
Don't forget John's images are also available as Greeting Cards.
