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Theseus and the Minotaur (2009)
Oil on canvas
121 x 131cm
Private Collection, 2009
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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 toured the UK in late 2007 / 2008. The exhibition charted the development of his work over the past ten years, with the emphasis on his 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
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Actaeon (2009)
Oil on canvas
70 x 85cm
Private Collection, 2009
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Odin (2009)
Oil on canvas
82 x 60cm
Private Collection, 2009 |
Theseus and the Minotaur
(Version 1)
Oil on canvas, 2006
71.1 x 81.3cm |
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Minotaur
Oil on canvas, 2005
101 x 76cm
Private Collection
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Minotaur II
Oil on canvas, 2005
96 x 71cm
Private Collection |
Odysseus on the Island of Circe
Oil on canvas 2007
101 x 147cm
Private Collection, 2009
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CAPTIVE MINOTAUR
Oil on Canvas, 1999
89x52.5cm
Private collection
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Theseus and the Minotaur
Oil on canvas, 2006
122 x 137cm
Private Collection
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MARSYAS
Oil on Canvas, 2002
137 x 91cm
Private Collection |
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DEATH OF ACTAEON
Oil on Canvas, 1998
150 x 212cm
Private Collection
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Endymion 2000
Oil on Canvas
104 x 134cm
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Orion
Oil on canvas, 2002
89 x 150cm
Private Collection |
