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Bryan was born and brought up in Pembrokeshire in rural West Wales.
After a year on an Art foundation course in Carmarthen college he completed a degree in Fine Art at Loughborough Art College in Leicestershire, in England's East Midlands.
While there he spent three months as an exchange student at Glasgow School of Art.
After completing his degree in 1988 he moved to Glasgow and has lived and worked in or near the city ever since.
He has avoided gainful employment all this time, managing to earn a living from his art for well over 30 years.
Having lived most of his life in the West of Scotland he now considers himself a true Glaswelshian.
Bryan has mainly painted his surroundings and considers himself primarily an urban landscape painter, mainly using the mediums of watercolour and acrylic. He has developed a distinctive style in his depictions of the buildings of urban Scotland, particularly Glasgow's rainy streets and tenement closes.
The Glasgow Herald once memorably called him 'the new Scottish Impressionist', although he's neither Scottish nor an Impressionist.
He also produces figurative work and has exhibited in the Scottish portrait awards the annual portrait award at the National Portrait Gallery in London as well as many major mixed shows throughout the UK.
For over twenty years, Bryan has shared his time between Glasgow and Rothesay and has a studio in both.
In this exhibition, 'Of Bute and Beyond' Bryan has concentrated on the urban(ish) parts of Bute but has also ventured a little further afield to other parts of Argyll. His signature Glasgow tenements and 'wally' closes also make an appearance.
Since his college days, Bryan has also produced original prints, mainly etchings and mezzotints. These are primarily of people. A selection of these prints, spanning the last thirty years or so, is also included in the show.
"Clyde Lights - Approaching Rothesay"
Acrylic
63cm x 87cm Approx. (Picture)
79cm x 101cm Approx. (Framed)
£4,100
"Arches & Reflections"
Acrylic
104cm x 38cm Approx. (Picture)
120cm x 52cm Approx. (Framed)
£3,100
"Through the Square Window"
Acrylic
75cm x 47cm Approx. (Picture)
95cm x 66cm Approx. (Framed)
£2,600
"Wally Close Reflections"
Acrylic
58cm x 38cm Approx. (Picture)
73cm x 53cm Approx. (Framed)
£1,900 - SOLD
"Departing Rothesay"
Acrylic
37cm x 47cm Approx. (Picture)
52cm x 62cm Approx. (Framed)
£1,600
"Rothesay Twilight - from the Ferry"
Acrylic
23cm x 60cm Approx. (Picture)
39cm x 74cm Approx. (Framed)
£1,490