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January 2026 openings

We are presently closed over the festive break and will reopen Sat.10th January 11.00 to 4.00. We will then be back to 2 days per week, Thursdays and Saturdays until the  end of January

We had a very good December with many Christmas goods away but we still have many of our regular lines available

We are also extending the winter exhibition to 31st January to let the christmas shoppers view it at leisure rather than panicking over Christmas gifts

February and March will be restricted for some redecoration, cleaning and exhibition planning, one of which will require a lot of framing and scanning. 

Printmaking Collection

We have a small choice of small lino or woodcuts by well known Edinburgh based printmaker, Judith Rowan who has exhibited widely over many years . They are unframed and very affordable. They are in th Affordable Artworks section of the site

Giclee Prints.

This is a term commonly used for inkjet reproductions of artwork, often in large or unlimited editions. We feel this demeans the artists work as they are so cheap to produce, admittedly now of good quality. We are not prepared to go down that route, the only short runs are from digital art, quite seperate from reproductions.

Online Sales

We are updating website and can send mail order, mainly gifts.

Regret we cannot ship large glass framed works unless by prior arrangement with specialised courier.

We try to show all framed works online, and some unframed if scannable.

Our gift section shows only a selection of stock, best pop in to see what we have as some items are not really economic to mail out. We can also offer click and collect should you wish to reserve an item.

We are unable to post goods over February and March

No 13 Press

Sheila also runs via the Gallery a self publishing venture, producing a small range of handmade books and zines as well as low edition printed books. We plan to display some artist books and zines for sale. These will all be limited editions and many are handmade.Current books are on this site under Gallery Shop- books and zines. 

Currently she has a self published book "Triangle", a selection of photography, drawing and printmaking. There are several options from basic book to presentation boxed copy.

Also  "The Spirit of the Garden", colour photographs made over at Dundee Botanic Gardens, linked to writings by Barbara Morton, a well known creator of specialist handmade books.

We have also printed a book to accompany the recent Allan Beveridge Retrospective, illustrating a selection of framed and unframed works, sketches and memorabilia. This can be mailed out and is online

We have a few books of images by the late Malcolm Thomson, a Dundee Photographer who sadly died a few years ago, we ran a retrospective a whilw ago.

Definition of a Print

Many of our artists are printmakers, their work is all their own " by the hand of the artist". Editions are hand pulled and low, many just do monoprints ie 1 of 1. They are all inked up, a long process when there are several colours, then run through the process be it etching, screenprint, relief print, lithography and several processes.

There is now a proliferation of outlets selling "original prints" These are reproductions, done photographically usually by ink jet, or giclee as often referred to. They tend to be in large or open editions, often in poor quality frames and bear no relationship to true printmaking. Most reputable galleries do not handle these. The term "Giclee Print" sounds impressive but it is just a fancy term for a reproduction of an original work. Locally there are certain well known artists, no names mentioned whose giclees can be found everywhere in large or open editions.

We do stock digital art, this is different again, being created in computer from many elements, almost a collage. They are editioned in low numbers and we offer these as a more affordable form of art..

We are happy to explain the various processes to any callers