From the Forest to the Forge is accompanied by a richly illustrated publication that offers a compelling reflection on the forces, both natural and industrial, that have shaped Britain’s landscape and identity. Goudie’s work embodies a profound respect for craft, endurance, and the enduring dialogue between human endeavour and the natural world.
This is the story of how Scotland has defined itself through its art over the past 5000 years, from the earliest enigmatic Neolithic symbols etched onto the landscape of Kilmartin Glen to Glasgow’s fame as a centre of artistic innovation today. Lachlan Goudie brings his perspective and passion as a practising artist and broadcaster to narrate the joys and struggles of artists across the millennia striving to fulfil their vision and the dramatic transformations of Scottish society reflected in their art.
The Story of Scottish Art is beautifully illustrated with the diverse artworks that form Scotland’s long tradition of bold creativity: Pictish carved stones and Celtic metalwork, Renaissance palaces and chapels, paintings of Scottish life and landscapes by Horatio McCulloch, David Wilkie and Joan Eardley, designs by master architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh, and collage and sculpture by Pop Art pioneer Eduardo Paolozzi. Lachlan tells the compelling story of how and why these and many other Scottish masterpieces were created, and the impact they have had on the world.
Lachlan Goudie | Painting Paradise
Publication to accompany Lachlan Goudie’s exhibition in November 2022, Painting Paradise.
A catalogue to accompany Lachlan Goudie second solo exhibition with The Gallery, Once Upon a Time. Lachlan has framed his new exhibition in terms of the fairy tale, the idea of far off lands and immersion in the natural world. In doing so during the lockdown this year, he has noticed the birdsong, been acutely aware of the changing seasons and visited the garden to find seasonal flowers for his still life paintings. Once Upon a Time explores the Arctic, Berwickshire, Dorset and Glasgow shipyards.
We welcome Lachlan Goudie for his first solo exhibition with The Scottish Gallery. In this new body of work Lachlan charts his travels across the globe with paintings from Rosyth, Cote d’Azur, Dorset, California and Morocco including a series of still lifes created at his London studio.
“I hope that in these paintings I can share a few of the moments, the places and the people that have brought me a sense of exhilaration and fulfilment over the last twelve months.”
