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The most established names in Scottish Art can be found in Browns Gallery - John Byrne, John Bellany, Neil MacPherson and Allan MacDonald, to name a few. But alongside these household names, the team at Browns Gallery use the space to delicately prophet the future of Scottish Art, showcasing a remarkable range of compelling artists working at the forefront of contemporary art in Scotland.
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Programme of Exhibitions
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Meetings with Trees
Ian Westacott 5 May - 17 June 2023 Inverness, TainIan Westacott was born and raised in Mytrleford, Australia. He studied at the Victorian College of the Arts, where he graduated as the recipient of an International Fellowship. This inspired... -
Ahead of the Clouds
Gemma Petrie 25 March - 27 May 2023 Inverness, TainGemma Petrie graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 2005 with a bachelors degree in Drawing and Painting. She is a Scottish Artist, now based in Portmahomack where she can... -
Beneath the Surface
Pat Semple 5 - 17 December 2022 TainBrowns Gallery is privilidged to showcase the final series of works that Pat Semple produced before passing. This series will be the focus of 'Beneath the Surface' and will highlight a selection of intimate water colour landscapes.
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Testimonials
"I first stumbled across Browns Gallery ten years ago when I was coming out of Harry Gow's (later redubbed 'Le Lapin Agile' when it became a rendevous point for the artistically-bent riff-raff from Tain and its environs) with our then tiny twins and a big poke of Dream Rings.
Despite my misgivings - the gallery, after all, was some considerable distance from the cultural epicentres of Glasgow, Edinburgh and London - I was impressed by the total absence of the Scottish Swiss Tart School of Paintings, and the even less attractive Honolulu-in-the-Highlands Sunsetcsapes.
Since then I have really been impressed by gallery director Gordon Brown's far-sightedness in acquiring the old bakehouse adjacent to the 'Lapin Agile' and transforming it into a great space for showing contemporary paintings that's on par with the best of the country."
John Byrne
"However many times you walk into the gallery in the bakehouse, which Gordon Brown has created with sensitive dedication, the experience is both a surprise and delight. The quality of the exhibited artists chosen by the curator matches the best to be found anywhere in Scotland today.
There is a discriminating eye behind these choices, which recognises not just accomplishment, but the drive of the true artist to take risks in order to reveal more. To visit this North Highland gallery is certainly worth a detour. It is to experience a confrontation with excellence in contemporary Scottish art."
The Rt. Hon. Lord Maclennan of Rogart
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