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Theseus and the Minotaur
(Version 1)
Oil on canvas, 2006
71.1 x 81.3cm

Paul Reid (born 1975)

Paul Reid is undoubtedly one of the great figurative painters to have emerged out of Scotland in recent years. His personalised interpretations of ancient myths have attracted a growing and enthusiastic audience, with highly successful exhibitions recently held in Edinburgh and Harrogate. The first major publication of his work is now available, with an introduction written by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales and essay by Laura Gascoigne.
Fully illustrated, sixty pages. ISBN 0-9547817-8-3

Paul Reid studied at Duncan Of Jordanstone College Of Art, Dundee from 1994 - 1998. He was awarded a Carnegie Trust Vacation Scholarship a John Kinross Scholarship.
His work is held in public and private collections.

In 2004 Paul accompanied HRH THe Prince of Wales on a trip to Turkey and Jordan, completing a series of paintings and drawings based on the landscape and people of the areas visited.

His first public art gallery exhibition is due to tour the UK in late 2007 / 2008. The exhibition will chart the development of his work over the past ten years, with the emphasis on his current series of paintings, based on 'The Minotaur' and, 'Circe'.

Review by Iain Gale, "Six of the best painters point the way forward",
Scotland on Sunday, 30th January 2005
"Since he burst on to the British art scene three years ago, shaking up received notions of what contemporary art was about, Paul Reid has been gathering a loyal audience with his unique take on the apparently redundant tradition of neo-classical painting.
Yet he has also made as many people wish he would go away. His art is unlike anything else you will see on the contemporary scene. While some others might imitate the old masters, Reid creates his own vocabulary and towers over his rivals through his sheer draughtsmanship and feel for paint. But there is nothing reactionary about this work. Reid is not attempting single-handedly to subvert the the current trend for conceptualism, some of which he admits is powerful and valid. Rather he sees himself as part of a bigger picture, using Greek myth as it was originally intended to be used, as a metaphor through which to tap into basic human truths and mysteries."

Press articles (click here)

Selected bibliography
"A History of Scottish Art" Selina Skipwith and Bill Smith, published by Merrell, 2003. Illustrated. Pages 12,19,207, 282, 283.
"Art Tomorrow" Edward Lucie Smith. Published by Terrail, 2002. Pages140 & 1444, plate146.
'Artists Eye' Art Review, November 1998 (illustrated pages 34-35 and front cover).
Best of Young British, New Statesman, July 2002
'Arts Firmament: Paul Reid, John Russell Taylor, The Times, 16.6.99

Minotaur
Oil on canvas, 2005
30 x40 inches
Private Collection

Minotaur II
Oil on canvas, 2005
38 x 28 inches
Private Collection

The Heliades
Oil on canvas, 2002
48 x 48 inches
Private collection

Theseus and the Minotaur
Oil on canvas, 2006
48 x 54 inches
Private Collection

CAPTIVE MINOTAUR
Oil on Canvas, 1999
89x52.5cm
Private collection

MARSYAS
Oil on Canvas, 2002
53.50 x 41 inches
Private Collection

HERMES and ARGUS
2002
Oil on canvas
30.25 x 50.25 inches
Private collection

PENTHEUS
2002
Oil on canvas
42 x 48 inches
Private collection

DEATH OF ACTAEON
Oil on Canvas, 1998
150x212cm
Private Collection

LYCAONS COOKS
Oil on Canvas, 1999
89x52.5cm
Private Collection

Endymion 2000
Oil on Canvas
42 x 54 inches

Orion
Oil on canvas, 2002
35.50 x 60 inches
Private Collection