Donald Urquhart: Glaikit

Donald Urquhart: Glaikitglaikit lekt adjective ScottishNorthern English adjective: glaikit stupid, foolish, or thoughtless. Born in Dumfries in 1963, drag queen turned draughtsman, Donald Urquhart first gained public attention as the man behind the 90s high camp cabaret night The Beautiful Bend, but is now better known for his distinctive cartoon like black ink drawings. Despite being black and white, Donald Urquharts bittersweet, droll, cartoon like drawings are souvenirs

Made after one of Rae's several journeys by ship to the Arctic

Paper Size: 35 x 55 cm Medium: Etching with Screenprint Edition Size: 22

She was elected President of the Society of Scottish Artists in 1983 and became a Member of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1992

The print is like a page and in much of his printed output there is a hidden text

as well as in many public and corporate collections

Paper Size: 90 x 76 cm Medium: Collagraph Edition Size: 18 Year: 2006

such as the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

as well as his professorship at Kingston University in London

receptacles and recessed areas

5 x 58 cm Medium: 2 plate Etching Edition Size: 22

The pale blue is the present moment of Nigg Bay Nature Reserve on the Cromarty Firth

New Zealand and Zambia