Alan Reece Gallery
The regular exhibitions in the Wild Space's Alan Reece Gallery in Pitlochry provide a small income for the Trust’s work and help raise awareness of wildlife and wild land conservation.
*NB: Wild Space and our Alan Reece Gallery are currently only open on Saturdays to restrict the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19).
Details of our upcoming and past exhibitions are listed below. Dates may change slightly so please check the website before planning a visit.
To find out more, please email the Wild Space manager or call 01796 475191.
Current exhibition...
Michelle Hewitt: Scottish Wildlife
14 November 2020 - 19 December 2020
Michelle first got interested in depicting her local wildlife when her primary school teacher gave her a copy of Albrecht Dürer's 'A Young Hare' to study. View a selection of her original artworks at the Wild Space in Pitlochry on Saturdays, or directly on Michelle Hewitt's website.
Exhibition archive...
Paul Bartlett: Encounters
19 September 2020 - 4 October 2020
"Often combining collage with acrylics, or pastels, my work also features words. I like to add an extra facet to the paintings by sourcing articles that relate to the subject. For my inspiration I visit the wild areas of Scotland, often spending days on foot, or in a sea kayak, to visit remote places where wildlife abounds."
Find out more about Paul Bartlett.
Denis Mollison and Roderick Manson: Portraits of the Edge
29 August 2020 - 17 September 2020
Denis’ exhibition of abstract beach photography was first shown in Wild Space in July 2019 where it inspired Roderick Manson to write a poem in response to each picture. You can also view a slideshow of Portraits of the Edge online.
Group exhibition: Into the Wild Woods
27 January 2020 to 27 March 2020
Inspired by the Caledonian Forest and the John Muir Trust's re-foresting campaign, this exhibition draws you into a woodland world which is tactile and vivid; dark and playful. The artwork includes ceramics, prints and willow sculpture by Nicky Bolland, Ciara Gibson, Rebecca Logsdon, Tricia Tunstall and Giles Conisbee.
Find out more about our opening event on Friday 31 January 2020, 5.30pm-7.30pm
Ravi Agarwal: Nàdar / Prakriti
16 November 2019 to 12 January 2020
This Edinburgh Printmakers exhibition grew out of research conducted by Ravi in the Scottish Highlands in the summer of 2017, which included visits to Trust properties and discussions with staff members. Ravi's artwork explores the pressures upon nature in Scotland and India and the challenges of rewilding in both countries. Its title combines the Gaelic and Sanskrit words for nature – Nàdar and Prakriti respectively. Find out more.
Anke Addy: The Living Cairngorms
1 November 2019 to 15 November 2019
"During 2017 I revisited many glens and mountains to capture Nan Shepherd’s imagery, giving the book’s themes of Mountains, Air and Light, Water, Snow and Ice, Plants, Birds and Mammals equal importance. Covering these aspects of the Cairngorms and the wider Cairngorms National Park has been an enjoyable and absorbing experience." Find out more about photographer Anke Addy.
Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year - Living Landscape prize winners
19 October to 1 November 2019
See the ten winning images for the John Muir Trust Living Landscape Prize 2019 – one of the categories in the prestigious Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year competition.
Cat Burton: Stories of Schiehallion
2 August 2019 - 18 October 2019
"Many people climb this much-loved mountain each year to take in the views from the summit. My goal for this project is to reveal the fascinating aspects of Schiehallion that often go overlooked. From its history and folklore to the conservation work currently taking place." Find out more about photographer Cat Burton's Schiehallion project.
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Denis Mollison: Portraits of the edge
19 July 2019 - 2 August 2019
"Around Coigach and Assynt there are about 40 beaches. A few are well known while others are remote and seldom visited, including some very beautiful ones that exist as beaches only a few times a year at the lowest tides..." See Trust founder Denis Mollison's photographs of water, light, stone and creatures of the beach.
Marco Dadone: Deep Scotland
1 May 2019 - 19 July 2019
"I aim to photograph an 'emotional landscape', let the feelings come into the images and contribute to shape them, hopefully to give back to the observer some of the magic hidden in things…" Find out more about Italian photographer Marco Dadone.
