View from a Croft
Artist: Sarah Helen Dowse
Exhibiting: May & June 2022
Working mainly in pastel on paper or card, Sarah has taken inspiration for her exhibition from the views she sees daily from her home as well as still life studies of homegrown flowers, fruit and vegetables.
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Exhibitions 2024
July, August & September
Upper Gallery and Lower Gallery
Ulaidhean/Treasures
The Society of Scottish Artists
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​Behind the Museum at Achtercairn, Gairloch there is a little hill called Torr na h-Ulaidh, or the hill of the treasure. Local folklore tells us that a treasure was once buried at the back of this hill by people fleeing from an enemy and that it remains hidden to this day. It is from this place name that we have taken the title for the exhibition, Ulaidhean/Treasures.
Empty Nest, Pen Reid.
October, November & December
Upper Gallery
Shepherds Wanted: Wester Ross Pioneers to Patagonia 1880-1930
Liz Forrest
With family connections in southern Chile and the Falkland Islands, Liz Forrest was intrigued to learn of the extensive network of people from Wester Ross with Patagonia connections. This exhibition outlines some of the stories of the people who made their home in Patagonia.
Lower Gallery
Spirit of the Highlands Tapestry
This community-led project saw stitching groups being formed across the Highlands, each working on individual panels. Here we get the chance to see the tapestries created by our local groups, before they rejoin the main collection to be held in Inverness Castle. The tapestry is a visual vehicle for storytelling, a huge arts project bringing communities together to share in representing and sharing the stories from their local area.
Exhibitions 2025
March & April
Lower Gallery​
Carol Cocks
​Carol Cocks, landscape artist, is based on the shores of Loch Kishorn. She enjoys painting outside when the weather allows, trying to captures the magnificence of the hills and changing seasons.
Upper Gallery​
Blake Milteer
​Blake Milteer is originally from the USA and lives in Edinburgh. His densely detailed drawings depict the individuality of place, as wells a sense of time passing and the ever changing nature of the natural world.
May & June
Lower Gallery
​Anna Brice Cockland
​Carol Cocks, landscape artist, is based on the shores of Loch Kishorn. She enjoys painting outside when the weather allows, trying to captures the magnificence of the hills and changing seasons.
Upper Gallery
Bho Bheul an Eòin
Derek Robertson
​Derek lives and works in Fife and Skye and has been a professional wildlife artist for over 35 years. His fascination for wildlife extends to scientific research work as an enthusiastic amateur naturalist and researcher.
July & August
Upper & Lower Galleries
RSW
The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour (RSW) is a renowned art society in Scotland, emphasising watercolour painting. Established in the 19th century, the Society offers a platform for artists to display their work and continues to promote the importance of the watercolour medium through exhibitions and events.
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September - December
Lower Gallery
​​Lisa Fenton O'Brien
Lisa Fenton O'Brien is based in Sheildaig, Torridon. She trained at Brighton Polytechnic, Psalter Lane Sheffield and Grays School of Art, Aberdeen. Her work has focussed on sound, video and more recently painting and drawing inspired by the extreme weather and landscape of the West Highlands.​
Upper Gallery​
Sarah Milteer
​Sarah Milteer is a painter, photographer, and writer based in Edinburgh, Scotland. She grew up on a small island near Gairloch, Wester Ross and attended Glasgow School of Art, graduating with a Bachelor of Art with Honours degree in Fine Art Photography in 1992. Sarah lived and worked in the United States from 1993 until 2015 when she returned to Scotland with her family.
