Coll Hamilton
Glasgow based Coll Hamilton’s work speaks not only to those who live in and love Glasgow, but to all who pass through the city. Thanks to his affectionate rendering of its iconic architecture and his ease of capturing the people and their stories.
“Storytelling is the impetus behind my practice. For the last few years the stage for the stories I am striving to create within my paintings and drawings has been my home city of Glasgow. I draw a lot of sketchbook work on location around the city and these locations are siphoned into my larger drawings and paintings. I concentrate on figurative work trying to convey character and storytelling though the facial expressions and emotions I capture in the people in my images“.
Coll graduated from GSA in 2006 with a BA (Hons) in Illustration. He has been represented by the gallery since 2012, where he has held numerous highly successful solo shows. His work is held in public and private collections across the UK and Europe. We have also had the pleasure of collaborating with Coll on a number of large scale internal and external mural projects that can be found across Scotland. You can find out more details on these works here.
