18 - 29 Aug 2009 - Six of the Best at Edinburgh International Festival
The Edinburgh International Festival presents a rich program of classical music, theatre, opera and dance in six major theatres and concert halls and a number of smaller venues in late summer each year.
The Festival began in 1947, with the aim of providing 'a platform for the flowering of the human spirit'. Right from the start it inspired people to put on shows of their own outwith the official Festival, and soon these grew into the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Since then half a dozen or so more festivals have grown up around it in a 4-week period in August and early September, and collectively these are often known as 'the Edinburgh Festival'.
Flying Colours Gallery was located in Edinburgh from 1986 to 1995 and has now for many years returned to the city for the central fortnight of the Festival. In 2009 the gallery will show 6 of its major artists; Shona Barr, Stephen Mangan, Sandy Murphy RGI RSW, Tim Pomeroy, Anthony Scullion RGI and Ethel Walker.
www.eif.co.uk
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The Journey
oil on canvas
Stephen Mangan
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Aquilegias
oil on canvas
Shona Barr
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Red Table Top
oil on canvas
Sandy Murphy RGI RSW
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Figure Study IV
oil on paper
Anthony Scullion RGI
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The Slopes of Ben Lawers
oil on canvas
Ethel Walker
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Butterfly Egg
Carrara marble
Tim Pomeroy
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