Parish Artist - Michael Gilfedder
Michael Felix Gilfedder graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 1970 and after a post graduate year at Jordanhill College of Education taught for five years in two comprehensive schools. In 1977 he moved to South Uist to teach art and design in Daliburgh school and later was an itinerant teacher in five primary schools and one two year secondary. In 2008 he retired from full time teaching and now divides his time between supply teaching and painting. He is married to a Benbecula girl and they have a family of four.
At art school Michael studied icon painting and stained glass hence much of his work has been commissioned by churches. Portrait painting and calligraphy have also been a part of his art practise. Michael has exhibited in many mixed exhibitions throughout the Western Isles and in a number of mixed shows in London with the society of Catholic Artists. Michael’s icons are only made for private commissions and his own personal work is now developing into an imaginative and mystical mix of the icon, the figurative and calligraphy.The artist’s work can be seen in Gallery 23 in Parnie Street in Glasgow and also online at pearl prints from which giclée signed and limited prints can be ordered.
At art school Michael studied icon painting and stained glass hence much of his work has been commissioned by churches. Portrait painting and calligraphy have also been a part of his art practise. Michael has exhibited in many mixed exhibitions throughout the Western Isles and in a number of mixed shows in London with the society of Catholic Artists. Michael’s icons are only made for private commissions and his own personal work is now developing into an imaginative and mystical mix of the icon, the figurative and calligraphy.The artist’s work can be seen in Gallery 23 in Parnie Street in Glasgow and also online at pearl prints from which giclée signed and limited prints can be ordered.
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Below are two small videos were Michael introduces us to the two icons in St Marys Bornish and their significance.
Icon of Edith Stein
Below are two small videos were Michael introduces us to the two icons in St Marys Bornish and their significance.
Icon of Edith Stein
Icon of St Mary McKillop
