Graham Park

Graham Scott Park was born 1976 in Glasgow, Scotland and graduated from the University of Glasgow in 1999 as bachelor of Technological Education. The graphic communication and design elements of the course drew heavily on the ideas and imagery of the Bauhaus school which have been a strong influence. After living in Japan for 5 years where he started to paint and exhibit, he returned to Glasgow where he lives with his wife and two children.

Exhibitions:

Dot Matrix @ the 13th Note, Glasgow September 2018

Shizuoka workers art exhibition, 2010

Hamamatsu foreign residents art exhibition, 2009

Dot Matrix exhibition.





Throughout September 2018 at the 13th note cafe bar in Glasgow, an exhibition of new paintings.

Invented and hand painted by Dr. Shinobu Ishihara, the 38 watercolor plates of the Ishihara colour blindness test were first published internationally in 1917.

Dr. Ishihara was born in Tokyo in 1879, completed graduate studies in ophthalmology then served a distinguished career as a military doctor. Initially developing his colour blindness tests for the army, he went on to promote their publication around the world, supervising production and striving for the highest standards in printing and colour accuracy.

He lived a modest life, uninterested in material possessions and eventually retired to a small countryside town where he continued working as a doctor, donating most of his earnings to the local community. Since his death in 1963, he has been venerated as a significant contributor to Japanese culture.

I had been drawn to the elegance and mystery of his work since seeing the tests as a schoolboy, so when I came across an antique copy of the plates I knew I had found a treasure which has fascinated and inspired me since. It is my sincere hope that these paintings pay homage to Dr. I...