Michael McVeigh
A figurative painter and printmaker, Michael McVeigh has been described as a modern-day folk artist and participant observer, chronicling Scotland’s people, places and traditions with a style that moves between folk-art directness, visionary imagination and a late-Realist social awareness. McVeigh’s exhibition Dundee Whalers draws on his lifelong connection to Dundee’s maritime and whaling history, shaped by childhood visits to the McManus Gallery and stories of the Tay Whale, as well as Michael’s enduring interest in folklore, history, and storytelling through image. Inspired by historic drawings made by whalers and sailors, museum collections, and contemporary documentary sources on polar seas, the works explore the brutal realities of 19th-century whaling voyages. Though rooted in historical reference, the images are driven by McVeigh’s imagination and narrative-led approach, resulting in deliberately primitive works that evoke endurance, danger, and survival.
Michael McVeigh
A figurative painter and printmaker, Michael McVeigh has been described as a modern-day folk artist and participant observer, chronicling Scotland’s people, places and traditions with a style that moves between folk-art directness, visionary imagination and a late-Realist social awareness. McVeigh’s exhibition Dundee Whalers draws on his lifelong connection to Dundee’s maritime and whaling history, shaped by childhood visits to the McManus Gallery and stories of the Tay Whale, as well as Michael’s enduring interest in folklore, history, and storytelling through image. Inspired by historic drawings made by whalers and sailors, museum collections, and contemporary documentary sources on polar seas, the works explore the brutal realities of 19th-century whaling voyages. Though rooted in historical reference, the images are driven by McVeigh’s imagination and narrative-led approach, resulting in deliberately primitive works that evoke endurance, danger, and survival.
Michael McVeigh
A figurative painter and printmaker, Michael McVeigh has been described as a modern-day folk artist and participant observer, chronicling Scotland’s people, places and traditions with a style that moves between folk-art directness, visionary imagination and a late-Realist social awareness. McVeigh’s exhibition Dundee Whalers draws on his lifelong connection to Dundee’s maritime and whaling history, shaped by childhood visits to the McManus Gallery and stories of the Tay Whale, as well as Michael’s enduring interest in folklore, history, and storytelling through image. Inspired by historic drawings made by whalers and sailors, museum collections, and contemporary documentary sources on polar seas, the works explore the brutal realities of 19th-century whaling voyages. Though rooted in historical reference, the images are driven by McVeigh’s imagination and narrative-led approach, resulting in deliberately primitive works that evoke endurance, danger, and survival.
Michael McVeigh
A figurative painter and printmaker, Michael McVeigh has been described as a modern-day folk artist and participant observer, chronicling Scotland’s people, places and traditions with a style that moves between folk-art directness, visionary imagination and a late-Realist social awareness. McVeigh’s exhibition Dundee Whalers draws on his lifelong connection to Dundee’s maritime and whaling history, shaped by childhood visits to the McManus Gallery and stories of the Tay Whale, as well as Michael’s enduring interest in folklore, history, and storytelling through image. Inspired by historic drawings made by whalers and sailors, museum collections, and contemporary documentary sources on polar seas, the works explore the brutal realities of 19th-century whaling voyages. Though rooted in historical reference, the images are driven by McVeigh’s imagination and narrative-led approach, resulting in deliberately primitive works that evoke endurance, danger, and survival.
