The Bait Muzna Gallery in Oman held the first exhibition “Wave of Arts” at the Sultanate’s 18 hole Golf Course at The Wave.
One of the paintings sold was of Dhows,Sur by Alan Reed. The painting was purchased by officials of The Wave who presented it as a gift to the VIP His Highness Sayyid Kamil bin Fahd al Said who inaugurated the exhibition.
See more of Alan Reed Paintings of the Gulf.
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Every Saturday throughout February is now an open day for anyone who would like to pop in for a glass of wine and browse in our Gallery, Ponteland, Newcastle upon Tyne/Northumberland.
This month we are launching the Oman Sketch Book Sketch Book of Oman a facsimile sketch book containing 27 giclee reproductions of sketch book studies painted over the last 3 years on location in Oman together with 13 studio watercolours inspired by the studies.
A portion of the proceeds will go to 40/40, a scholarship scheme for 40 Omani students to undertake undergraduate degrees at British affiliated Universities. Open Days will be advertised regularly on our website via the news page and will usually be the 1st Saturday in each Month except when Alan is away on location. Alan & Susan Reed in Muscat, Oman Quick Sketch done on location Quick Sketch by Alan Reed of Dubai Creek Fantastic watercolour of the traditional Arab dancing (one of my favourites) Alan painted this for me for Christmas. This was amazing to watch whilst being served with delicious dates and drinks by the locals who were so friendly and hospitable. Alan Reed painting on location Our friends Maggie & Bill on a boat trip Our son Oliver
After following Andy in Oman for some time on his very interesting blog, Alan & I were finally able to meet up with him, his wife Che and baby boy Gershom. It was a lovely afternoon sitting in Starbucks, Muscat overlooking the sea.
If anyone wishing to get some honest insight on Oman’s culture, restaurants and life in general in this unique Gulf country, then Alan and I thoughourly recommend following Andy’s blog posts.
Fans of landscape photographer Malcolm MacGregor will be delighted to see that he has an exhibition of his photographs of Oman at the Bait Muzna gallery, Muscat.
The exhibition titled “Mystical Oman” is a joint show with watercolourist Alan Reed who is from the North East of England and runs from 6th April to 8th May.
Many of Malcolm’s outstanding photographs can be seen in his book “Wilderness Oman”. He is off again this week into the empty quarter of Oman with his large format camera to capture more incredibly detailed photographs of the rock formations, trees, desert and other features of Oman’s breathtaking landscape.
Alan Reed is currently working on location in Oman producing more of his highly desirable sketch book studies of Omani life. These will no doubt become the catalyst for another exciting project in 2010. Follow Alan Reed’s blog to keep up to date with Alan’s schedule for 2010.
It’s only 2 weeks until we leave for Oman and I don’t know how I’m going to get everything tied up before we go.
We still have to get accommodation organized, however I did get travel insurance sorted today - for what that’s worth !
Alan sent the paintings off today to the Bait Muzna Gallery for the exhibition due to start on 6th April. It’s getting quite exciting now and I’m so looking forward to having some rest and sunshine.
Alan will not get excited until wer’e on the plane and by then he will be so exhausted that he will fall asleep before we even take off!!!
