Friday 14th October 2011 : Diane Rendle – The Use of Symbolic Elements in Composition

Friday 11th November 2011 : Joseph Maxwell Stuart – Watercolour Landscapes
Joseph began his art education at Ruskin School of drawing in Oxford. He went on to Edinburgh University and Art College to complete a BA Hons. in drawing and painting. His preferred mediums are oils and watercolour, painting landscapes mostly 'in the field’. He particularly delights in the challenge of working directly from nature.He now lives and paints in the Borders at his studio situated next to the Dawyck Arboretum near Peebles. He exhibits at the Torrance Gallery in Edinburgh

14th November - Receipt of Schedules for Christmas Exhibition Required
21st November - Handing in Day at DGRI 10.00 to 12.00am

Friday 9th December 2011 : Gwen Adair – Life Drawing
Gwen acquired a BA Hons. in graphics and illustration at Glasgow School of Art and a post graduate diploma in illustration. She learned about drawing from Danny Fergusson and about painting from Catriona Campbell. Her own work is mainly portraiture or figurative, pencil drawings or acrylic paintings. She teaches art at Dumfries Academy. She intends to use her daughter as model for her talk and demonstration.

1st January - Subscriptions due

Friday 13th January 2012 : Pattie Lean – Members Critique Night
Pattie studied art history at Edinburgh University and completed a BA and Masters qualifications at Cumbria Institute of Arts. She now paints in her studio at Dunscore and lectures in Fine Arts at the University of Cumbria. She has spoken before to a DAGFAS audience about abstract painting and was exceptionally well received. She now returns to offer some comment on the work of Society Members.

Friday 10th February 2012 : Sheila Mullen – “ The Bairns o Adam”
Sheila’s colourful and mysterious work has recently been the subject of a professional book which a testament to her unique visions, about which she will speak. Her very dramatic visual images are drawn from Scottish ballads and poetry.

Friday 9th March 2012 : Lorna McIntosh – My career and the subject matter I explore in my work
Born in Inverness in 1974 and graduated from the Edinburgh College of Art with BA ( 1st Class Hons.) in painting in 1995 and MFA Painting in 1997 Lorna now lives and works in Edinburgh where she has shown at the Open Eye Gallery. Her recent awards include: Residencies for Scotland Award from RSA and Creative Scotland, 2011: Scottish arts Club Prize, RSA 2011. Her recent exhibitions include: RSA Annual Exhibition ( invited artist ), 2011 and ‘Breaking the Renaissance Code’ Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow ( invited artist ) 2011.

Friday 13th April Annual General Meeting