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Colin Carruthers' work has been exhibited at Purple Gallery in Bournville from the very first day of their opening in April 2005 and over the years, his work has proven popular with collectors and visitors to the gallery. Colin produced a series of paintings of local scenes for one of their Christmas shows, and of course had to paint some snow scenes following a flurry of snow that fell in Bournville in 2017.   ARTIST STATEMENT:  Colin says: "It was snowing heavily for two days, followed by a glorious day's sunshine - which transformed Bournville into a "Winter Wonderland. When there is a fresh fall of snow, I see my...

There was a great evening had by all those attending the opening of Colin's Three Person Show at the Albany Gallery in Cardiff on 18th August 2016.  Colin enjoyed meeting the other exhibiting artists – David Grosvenor and Stephen Yardley - for the first time, and chatting to customers and the gallery owner Mary Yapp.  Background image: Lighthouse at the Ocean's Edge. Now available as a signed, limited edition print, size 30 cm x 30 cm £95

Colin Carruthers has visited around fifteen of the islands located in the Inner Hebrides off the West Coast of Scotland and in 2013, he travelled to the islands of Coll and Tiree.  The white-washed cottages of Arinagour greet you as you arrive on Coll, and Colin stayed in the white cottage just showing on the right, in the background of this print.  image featured: Red-roofed Cottage, The Isle of Coll / Giclee Print, £95 The Isle of Coll has some of the longest sunshine hours recorded in the UK and winter days are followed by dark starry nights that will take...