TO SEE OURSELVES AS OTHERS SEE US, A PASTEL BY PETER BEVAN

* PETER BEVAN (BRITISH 1946 - 2018),
TO SEE OURSELVES AS OTHERS SEE US
pastel on paper, signed, titled verso
image size 83cm x 59cm, overall size 101cm x 77cm
Mounted, framed and under glass.
Label verso: The Compass Gallery, Glasgow.
Note: Peter Bevan trained as a Painter at the Royal College of Art in London from 1968 - 1971 and taught Fine Art at the Glasgow School of Art from 1973 - 2003. He has been an Artist in Residence in Scotland, India, Japan, China and USA. Inspired by the life and works of the poet, Robert Burns, he had two solo Shows, “Love and Liberty” 2009 and “Portraits of the Poet” 2010 commissioned by Compass Gallery, Glasgow. A permanent outdoor sculpture, “Paisley Date Palms” was installed in the garden of House for an Art Lover, Bellahouston Park, Glasgow in 2009. Note 2: From a series based on the poems of Robert Burns, 'To See Ourselves as Others See Us' is based on the 1786 poem 'To a Louse'. The last stanzas of this poem are inscribed in the mount.

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