Born in 1930 in Aberdeen, Donald Buyers attended the local Grammar School and later Gray’s School of Art between 1948 and 1951.Later he began to teach in schools, eventually becoming a visiting lecturer at Gray’s. His whole life was spent working on his art and exhibiting his wonderful landscapes capturing the colours and textures of the Scottish countryside. A member of the RSW, he showed at a number of galleries and institutions in Scotland. Mixed exhibition included the Young Scottish Contemporaries, Arts Council, 1963–4; the Glasgow Group Exhibition, 1975–80; BWS, 1987; and Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh, Six East Coast Artists, 1990. Buyers also had a solo show at the Gaumont Gallery, Aberdeen in 1954, and later showed at the University of Aberdeen and the Torrance Gallery, Edinburgh. The Duke of Edinburgh, the Scottish Arts Council and many other Scottish public and private collections hold his work.
An extensive watercolour showing rolling hills and a patchwork of fields by the fine Aberdeenshire artist Donald Buyers RSW. Verso, a label for the Rendezvous Gallery in Aberdeen with the title “Stormy Day”. Signed snd dated 1987, this work is in good condition in its original frame and mount.
Measures 54 cm wide by 37 cm deep (76 cm by 58 cm in its frame).
£300
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