James Fairgrieve RSA RSW: Sticks and Stones...Etc

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  • James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Still Life with Sticks and Gourds
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  • James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Still Life with Jack-in-the-Box
    James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Still Life with Jack-in-the-Box
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    James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Still Life with Jack-in-the-Box
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  • James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Woodland Walk
    James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Woodland Walk
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    James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Woodland Walk
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  • James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Sticks and Stones II
    James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Sticks and Stones II
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  • James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Sticks and Feathers
    James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Sticks and Feathers
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  • James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Lemon Drop
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  • James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Pumpkin, Lemon and Feather
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  • James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Still Life with Callum's Stick
    James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Still Life with Callum's Stick
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  • James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Onions IV
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  • James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Boxed Lemons
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  • James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, One Green Bottle...?
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  • James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Bricks, Eggs and Feather
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  • James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Autumn Still Life
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  • James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Outsider
    James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Outsider
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    James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Outsider
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  • James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Red Onions
    James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Red Onions
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    James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Red Onions
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  • James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Onions V
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  • James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Socially Distant Gourds
    James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Socially Distant Gourds
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    James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Socially Distant Gourds
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  • James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Socially Distant Bottles
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  • James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Pheasant
    James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Pheasant
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    James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Pheasant
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  • James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Still Life for Chris
    James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Still Life for Chris
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  • James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Preston Grange Bottles
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  • James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Alone
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  • James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Bowl of Pears
    James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Bowl of Pears
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  • James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Socially Distant Apples
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  • James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Boxed Eggs and Feather
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    James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Boxed Eggs and Feather
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  • James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Big Red Pepper
    James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Big Red Pepper
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  • James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Show Onion
    James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Show Onion
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  • James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Stones and Feathers
    James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Stones and Feathers
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  • James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Gourds
    James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Gourds
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    James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Gourds
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  • James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Flotsam
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  • James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Mango Altar
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  • James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Big Turnip
    James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Big Turnip
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    James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Big Turnip
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  • James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Reclining Gourd
    James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Reclining Gourd
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    James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Reclining Gourd
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  • James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Double Windfall
    James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Double Windfall
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    James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Double Windfall
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  • James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Little Beetroot
    James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Little Beetroot
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    James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Little Beetroot
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  • James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Bowl of Apples
    James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Bowl of Apples
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    James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Bowl of Apples
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  • James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Socially Distanced Eggs
    James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Socially Distanced Eggs
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    James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Socially Distanced Eggs
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  • James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Guards
    James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Guards
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    James Fairgrieve RSA RSW, Guards
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Overview

James H. Fairgrieve was born in Prestonpans, East Lothian in 1944. He attended Edinburgh College of Art from 1962-67 and was awarded a travelling Scholarship to Italy. On his return he was offered a teaching post at ECA where he remained until taking early retirement as a Senior Lecturer in Drawing and Painting in 2003. In 1975 he was elected as an associate member of the Royal Scottish Academy. Between 1974 and 1978 he was President of the Society of Scottish Artists and in 2004 was elected a full member of the RSA.

 

In 1970 James Fairgrieve moved from East Lothian where he was born and grew up, to the village of Gordon in Berwickshire. Nestling between the Lammermuir Hills and the Cheviots, overlooking the lower Tweed, there was also easy access to the Berwickshire coast and its beaches.

 

Finding a run-down cottage in the heart of the village, which, with his wife Margaret, he spent the next 8 years transforming into a comfortable home and attic studio, whilst also producing a large body of work inspired by his new surroundings and inspired by his travels through the hills and landscapes whilst commuting to work at ECA.

 

The resulting work is a reaction to, and celebration of, this environment - the hills, fields, skies, dykes, fence posts, farm buildings, animals, birds (with the inevitable road kills), stones, shells, flotsam from the beaches, the changing seasons, weather conditions and light, led to a number of solo exhibitions: notably at The Scottish Gallery in 1974 and 1978, and the Mercury Gallery in London and Edinburgh in 1980, 1982, 1984 and 1987, and many more galleries in the UK and abroad.

 

As an artist, he has always been inspired by what he sees in the world around him, and through acute observation, attention to detail, and traditional painting skills, he attempts to create memorable images of stillness and calm. His distinctive still-lifes use objects collected over the years, often combined with fruit and vegetable from his garden, are crafted with acute observation and attention to detail, conveying a Zen-like sense of balance, poise and calm.

 

He has exhibited regularly in Edinburgh, London and internationally since 1969.

Publications include 'Eye in the Wind', E Gage; 'Scottish Watercolour Paintings', J Firth; 'A Picture of Flemings', B Smith; 'Who's Who in Art', Debretts; 'People of Today', Scottish Field; 'Dictionary of International Biography'; and 'The Artist Magazine-Masterclass'.