Ron Sandford b. 1937
From his studio on Yell, Shetland, Sandford draws the everyday, every day: still life, landscape and portrait in pencil, pen, ink and watercolour. Not ordinary, but charged with attitude. From 1956-60 he attended Glasgow School of Art in the etching and engraving department, then studying in the Graphics department at the Royal College of Art where he became friends with artist Edward Bawden. Through the 60s and 70s he taught part time at the Central School of Art and Design, the Royal College of Art, St. Martin’s School of Art and Brighton School of Art. Sandford spent time in Hong Kong, completing architectural drawings alongside his artwork, and for 30 years he illustrated books and newspapers and undertook large scale architectural commissions such as Bishopsgate, London.
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Ron SandfordSumburgh Light, 2006initialled, inscribed and dated 06, stamped with artist's sealpen, ink and watercolour19 x 23 1/2 inches
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Ron SandfordO Tsai (Little Dock) II, night, Yung Shue Wan, Lamma Island, 1995signed and dated 95, stamped with artist's sealmixed media on paper28 x 39 1/2 inches
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Ron SandfordAbandoned Junk Yard, Little Hong Kongstamped with artist's sealmixed media on paper102 x 90 cm • 40 x 35 ½ inches
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Ron SandfordBluemull Bouquetstamped with artist's sealpen, ink and watercolour26 1/2 x 21 1/4 inches
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Ron SandfordGalley Shed IVstamped with artist's sealpen, ink and watercolour27 5/8 x 31 1/8 inches
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Ron SandfordHorse Shoe Crabsigned and stamped with artist's sealmixed media on paper23 x 29 inches
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Ron SandfordIn a 'boatie hoose' II, Mid Yell Voestamped with artist's sealmixed media on paper27 3/4 x 28 inches
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Ron SandfordKitchen Tablestamped with artist's sealpencil, pen and ink16 3/4 x 20 3/8 inches
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Ron SandfordO Tsai (Little Dock) III, preparation of the Dragon Boat Festival, Yung Shue Wan, Lamma Islandstamped with artist's sealmixed media on paper39 7/8 x 48 inches
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Ron SandfordPolytunnel Visionstamped with artist's sealmixed media on paper17 3/4 x 25 1/4 inches
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Ron SandfordSt. Olaf Cullivoe or 'To Work is to Pray'stamped with artist's sealmixed media on canvas31 1/2 x 39 3/8 inches
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Ron SandfordStreet seller, Yung Shue Wan, Lamma Islandsigned and stamped with artist's sealmixed media on paper29 x 23 inches
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From the Window
Online Exhibition 23 Mar - 6 May 2023 EdinburghArtists have often depicted windows as portals between two realms: the real and the imagined, the intimate and the unfamiliar. It is a divide between a private place and a...Read more -
Winter in Edinburgh
12 Jan - 11 Mar 2023 Edinburgh -
Coast
1 Apr - 1 May 2021 EdinburghFind the online viewing room for Coast here. Scotland’s coastline is one which naturally inspires in its dramatic geography. Coast presents a journey around the shores of the Scottish homeland,...Read more -
Christmas
at The Fine Art Society 4 - 23 Dec 2020 Edinburgh -
Hang 4 //
Modern Scottish Pictures 1 - 19 Sep 2020 EdinburghCelebrating the variety of 20th century Scottish Art, this selection of works captures modern perspectives of Scottish identity. In the face of global societal and technological change, the artists’ focus...Read more -
John Byrne and Ron Sandford
Harbour Cottage Gallery, Kirkcudbright 15 - 30 Aug 2020Harbour Cottage Gallery Castle Bank, Kirkcudbright DG6 4LB In this extraordinary year, we have broken with tradition and bring two great living artists to Kirkcudbright. Great draftsmanship underpins both; one...Read more -
Ron Sandford
114°E / 1°W Hong Kong to Shetland 14 May - 13 Jun 2020 EdinburghHong Kong and Yell: two halves of The Fine Art Society’s first exhibition of drawings by Ron Sandford (b.1937). Island life from two geographically and culturally distinct and distant places...Read more