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My practice as a maker and painter is rooted in a multifaceted interest in drawing and painting, ruminating on how mark-making in these genres exists within contemporary culture and amongst the propagating digital images that we look at every day.
My work embraces the figurative, weaving emotions and narratives into expansive spaces.
At this time, I am researching the figurative landscape, featuring the human male and pushing the possibilities of creating paintings in oil that evoke a human sense of 'being and self'. The body of work is still developing. Check back from time to time and watch it evolve.
Future Exhibition
Glasgow School of Art Master of Letters Degree Show
29 Aug - 4 Sept 2025, Stow Building, Glasgow, G4 9LD
Completing my studies in a Master of Letters in Painting and Print Making at the Glasgow School of Art. My research has provided the foundation for my current body of work. By referencing both personal and artistic history, I have created paintings that are autobiographical and a narrative of my response to existing and past artists. I am majoring in oils on canvas at this time, experimenting with the mediums' response to mark making and layering, as I consider more the effect that underpainting can have on colour and tone.
I am developing a Colour and Marks workshop that I plan to launch in Glasgow in the autumn of 2025. This will take my research into the public sphere and open it up to class sessions for all levels of artists who want to explore the combination of colour and mark making, giving them the opportunity to stand back and reconsider this with themselves and others.
Alan Brash's creations break free from what is expected, infusing figurative elements with emotions and narratives, creating a visual journey. I also want to make work that lives beyond social media and, when seen live in a studio or gallery, has a depth and vibrancy, another visual dimension.
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