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PHILIP rASKIN
FAr hOrIzONS I FAr hOrIzONS II
contemporary miniatures
Since his work was
Philip was born in 1947 changeable light of his native Scotland. Philip is
and studied at the Glasgow rapidly acquiring a loyal following of collectors
launched into the UK art
School of Art. he then both in the uK and abroad.
entered the world of
market last year, seascape
business and became well
“I tend to paint very private places for
known as the proprietor people to own and enjoy; no population,
maestro Philip Raskin has
of the Inn on the Green, a
no houses, no telegraph poles - just
celebrated jazz restaurant in
the driftwood of an ebb tide, mist
become a familiar name
Glasgow over which he and his wife presided.
he did not lose contact with the world of art
tumbling on a distant hilltop and silence
in galleries across the UK.
however, as the venue doubled up as a quality
broken only by lapping water and gulls
gallery with a full programme of exhibitions and ascending.”
His romantic view of the
private views.
hand embellished Canvas, Image Size 12” x 12”,
edition Size 195, FrAMed £195
world includes no evidence
After 20 years as a successful restaurateur,
Philip returned to his easel and brushes on a
of human life, but
full time basis. Over time, he has developed a
painterly impasto style; using the texture of the
invites the viewer to
paint and the shape of the brushwork, he gives
each of his luminous landscapes its own reality,
experience complete
rather than allowing it to be a smooth window
onto a world beyond. with a trademark soft
immersion in the image.
palette and dramatic skies, the overall effect
magically captures the textures, moods and
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