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Two Skates
Two Skates
Two Skates

Two Skates

Artist (Newport-on-Tay, Scotland, born 1959)
Date1987
Mediumoil on board
ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings
DimensionsOverall: Height: 50.5 cm, Width: 75.3 cm
Frame: Height: 69 cm, Width: 94.3 cm
AcquisitionPurchased in 1987 with assistance from the National Fund for Acquisitions.
Copyright© The Artist
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG008057
Keywords
About MeStuart MacKenzie was Aberdeen Art Gallery's first artist in residence in 1987, the year that this picture was painted. He went on to teach at Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen for one year and then moved to Glasgow, where he has been working since.

Much of Stuart Mackenzie's earlier work was influenced by his father's experiences as a gamekeeper in Inverness-shire. In 1987, MacKenzie described how his painting had recently become more metaphorical and ambiguous, using a language of symbols.