Tim Cottee: A Different Type of Nature
28 January to 30 April 2019
"John Muir's words recognised the value, beauty and healing power of nature and I hope that my work can remind and inspire people of this." Find out more about graphic artist Tim Cottee.
Iain Brownlie Roy: Views of Suilven
1 November 2018 to early 2019
"Suilven has been central to my work for many years, but there are other images from the North West and the Northern Isles in the edit." Find out more about Iain Brownlie Roy's photography.
Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year - Living Landscape prize winners
18 to 31 October 2018
See the ten winning images for the John Muir Trust Living Landscape Prize 2018 – one of the categories in the prestigious Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year competition.
Greg Drumm: Summit2Sea
31 August to 17 October 2018
"My paintings arrive from a combination of going out into remote and majestic locations, sometimes waiting for hours to get the right light... sometimes catching the moment there and then (usually by luck)." Find out more about Greg Drumm.
Lewis Golbourn: Walk in the Wild
5 July to 30 August 2018
Twice-winner of the Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year John Muir Trust Wild Places Prize, this talented self-taught photographer is inspired by wild landscapes: "I was born in the central belt of Scotland and lived there for most of my life, but was lucky enough to be exposed to the great outdoors at an early age and the love of wild places and wild weather has never left me." Find out more about Lewis Golbourn.
Rhod Evans: Spirit of Place
30 April to 2 July 2018
“My paintings do not always represent specific places. They are based on impressions gathered during many walks with sketchbook and pencil through the heather and deer grass to remote hills and crags; and along windswept coasts to lonely rocky headlands and the vast sandy bays of the west." Find out more about Rhod Evans.
Karen Rann: The Great Lines
19 April to 28 April 2018
This exhibition is inspired by the story of contour lines and how they came to appear on maps. As Schiehallion is part of the story, the John Muir Trust is organising an afternoon of talks on all things Schiehallion on: Saturday, April 28. Details of this and other events will be available through Karen Rann's blog.
Peter Cairns: Northwoods
3 February to 15 April 2018
A collection of intimate forest portraits from Scotland's last remaining fragments of ancient woodland by acclaimed nature and conservation photographer Peter Cairns - the founder of SCOTLAND: The Big Picture, a team of media professionals working to amplify the case for a wilder Scotland.
Michael Prince: Slow Light
23 November 2017 to 5 January 2018
"I find the slower, more contemplative process of working with larger format film cameras is a joy, with the aesthetic, atmosphere and anticipation that the follow-up chemical process creates - particularly when processing and printing my own black and white negatives - is an additional thrill." Find out more about Michael Prince.
Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year - Wild Places prize winners
2 to 22 November 2017
The Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year - Wild Places Prize saw the Trust select ten spectacular photographs that showcase the variety of special wild places across Scotland. See the winning images on display for two weeks only. Find out more about the Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year.
Gareth Watson: The Torridonian Series
1 September to 30 October 2017
Gareth Watson's latest collection of abstract watercolour landscapes - painted with his characteristc small brushes and muted palette - focuses on the heavily erroded slopes and tottering pinacled mountains of Torridon.
Keith Brame: Wild Land
7 July to 31 August 2017
A few years ago Keith Brame was invited by the John Muir Trust to photograph the wild landscapes in our care: Ben Nevis, Schiehallion, parts of the Isle of Skye and Knoydart, Sandwood Bay, Quinag. Many of the photographs were - and still are - used by the Trust to illustrate our conservation work and to promote the value of wild land. Find out more about Keith Brame.
Jemma Cholawo: The Numinous
9 June to early July 2017
Jemma Cholawo’s collection of paintings and photographs explores a sense of place in nature, with the aim of inviting and inspiring others to feel and remember the power of these places. See Jemma's Sandwood Gold film, and find out more about The Numinous.
David Paterson: Landscape and Nature in Breadalbane
Early April to end May 2017
The focus for David's latest photographic exhibition is historical Breadalbane (Gaelic Braghad Albainn, 'the northern part of Alba') which occupied much of Perthshire and north Stirling. The area has some of the finest landscapes anywhere in Scotland: richly varied with mountains rising to almost 4000 feet, broad straths, archetypal Highland glens and extensive woodland and conifer forest. Find out more about David Paterson.
Colin Duncan: Beyond the Summit
3 February to end March 2017
The artwork in Colin's latest show was inspired by aspects of the land and sensations of the weather he encountered when visiting Schiehallion in Highland Perthshire.
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Ellis O’Connor: Transience
5 November 2016 to 5 January 2017
Ellis' works have been inspired from the geology, the glaciers and the tangible landscape found in the North of Scotland, Iceland and Svalbard. Altogether, the works emphasise the fragility and sublimity of the land in the North bringing the line, detail, texture and patterns together. Find out more about Ellis O'Connor.
Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year - Wild Places Prize winners
24 October to 4 November 2016
The Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year - Wild Places Prize saw the Trust select ten spectacular photographs that showcase the variety of special wild places across Scotland. See the winning images on display for two weeks only. Find out more about the Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year.
Winifred Hodge: Lost Landscapes
1 September to 22 October 2016
Winifred Hodge has always enjoyed the great outdoors: "Walking and sketching in areas of isolation and emptiness where the dominance of skies with ever changing light, defines its features and often underlining a visual loneliness... I am constantly challenged to distil that information to its core elements... " Find out more about Winifred Hodge.
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Alex Boyd: Blood, Sweat and Silver
4 July to end of August 2016
Using a Victorian field camera, a darkroom he carries on his back, and a sense of determination, Alex Boyd carries his equipment to the peaks of many of Scotland's most well loved mountains, to the hearts of her moorlands, and to the edges of the tallest sea cliffs. Find out more about Alex Boyd.
Alistair Young: Ascent
Early April to 3 July 2016
"Photography, for me, falls into two distinct categories: the opportunistic image seized from the wild winds of a winter storm high in the mountains and the slow, considered, planned creation of an image... The solitude and silence of remote places, long seen in my mind's eye, transformed into experience." Find out more about Skye-based photographer Alistair Young.
Finlay Wild: Kaleidoscape
3 February to 6 April 2016
Highland artist, Finlay Wild’s latest solo exhibition will capture his favourite wild places in bright and bold acrylic. His paintings are almost all of Scottish mountains – his first love as a mountaineer and hill runner – which he depicts in stylised block colour using the characteristic energy and passion he draws on when running.
Malize McBride: 40 Miles West - Images of St Kilda
3 November 2015 to 31 January 2016
"St Kilda has always beckoned to me, due to its remoteness, its haunting human history and its dramatic cliffscapes..." Malize McBride's latest oil paintings are based on memories of two trips to Britain's most remote island. Find out more about Malize McBride
Alasdair McMorrine: By Loch and Mountain
3 September to 31 October 2015
Alasdair McMorrine's art is inspired by the desire to excite the view of others with passion and a vision. He says: "In the elemental landscape of Loch Laggan I want my brushmarks, drawings, prints and carvings to carry the shaping force of the light, the wind and the rock formations." See more of Alasdair's work at Orbost Gallery on Skye.
David Paterson: Out of Time (Memories of the Neolithic)
30 June to 2 September 2015
David Paterson's main photographic subject has always been Scotland's landscape. His images of neolithic monuments make for an enchanted landscape, adding an extra layer of meaning and a sense of mystery not often present in the Scottish countryside.
Keith Salmon: All Four Seasons
2 May to 28 June 2015
Keith Salmon's paintings convey the ever-changing atmosphere, colours, light and conditions of Scotland's mountains and glens as he experiences them. Subjects range from Ben Loyal in the far north to the more gentle slopes of Perthshire and the Ochil Hills. Find out more about Keith Salmon.
Rhod Evans: Hebridean Elements
11 March to 30 April 2015
Rhod's watercolours perfectly capture the dramatic skies above the islands of Lewis, Harris and the Uists and reflect the often extreme weather conditions that prevail there, particularly in the winter months. Find out more abot Rhod Evans.
Gareth Watson: The Moor
7 February to early March 2015
This exhibition of watercolours is the result of a collaboration between artist Gareth Watson and author Robert Macfarlane, which resulted in a book called 'The Moor'. Buy a painting and get a copy of the limited edition book in the Wild Space.
Jamie Grant: An intimate portrait of Scotland’s longest glen
10 December 2014 to early January 2015
This exhibition is an intimate portrait of the landscapes, people and spirit of Scotland longest glen. Jamie Grant shoots his black and white landscapes of winter in Glen Lyon on an old Leica M6. Find out more about Jamie Grant.
Iain Stewart: Vesper
10 October to 9 December 2014
Iain studied and lectured at the Edinburgh College of Art before working as photographer with design agencies and publishers around the UK. His land and seascapes are internationally exhibited and collected. Find out more about Iain Stewart
Colin Robertson: Landscapes of Water and Light
31 July to 1 October 2014
Colin has a life long appreciation of nature and landscape and travelled around Europe before going to art school. He graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 1989 and has since sold work through galleries, worked on private commissions and tutored art groups. Find out more about Colin Robertson
Liz Green: In-sight - horizons that inspire
12 June to 30 July 2014
Liz Green is a self-taught artist with a life long passion for making things and for being outdoors in the elements.She enjoys experimenting with different styles and methods of application in a quest to find that exact combination of colour and texture that captures a mood and conjures the spirit of a place. Find out more about Liz Green.
David Bellamy: Wild Highlands
17 April to 11 June 2014
David Bellamy is a watercolour artist and author who loves wandering in wild places. He specialises in painting mountain, Arctic and desert scenery. He has written 15 books and is a member of the Outdoor Writers' & Photographers' Guild. Find out more about David Bellamy.
Clare Yarrington: Mountain, moor and cliff
5 February to 15 April 2014
Based in rural central Scotland, Clare Yarrington is an award-winning mixed media artist. Her love of walking and climbing started during her childhood in Derbyshire and intensified when she moved to Scotland. Studying archaeology at Edinburgh University gave Clare new perspective on the landscape as she began to examine beneath the surface of the land as well as above. Find out more about Clare Yarrington
Iain Brownlie Roy: Wild landscapes of the north-west
Early October 2013 to early February 2014
Iain Brownlie Roy is a graduate of Edinburgh University and Edinburgh College of Art where he studied fine art (drawing and painting), history of art, and philosophy in the 1960s. His work reflects his lifelong interests in the environment and, especially, his strong attraction to wild landscapes. Believing passionately in the need to preserve our precious wild land, Iain is a supporter of the John Muir Trust and has made photographs for the Trust on and around their properties at Quinag and Sandwood Bay, both of which featured in his exhibition.
Find out more about Iain Brownlie Roy
David Fulford: After John Muir
Early August to early October 2013
A member of the John Muir Trust, David Fulford is a keen supporter of Muir’s philosophy. In 2008, he mentored a John Muir Trust landscape painting workshop at Glencanisp Lodge by Lochinver. David works mostly in oils, often making very large paintings that border on abstraction. A graduate of Sunderland College of Art and the University of Newcastle, he had a long career as an art teacher. Throughout this career he continued to paint and to exhibit his work. In 1995 he gained an MA in Fine Art from the University of Humberside. He now works full-time as an artist.
Find out more about David Fulford
Peter Cairns: Caledonia, Scotland’s heart of pine
22 April to early August 2013
Based in the heart of Scotland's Cairngorms National Park, Peter Cairns is an award-winning nature photographer with a deep fascination for our relationship with the natural world. In addition to documenting Europe's high profile wildlife species, Peter covers a diverse range of topical conservation stories from nature-based tourism to the potential reintroduction of wolves...and most things in between.
Find out more about Peter Cairns