Strathpeffer Pavilion Art Fair 2023 preview

A sneak peek into this year's Strathpeffer art fair

Transcript

00:00 Can I ask you who you are and why are we here tonight?

00:05 I'm Nancy McDonald, I'm the Facility Manager for Strathclyde Pavilion.

00:09 This is the annual art fair that we have every year.

00:13 It runs over four days, this year we increased it to four days.

00:18 Tonight's our preview night and we have a special painting tonight from the artist Liz Zekrack.

00:25 All proceeds are going to Microsoft Line.

00:30 It's an open option and it's online tonight.

00:34 Can you tell me about the pieces that are on display this year?

00:39 We have 89 artists in total, they're from all over the Highland area and further afield.

00:46 They drop off their pieces last Monday and then set them out in the hall.

00:54 Brilliant, and you were saying that they're all from the Highlands.

01:01 How important is this art exhibition to showcase local talent?

01:06 We've got quite a few new artists this year.

01:10 We also have the Tynwell Academy and their senior pupils have got some artists as well too.

01:18 They're on display as well, so it's really important that we capture all the local talent from a wide range of ages.

01:26 Liz, we are finally here at the opening night of the Strathclyde Pavilion Art Fair.

01:34 How are you feeling?

01:36 I was really nervous beforehand, because as you know the Mikey's Line painting is very important to me.

01:44 I just hope it does well online at the auction and raises lots of money for Mikey's Line.

01:51 Coming to Strathclyde is lovely, it's the highlight of the year for artists everywhere.

01:57 It really is, it's a wonderful venue, it's very professional and everybody works towards coming here.

02:06 I'm very happy to be here.

02:08 This year I had six pieces, but I was very lucky that two of them sold before I hung the paintings.

02:15 All my paintings are taken from my own photographs.

02:19 We travel the country taking photographs and I paint from them.

02:24 They're west coast mainly, because that's where the beautiful mountains are.

02:29 They're very quick for me to paint, because I paint in a wet-on-wet technique and they're great fun to do.

02:36 I'm very lucky that people seem to like them and that's always a bonus.

02:41 That's great. Have you seen some of the other paintings here tonight?

02:47 The standard this year is amazing.

02:50 You can walk around Strathcairn Fair and think "Wow!" but this year everything is "Wow!"

02:56 It's really amazing standard.

02:59 I'm very lucky to be invited to be here.