The Harry and Margery Boswell Art Collection: Artworks
- John Bellany, Woman of the North Sea.
- Elizabeth Blackadder, Untitled.
- John Byrne, Juggling Harlequin.Steven Campbell, Portrait of Tom Normand.
- Calum Colvin, Mute Swan.
- Ken Currie, Age of Uncertainty.
- Ken Currie, Reprisal.
- Alan Davie, Zurich Improvisations XII.
- Paul Furneaux, Black Madonna.
- John Houston, Untitled.
- Ian Howard, Drago.
- Callum Innes, XI
- Elspeth Lamb, The Gift.
- Patricia Macdonald, Braided river and ancient pines, Glen Feshie, Cairngorms.
- Patricia Macdonald, Lochan Uaine (The Green Lochan) below the Angel's Peak of Carn an t-Sabhail, Cairngorms.
- Will Maclean, Bird Altar.
- Will Maclean, The Tanera Suite.
- William McCance, Machine Moloch or Machine Gods.
- William McCance, The Engineer, His Wife and Family.
- William McCance, Tree Trunk Composition.
- June Redfern, Early Morning Mist.
- Elaine Shemilt, Image in a Bell Jar.
- Alison Watt, Untitled.
- Adrian Wiszniewski, For Max.
Steven Campbell (1953-2007)
Portrait of Tom Normand
1998
Mixed media
HC1999.1
Steven Campbell was recognised as one of the most innovative and exciting painters in Scotland. He was born in Glasgow. After leaving school he worked in the steel industry as an engineer and fitter. He trained at Glasgow School of Art between 1978 and 1982. In 1982 he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship and travelled to New York.
In New York, Campbell gained an international reputation. He returned to Glasgow in 1986 and developed his unique style of overlaying narrative with riddles and puzzles. His figurative painting style was reviewed by art critics as 'postmodern'.
Campbell's fascination with layered narratives and freely-associated ideas can be seen in this work. The work was created in a style that mimics a decaying poster and includes painted images, string constructions, three-dimensional puppet figures, sketch books, receipts, song lyrics and various artist's tools.
Tom Normand is a lecturer in Scottish art at the University of St Andrews. The text appearing on the work refers to Dr Normand's interests, and puns on the titles of his published work.
