Local Artists
Given the beauty of the surrounding area, it is hardly surprising that Tayvallich is home to an number of well known artists, and a popular place for other artists to visit.
You can find out more about some of these artists by clicking on their profiles below.
Libby Anderson DA
Libby has worked as a full time artist since 1996. As a portrait painter, most recent commissions include a large work in oils of the McPherson family of Tarbert, the Meikle children of Lochgilphead, the Cameron twins, and Laura and Christopher Murdanaigum of Tayvallich and a textural drawing of the Asknes boys, Keills, Tayvallich. Libby will travel to undertake commissions in your own home,
Other works in oils include studies of subjects from the natural world such as brambles, gorse, wild fungi or cherries and other fruits.
The mixed media works on paper are quite experimental, generally on a theme of movement. They often include mythical seals, figures and birds. These very original and poetic works have found success in major competitive exhibitions.
Susan Berry
Susan was brought up in the Perthshire countryside, where she discovered how to combine her keen interest in wildlife with her skills in watercolour.
When living in Tayvallich on Argyll's rugged coastline, she draws inspiration from her close contact with the remote landscape and abundant wildlife.
Susan's work has been commissioned by the W.W.F, Scottish Natural Heritage and The Scottish Wildlife Trust, among others.
John Lowrie Morrison DA
John paints the surrounding Argyll mainland and island landscape, but is equally at home painting in France and Holland.
His style is partly Expressionist, where he uses some distortion to express the feeling of wind on buildings, but also with a touch of Scottish Colourist in his use of light and colour.
He nearly always uses the images of crofts in his landscapes, although not exclusively, and has a "Romantic" view of them, drawing on his island roots.
In 1985 John began signings with "JOLOMO". John says "I try to paint beautiful paintings as I also hold closely to Monet's statement that 'beauty has a healing power.'
Audrey Thomson
Audrey is a flexible and versatile artist, painting landscapes flowers and portraits, working mainly in oils and water colour but enjoying pastels and oil pastels too, especially when the ephemeral play of colour and light demands that a subject is tackled quickly.
Her millennium gift to the village - a commemorative scene of a Tayvallich Weekend which includes many well known local figures - now hangs in the village hall, where each week for eight months of the year she freely gives her time to helping and encouraging members of the village art class to develop their own skills and lines which she does with immense skill and patience.