ROBERT MCAULAY | new paintings: Pilgrim | three new series of work

1 - 30 August 2025
Overview
Nature rebelliously grows upwards

Robert McAulay was up delivering these paintings, staying nearby the gallery. I asked him what he did in the evening. He sat in a cloud of smoke looking through the long grass. 'There is so much life there,' he told me, 'I can just look.' This is where much of McAulay's work comes, from looking at a nature which rebelliously grows upwards claiming what is rightfully hers. There are figures in McAulay's work - and sheds and buildings too - but these human things are the interlopers. The world belongs to the tall grass, the trees and the sky.

 

Robert McAulay was born in Glasgow where he remains, quietly observing and paintings. We have shown his work for over twenty-five years, and these latest works fall into three series: Blocks that appear to float like vessels; Sheds, that could be a still from a noir film; and a Pilgrim series, where figures, travellers, walk through the land. And there is McAulay’s Garden with Tridic Screens, inspired by a Fransis Bacon triptych and from sitting quietly in a cloud of smoke looking. These are powerful works that should be taken seriously. 

Works
  • Robert McAulay Garden with Tridic Screens, 2025 acrylic on gesso panel 122cm x 122cm (133cm x 133cm framed)
    Robert McAulay
    Garden with Tridic Screens, 2025
    acrylic on gesso panel
    122cm x 122cm
    (133cm x 133cm framed)
    £ 4,800.00
  • Robert McAulay Block i, 2025 acrylic on gesso panel 100cm x 100cm (111cm x 111cm framed)
    Robert McAulay
    Block i, 2025
    acrylic on gesso panel
    100cm x 100cm
    (111cm x 111cm framed)
    £ 3,850.00
  • Robert McAulay Block ii, 2025 acrylic on gesso panel 60cm x 76cm (67cm x 83cm framed)
    Robert McAulay
    Block ii, 2025
    acrylic on gesso panel
    60cm x 76cm
    (67cm x 83cm framed)
    £ 2,500.00
  • Robert McAulay Block iii, 2025 acrylic on gesso panel 60cm x 76cm (67cm x 83cm framed)
    Robert McAulay
    Block iii, 2025
    acrylic on gesso panel
    60cm x 76cm
    (67cm x 83cm framed)
    £ 2,500.00
  • Robert McAulay Block iv, 2025 acrylic on gesso panel 60cm x 76cm (67cm x 83cm framed)
    Robert McAulay
    Block iv, 2025
    acrylic on gesso panel
    60cm x 76cm
    (67cm x 83cm framed)
    £ 2,500.00
  • Robert McAulay Big White Shed, 2025 acrylic on gesso panel 122cm x 122cm (133cm x 133cm framed)
    Robert McAulay
    Big White Shed, 2025
    acrylic on gesso panel
    122cm x 122cm
    (133cm x 133cm framed)
    £ 4,800.00
  • Robert McAulay Second Blue Door (Shed Series), 2025 acrylic on gesso panel 100cm x 100cm (111cm x 111cm framed)
    Robert McAulay
    Second Blue Door (Shed Series), 2025
    acrylic on gesso panel
    100cm x 100cm
    (111cm x 111cm framed)
    Reserved
  • Robert McAulay Big Blue Door (Shed Series), 2025 acrylic on gesso panel 100cm x 100cm (111cm x 111cm framed)
    Robert McAulay
    Big Blue Door (Shed Series), 2025
    acrylic on gesso panel
    100cm x 100cm
    (111cm x 111cm framed)
    £ 3,850.00
  • Robert McAulay Pilgrim Series, day iv, 2025 acrylic on gesso panel 21cm x 21cm (23.5cm x 23.5cm framed)
    Robert McAulay
    Pilgrim Series, day iv, 2025
    acrylic on gesso panel
    21cm x 21cm
    (23.5cm x 23.5cm framed)
    £ 680.00
  • Robert McAulay Pilgrim Series, day i, 2025 acrylic on gesso panel 21cm x 21cm (23.5cm x 23.5cm framed)
    Robert McAulay
    Pilgrim Series, day i, 2025
    acrylic on gesso panel
    21cm x 21cm
    (23.5cm x 23.5cm framed)
    Sold
  • Robert McAulay Pilgrim Series, day ii, 2025 acrylic on gesso panel 21cm x 21cm (23.5cm x 23.5cm framed)
    Robert McAulay
    Pilgrim Series, day ii, 2025
    acrylic on gesso panel
    21cm x 21cm
    (23.5cm x 23.5cm framed)
    £ 680.00
  • Robert McAulay Pilgrim Series, day iii, 2025 acrylic on gesso panel 21cm x 21cm (23.5cm x 23.5cm framed)
    Robert McAulay
    Pilgrim Series, day iii, 2025
    acrylic on gesso panel
    21cm x 21cm
    (23.5cm x 23.5cm framed)
    £ 680.00
  • Robert McAulay Pilgrim Series, evening i, 2025 acrylic on gesso panel 21cm x 21cm (23.5cm x 23.5cm framed)
    Robert McAulay
    Pilgrim Series, evening i, 2025
    acrylic on gesso panel
    21cm x 21cm
    (23.5cm x 23.5cm framed)
    £ 680.00
  • Robert McAulay Pilgrim Series, evening iii, 2025 acrylic on gesso panel 21cm x 21cm (23.5cm x 23.5cm framed)
    Robert McAulay
    Pilgrim Series, evening iii, 2025
    acrylic on gesso panel
    21cm x 21cm
    (23.5cm x 23.5cm framed)
    Sold
  • Robert McAulay Pilgrim Series, evening iv, 2025 acrylic on gesso panel 21cm x 21cm (23.5cm x 23.5cm framed)
    Robert McAulay
    Pilgrim Series, evening iv, 2025
    acrylic on gesso panel
    21cm x 21cm
    (23.5cm x 23.5cm framed)
    Sold
  • Robert McAulay Pilgrim Series, evening ii, 2025 acrylic on gesso panel 21cm x 21cm (23.5cm x 23.5cm framed)
    Robert McAulay
    Pilgrim Series, evening ii, 2025
    acrylic on gesso panel
    21cm x 21cm
    (23.5cm x 23.5cm framed)
    £ 680.00
Installation Views