Alan James Mcleod

After a brief, but successful career as a freelance textile designer, Alan had a long hiatus away from the world of art and design. Returning in earnest at the beginning of 2014, producing hand-painted papers that are often collage together, to produce mainly abstract and highly textural artworks. Linocut printing and metal leaf are used to increase the decorative effect.


'Are there any truly unspoiled exotic locations left to discover? That is the question Alan poses as he returns to Gloucester Road’s pop-up art space, Gallery40 with an exhibition full of atmospheric and lyrical works. The collection is united by the belief that "after the plundering, years of neglect and souvenir hunting, all that remains are fragments of architectural and decorative surfaces". And the result is a body of intriguing abstracts with layers of interest to captivate the viewer. Alan’s early career was in textile design. Perhaps this explains the subtle synergy he creates between decorative elements and textured surfaces to imbue each work with mystery and meaning using gouache, gold paint and gold-leaf.' Brighton Arty


''When we viewed Alan’s recent portfolio of work, we were immediately impressed by the breadth and depth of the content – and its ...

Edinburgh College of Art 1986 - 1990

Works on paper, Doubtfire Gallery, Edinburgh August 2014

Littlehampton Open, Littlehampton Museum July - September 2014

Summer show, Cameron Contemporary Art, Hove July/August 2014

Delectation, Doubtfire Gallery, Edinburgh December/January 2014/15

Winter show, Cameron Contemporary Art, Hove December/January 2014/15

Outscapes Inscapes, solo show, Doubtfire Gallery, Edinburgh May 2015

Between the endless night, joint show, Gallery40, Brighton September 2015

SUSS6 Layers of Contemporary Art, Worthing Museum & Art Gallery Oct 2015 - Jan 2016

Artist Open Houses, Atelier51 Brighton December 2016

Circus, Doubtfire Gallery, Edinburgh December/January 2015/16

New paintings, Gallery40, Brighton June 2016

Open studio for Worthing Artists Open Houses June/July 2016

Selected for The Other Art Fair, Arnolfini Bristol July 2016

Art and Soul at Falmer, part of Lewes Artwave August /September 2016

Winterescence , Doubtfire Gallery, Edinburgh, December/January 2016/17

Selected for Open16, Worthing Museum and Art Gallery November 16 - March 2017

Part of Worthing Artists Open Houses, New Parade, Worthing June 2017

Summer Show, Cameron Contemporary Art, Hove July/August 2017

Sacred Traces, joint show, Doubtfire Gallery, Edinbur...