He studied at Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen where he was taught by Robert Henderson Blyth. He met John Byrne and Sandy Fraser, who was to become a lifelong friend. he taught at Glasgow School of art before turning to painting full time.
John Boyd 1940 - 2001

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01 Marine Art, Dale Byhre's Aberdeen Green, With Footnotes, https://t.co/NuuINF3xk6

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Anyway, there are two other illustrations in Folio of Fancies: first, an illuminated serpent, inspired by medieval bestiary manuscripts – books of descriptions of animals – like the Aberdeen Bestiary.

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Sarah Jane Smith, just before she’s dropped off in Aberdeen in The Hand Of Fear. All because Elisabeth Sladen is utterly wonderful

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This piece from our Roxburghe House Artroom project brightened our day and made us smile. Drawn by another participant reluctant to call themselves an artist - but they are, and here's the evidence!

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Drawing some birthday art for @.BellamyAberdeen so BELL STAY OUT SHOO. SHOOOOO. The rest of you get in here~! Links in replies and bio~!

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2️⃣ Coast Scene – Pink Rocks, Marguerite McBey (1905 – 1999), © Aberdeen City Council (McBey Collection)

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Had a go at one of those expression memes and here's the result - A rather annoyed Aberdeen

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20. Back on the Lighthouse trail. This one being one of the many that were placed in and around Aberdeen. A New Season by Clare Terris. Filled with visuals of spring as a reminder that a new season brings with it new perspectives.

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In June 1919, the Aberdeen Journal reported on a donation by Mr William MacBean of a Jacobite library to the University of Aberdeen, including an engraved ticket to the trial of Lord Lovat!

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Practicing my cover art and logo design with some concept art for my graphic novel. Now this particular scene doesn't happen in the volume I'm working on, but it does make me wanna come up with a story behind it sometime.

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Scottish Ensemble’s Scotland-wide tour of Concerts by Candlelight series returns with the theme of Music for Warmth and Restoration, starting tonight in Aberdeen.
https://t.co/EorRjwpVYT

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Lady Edgecombe’s ring glistened in lamplight as she lay in her tomb. As the sexton took the knife to her ring finger, the lady screamed , she was alive!
This tale is well travelled it’s told in and Aberdeen!
Animation: https://t.co/mS6plOoLMe

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Longing & Loss: Four versions of 'Orpheus & Eurydice' (priv.coll, 1860s/ Aberdeen Art Gallery, 1869/ Harvard Mus. c.1880/ Salar Jung Mus. c.1890) for this week's See superb commentaries on the latter by our friends : https://t.co/DmcAB5kCq8

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Goretober day 24: Freakshow

I had a really hard time trying to come up with something for this prompt. I decided to draw my freaks of nature Blackburn and Aberdeen ☢🦌

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Fry's was a British chocolate company owned by Joseph Storrs Fry & his family in the 18th century. In 1847 Fry's produced the first solid chocolate bar! Photo of Fry's Chocolate shop @ Shiprow, Aberdeen by George W. Wilson & Co

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The good old days when they did not step excavating even on Christmas eve! Upper Boyndlie cists were found on 24th and 27th December 1932. Beaker from ABDUA:19695

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"To Pastures New" ca. 1883
James Guthrie (1859–1930) was a Scottish painter, best known in his own lifetime for his portraiture, although today more generally regarded as a painter of Scottish Realism. 🏛️Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums

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