GLASS artist Alec Galloway is to open a new show in Greenock next week, inspired by the theme of migration and his own links to the town.
Walking In Your Shadow, which opens on Friday at the Beacon Arts Centre at Custom House Quay, will feature about eight glass works as well as around 25 paintings by the artist.
Mr Galloway, who grew up in Greenock and used to play on the site where the Beacon Arts Centre now stands.
Part of his latest show includes the work Rain Harp, which is inspired by the town’s rainy reputation.
The work includes a reference to the psychedelic Beatles song Rain, a street map of Tobago Street in Greenock, old transparencies of people holidaying in the rain and a clothes line complete with pegs.
Walking In Your Shadow art works will utilise forms of collage as well as glass and paint on canvass.
Mr Galloway, who trained at Edinburgh College of Art, said: “There’s a theme of family and also migration, especially as from the point where the exhibition is taking place [on the waterfront], lots of families said their last farewells, so that is one of the main themes of the work.
“The very spot where the Beacon now stands was my childhood playground, so there is something very personal too.”
The work in the show was created after Mr Galloway started on it in the summer.
“I am looking forward to showing some new work, it has been a while since I have in Scotland,” he said.
Mr Galloway’s work has been featured in public and private commissions and exhibitions over the years including exhibitions in the United Arab Emirates as well as across Scotland and the UK.
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules here