Alan Reece Gallery

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

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. 

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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