Archive for September, 2017

  • Radley College, Oxfordshire

    By on September 14, 2017

    I was awarded my postgraduate diploma in 1983. Earlier that year I had been offered the role as Artist...

    Joe McGillivray
  • William Scott

    By on September 14, 2017

    During my second year I met The British painter William Scott. He was a Royal Academician. He was a...

    Joe McGillivray
  • Roderic Barrett

    By on September 14, 2017

    The tutor who most influenced my thinking whist at the RA was Roderic Barrett. He was a very sensitive...

    Joe McGillivray
  • Lessons Learnt

    By on September 14, 2017

    I was very aware of the differences between Manchester and London and these included the better weather, and how...

    Joe McGillivray
  • The Royal Academy

    By on September 14, 2017

    The following year (after Manchester Polytechnic), 1980 I gained a post graduate place at the RA Schools for Painting....

    Joe McGillivray
  • Granada TV

    By on September 14, 2017

    I finished my degree at Manchester Polytechnic in 1979. I left already planning to make an application for postgraduate...

    Joe McGillivray
  • William Coldstream

    By on September 14, 2017

    Despite the experience (with Euan Uglow), I still enjoyed the work of Uglow, and as part of my thesis...

    Joe McGillivray
  • Euan Uglow

    By on September 14, 2017

    From school I went to study Fine Art at Manchester Polytechnic. At that time there was an emphasis on...

    Joe McGillivray
  • Ideas & Understanding

    By on September 14, 2017

    At school I realised that art was about ideas as well as representing the world, and my Dad always...

    Joe McGillivray
  • Secondary School

    By on September 14, 2017

    I was fortunate to attend a secondary school where art was taught and driven by two particularly enthusiastic teachers...

    Joe McGillivray