Artists
Profile of Erni Upton FRSA
A Scot, born in Ayrshire in 1936, he has been painting since childhood.
Schooled at Ayr Grammar & Ayr Academy, much of his youth was spent with the fisherfolk of West Scotland & their boats & he still cruises these waters each year
He trained at Glasgow School of Art, where he studied under Donaldson, Mathieson & Robertson. His work reflects their influences & those of the Scottish colourists who like him, spent much time in the wonderful light & colours of the West Coast. Painting in this tradition, he works with oils on canvas, using brush & knife
In 1985, after many years in banking, he returned to Art & Design when he established an interior design company in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
He continued to work in oils, mainly commissions for corporate & private clients, but it was not until 1999, when the company was sold, that more time became available for painting
His work is successfully shown in many galleries in England, Scotland & abroad, most recently in Istanbul, where he was invited, as a result of commission work, to have a solo exhibition at the British Embassy, and a subsequent solo at one of the premier galleries in the city. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society for Arts, London, in November 2004
RECENT EXHIBITIONS
2004 Atholl Gallery Dunkeld
2004 Kranenburg & Fowler Oban
2004 DiRollo Gallery (solo) Edinburgh
2004 Callaghan Fine Art Shrewsbury
2005 Art Fair London
2005 Flying Colours Gallery London
2005 Callaghan Fine Art (solo) Shrewsbury
2005 DiRollo Gallery Edinburgh
2005 Tidal Wave gallery Hereford
2005 Annan Gallery Glasgow
2006 White House Gallery Shropshire
2006 Kranenburg Fine Art Oban
2006 Di Rollo Gallery (solo) Edinburgh
2006 Atholl gallery Dunkeld
2006 Off the Wall Gallery Ayr
2006 Callaghan Fine Art Shrewsbury
2007 Off the wall Gallery(solo) Ayr
2007 Holroyd Gallery(solo) Ballachullish
2007 Kranenburg fine art Oban
2007 Callaghan Fine Art Shrewsbury
2007 Di Rollo gallery Edinburgh
2008 Kranenburg Fine Art Oban
2008 Annan Art Glasgow
2008 Holroyd Gallery Ballachullish
2008 British Embassy(solo) Istanbul
2008 Galeri CEF(solo) Istanbul
2008/9 Di Rollo Gallery Edinburgh
2008/9 Rowan gallery Helensburgh
2008/9 Tighnabruaich Gallery
2008/9 Archway Gallery Lochgilphead
2009 Annan Gallery Glasgow
2009 Holroyd Gallery Ballachulish
2009 Glasgow Art Fair (with Annan Gallery) Glasgow
2009 Atholl Gallery Dunkeld
2009 Kranenburg Fine Art Oban
2009 CFA gallery Shrewsbury
2009 Di Rollo Gallery Edinburgh
2009 Smithfield Gallery London
