Vettriano's work dismissed as soft porn

David | Jack Vettriano blog, Limited edition prints, Wall Art Gallery | November 11, 2007

Bernat Klein CBE, the visionary fashion textile designer who made Scotland his adoptive home in 1945 , has dismissed the paintings of Jack Vettriano. “They’re nothing more than soft porn, which I don’t care for at all,” he claimed.Klein’s work has been described as “A wonderfully lyrical evocation of the Scottish landscape in tactile yarns, in woven fabrics of fascinating textures and with an extraordinary richness of colour, and in eye-popping abstract prints.”

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Jack Vettriano reveals hidden talent as singer

David | Jack Vettriano blog, Wall Art Gallery | November 8, 2007

Jack Vettriano and writer Ian Rankin appear on a CD as backing singers for a the band St Jude’s Infirmary.They sang in the choir for a track on St Jude’s Infirmary’s new album.Rebus creator Rankin, 47, also did the spoken word section of the song, At The Foot Of The Walk. 56-year-old Vettriano – whose most famous work is The Singing Butler – does a reading on another track.

Grant said: “It was a dream to record with them both and it seemed almost too easy that the collaboration fell into place.”

Vettriano recorded a spoken word piece on another track, American Sonar.

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Jack Vettriano paintings sold at auction – Boy Boating

David | Jack Vettriano blog, Wall Art Gallery | November 8, 2007

Two early paintings by the artist Jack Vettriano have gone under the hammer in Edinburgh for almost £10,000. The paintings, which were sold to a private collection in Scotland, were completed by the artist in the 1980s. Vettriano recently brushed aside claims he had copied some of his most famous paintings from an art manual. The works sold on Saturday – Three Girls Bathing in the Sea and Boy Boating – were completed by the artist nearly 20 years ago when he preferred to be known by his father’s name, Hoggan.

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November print sale – Macara and Mills

David | Limited edition prints, Wall Art Gallery | November 5, 2007

Photogold has announced its November print sale with great savings on limited edition giclee prints by Andrew Macara, Keith Mills and Malcolm Ludvigsen. All the prints are presentation wrapped and supplied in a 4″ double mount with extra deep bevel . Prices start from £90. 25% off Harbour by Andrew Macara . Limited edition mounted giclee print Giclee print . Image size 22 by 17 inches . Limited edition of 495 Andrew Macara giclee prints . Price mounted was £150 , now £110 , Delivery £15

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Early Vettriano paintings for sale

David | Art news, Jack Vettriano blog, Wall Art Gallery | November 3, 2007

Two paintings by Jack Vettriano go up for sale at auction today.One of the paintings, called Gathering Shells, is a rare example of the Fife artist’s watercolour skills and could attract interest from the keenest collectors of his work. Initial estimates say it will sell for between £2000-£3000, but it could go for much more if a bidding war broke out among collectors.

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Art lovers head for Edinburgh Art Fair

David | Art news, Limited edition prints, Wall Art Gallery | October 22, 2007

Visitors to next month’s Edinburgh Art Fair, now in its third year, will find work from around the world being displayed by 70 galleries from across the UK and Europe. Bargain hunters will mingle with art lovers looking r for up and coming artists .People who paid £3 for a print of a work called The Little Seamstress – a collaboration between Demarco and Ian Hamilton Finlay – found that when they sold it 25 years later, it was fetching £1000.

“Limited edition prints can be a good investment,” says Andy Naismith, an organiser of the art fair. “A publishing house might decide to produce a limited number of prints using high quality materials and sell them at a fraction of the price of the original. But when the prints, which are usually hand signed by the artist, are all sold, if an artist becomes collectable, you might find at auction that collectors are prepared to pay thousands.”

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Download a free Beryl Cook Video

David | Beryl Cook news, Wall Art Gallery | October 13, 2007

Photogold has published a short video of Beryl Cook images . Beryl Cook fans can download the Free Beryl Cook video on Youtube

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New Vettriano self portrait published- Vettriano Art

David | Jack Vettriano blog, Wall Art Gallery | October 13, 2007

Jack Vettriano has published his favourite kind of portrait – one of himself. No inflated ego involved there then. If anyone wants to buy it the picture is not for sale in any art gallery – it is the cover of the new St Jude’s Infirmary record. The band published their Jack Vettriano tribute song and video earlier this year. Nowadays Vettriano spends most of his time in France . Whether he’s going to today’s
Rugby World Cup semi-final between England and France no-one knows

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Photogold Art Club – great savings on Art Prints

David | Beryl Cook news, Jack Vettriano blog, Joan Miro blog, Limited edition prints, Wall Art Gallery | October 9, 2007

The Photogold Art Club offers great savings on our standard prices – save up to 50% on giclee prints and paintings. Each week members receive details of the latest special offers . Members get exclusive access to discounts and special offers . Prints and paintings in the Art Club include the work of Jack vettriano, Beryl Cook and Joan Miro.
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Vettriano's castle for sale – Easterheughs Castle

David | Jack Vettriano blog, Limited edition prints, Wall Art Gallery | September 26, 2007

Jack Vettriano’s former home and artist’s studio in Fife has gone on the market for offers over £1.5m. Easterheughs Castle, where the popular artist completed some of his most famous work, is currently owned by ex-Liverpool footballer Jimmy Carter 1298866/PID_333333_backup.jpg” width=”300″ height=”250″ BORDER=”0″ alt=”Click Here!”>

Mr Carter said “Jack had decorated this house in a certain style. It was very dramatic with gothic red on the walls and candles everywhere.” Vettriano turned a separate property close to the house into his studio, where he completed his most famous collection, Lovers and Other Strangers, exhibited in New York in 1999.

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