Rushes
Donald Urquhart was born in Perthshire and studied at Edinburgh
College of Art.
His work concerns the natural world and in particular the
landscape of his native Perthshire. He addresses current
environmental issues.
In 1995 The Dick Institute held a solo exhibition of his work
entititled "Ptarmigan" after the largest work in the show. Urquhart
said of the ptarmigan:
"The ptarmigan represents all that is wild, beautiful and yet
fragile and threatened in the Scottish Landscape. Ptarmigans now
carry residual traces of radioactivity from Chernobyl, they are
also retreating north and to higher ground with the increasing
effects of climatic warming."
Object no :
RI_DI_0053753
Collection :
Creator :
Donald Urquhart
Place of Production :
NA
Dimensions :
NA
Materials :
oil & encaustic on paper
Location :
NA
Accession number :
FA/A675
Copyright :
The Artist