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Shrine with Paper Flowers and Streamer

William James Baillie (1923–2011)

Heriot-Watt University

Shrine with Paper Flowers and Streamer

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This painting shows a brown jug filled with paper flowers set against a plain orange background. Below, a band of roughly brushed red, orange and blue cuts right across the picture from edge to edge. The picture is characteristic of the artist’s work which is distinguished by strong simple colour applied in broad areas, set off by incidents of bright colour. The picture is painted in very thin paint on white primed canvas. The paint is applied almost like watercolour so that it is transparent and the white priming shows through. The effect is that of pure, saturated colour. There is a hint of abstraction in the band that runs across the picture. It might be identified with the 'streamer' of the title, but really it is just part of the musical colour effect the artist has sought.

Heriot-Watt University

Edinburgh

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Title

Shrine with Paper Flowers and Streamer

Date

1970s/1980s

Medium

acrylic on canvas

Measurements

H 75 x W 100.6 cm

Accession number

WA.004

Work type

Painting

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Mary Burton Centre, Riccarton, Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH14 4AS Scotland

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William James Baillie

1923–2011

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