Duncan Shanks
RSA, RSW, RGI Born: 1937Place of Birth: Airdrie
Duncan Shanks was born in Airdrie and studied at Glasgow School of Art where he later lectured. He draws his subjects and inspiration from the countryside around his home in the Clyde Valley. Strong colour and richly applied paint chart the changing seasons and the forces imminent in nature. His works also examine the perennial tasks and practices of traditional rural life.
'Duncan Shanks is a committed and self-aware modernist. Nevertheless he chose from the beginning of his career the apparently old-fashioned idiom of landscape... his pictures reach beyond abstraction to achieve, in his own words, "a fusion of the actual and the abstract.’"'
- Duncan MacMillan
The Scottish Gallery hosted an exhibition of Duncan Shanks' work in June 2019 titled Transience. Click here to purchase a catalogue. We are looking forward to Duncan's 13th solo show at The Gallery in Summer 2022.
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Dam with Wheel View details
Duncan Shanks
Dam with Wheel
c.1988acrylicH:145cm W:117cm£12,850Enmeshed View detailsDuncan Shanks
Enmeshed
acrylic on paper£4,650The Black Cloud Carries The Sun Away View detailsDuncan Shanks
The Black Cloud Carries The Sun Away
acrylic on paperH:67cm W:150cm£9,250River Through Trees Crossford View detailsDuncan Shanks
River Through Trees Crossford
2019acrylic on paperH:21cm W:21cm£2,200Orange Riverbank Through Trees View detailsDuncan Shanks
Orange Riverbank Through Trees
2019acrylic on paperH:29cm W:31cm£2,750Fast Water Crossford View detailsDuncan Shanks
Fast Water Crossford
2019acrylic on paperH:20.5cm W:20.5cm£2,150Turquoise Riverbank Crossford View detailsDuncan Shanks
Turquoise Riverbank Crossford
2019acrylic on paperH:20cm W:20cm£2,150Rainy Day View detailsDuncan Shanks
Rainy Day
acrylic on paperH:70cm W:69cm£5,750Reflective Water View details-
Spring View details
Duncan Shanks
Spring
2019acrylic on paperH:81cm W:111cmSoldButterflies and Buddleias View detailsDuncan Shanks
Butterflies and Buddleias
acrylic on paperH:19.5cm W:19.5cmSoldBees and Butterflies View detailsDuncan Shanks
Bees and Butterflies
acrylic on paperH:20cm W:20cmSoldBlack Bull View detailsDuncan Shanks
Black Bull
acrylic on paperH:41cm W:41.5cmSoldFlowers for the Bees View detailsDuncan Shanks
Flowers for the Bees
acrylic on paperH:55cm W:64.5cmSoldMoonlight and Moths View detailsDuncan Shanks
Moonlight and Moths
acrylic on paperH:122cm W:152cmSoldThe Storm's Centre View detailsDuncan Shanks
The Storm's Centre
acrylic on paperH:69cm W:69cmSoldBlown in the Wind View detailsDuncan Shanks
Blown in the Wind
acrylic on paperH:41cm W:79cmSoldThunder Storm View detailsDuncan Shanks
Thunder Storm
acrylic on paperH:56cm W:150cmSoldDelphinium and Poppies View detailsDuncan Shanks
Delphinium and Poppies
acrylic on paperH:56cm W:65cmSoldThe White Cloud View detailsDuncan Shanks
The White Cloud
acrylic on paperH:99cm W:136cmSoldSunrise View detailsDuncan Shanks
Sunrise
acrylic on paperH:55cm W:75cmSoldRiverbank View detailsDuncan Shanks
Riverbank
acrylic on paperH:122cm W:152cmSoldButterflies and Buddleia View detailsDuncan Shanks
Butterflies and Buddleia
acrylic on paperH:56cm W:59cmSoldRowan and Lilies View detailsDuncan Shanks
Rowan and Lilies
acrylic on paperH:56cm W:70cmSoldAfter Rain View detailsDuncan Shanks
After Rain
acrylic on paperH:70cm W:91cmSoldWild Roses View detailsDuncan Shanks
Wild Roses
acrylic on paperH:122cm W:135cmSoldEnclosed Garden View detailsDuncan Shanks
Enclosed Garden
acrylic on paperH:76cm W:99cmSoldGarden of Delights View detailsDuncan Shanks
Garden of Delights
acrylic on paperH:56cm W:64cmSoldCrow View detailsDuncan Shanks
Crow
acrylic on paperH:29cm W:29cmSoldBroken Symmetry View detailsDuncan Shanks
Broken Symmetry
acrylic on paperH:56cm W:62cmSoldRiverside Garden View detailsDuncan Shanks
Riverside Garden
acrylic on paperH:56cm W:65cmSoldStill Evening View detailsDuncan Shanks
Still Evening
acrylic on paperH:81cm W:111cmSoldTinto Summit View detailsDuncan Shanks
Tinto Summit
pastelSoldTangled Web View detailsDuncan Shanks
Tangled Web
acrylic on paperH:80cm W:100cmSoldFlying Free View detailsDuncan Shanks
Flying Free
1999Acrylic on paperH:28.5cm W:26cmSoldPhotograph: John McKenzieThe Studio Cat View detailsDuncan Shanks
The Studio Cat
1969watercolour & pastel on paperH:56cm W:60cmSoldPhotograph: John McKenzieSelf Portrait - Florence View detailsDuncan Shanks
Self Portrait - Florence
1961pen & ink on paperH:33cm W:23.5cmSoldPhotograph: John McKenzieSacred Mountain View detailsLoading
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