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.
Elspeth Lamb (born 1951)
The Gift, 1994
Screenprint
Elspeth Lamb studied printmaking at Glasgow School of Art until 1973. She works and exhibits internationally.
Her recent work uses symbolism from ancient cultures. The Gift is influenced by the Mexican folk festival of Guelaguetza, also known as Lunes del Cerro or Monday on the Hill. This festival has its roots in the Zapotec people of Mexico. Guelaguetza is a Zapotec word for offering and the festival aims to appease the gods who bring rain and sun for the crops to grow. The Zapotec people were the largest native American group of Oaxaca. They believed that they were born from jaguars and from the landscape features of rocks and trees.
In 1521 the Spanish arrived in Mexico. They did not recognise the ancient pagan gods and local traditions slowly merged with Christian festivals. The Guelaguetza coincides with the feast of the Virgin of Carmen in July. The festival started in 1932, the 400th anniversary of the founding of Oaxaca City.
