Dealbhan Fraoich 

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Dealbhan Fraoich/Heather's Portraits

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Heather Dewar creates colour portraits of well-known Gaels.

Heather Dewar combines the role of artist and interviewer, and creates colour portraits of well-known Gaels.

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Dealbhan Fraoich/Heather's Portraits: Series 6: Episode 1

Dealbhan Fraoich

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Series 6

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Heather Dewar meets Ruairidh Gray in a Glasgow studio and draws his colour portrait.  

Heather Dewar meets Ruairidh Gray in a Glasgow studio and draws his colour portrait. Fraoch Nic an Deòir cuide ri Ruairidh Gray ann an Glaschu son a dhealbhadh an dath. 

Islay-born artist Heather Dewar returns to our screens with a new series. Combining the role of artist and interviewer, she creates colour portraits of well-known Gaels – while teasing out of them every little detail of their life story! In this programme, Heather meets and draws Ruairidh Gray, Mod Gold Medal winner from South Uist who is studying music at the Royal Conservatoire in Glasgow.  

Heather takes some time away from the studio to visit the National gallery in Edinburgh and one of her favourite portraits, The Rev Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch, by Sir Henry Raeburn.

Tha Fraoch Nic an Deòir a Ìle air ais air an sgrion le sreath ùr de “Dhealbhan Fraoich”. An dà chuid na tè-ealain agus na ceasnaiche, tha i a’dèanamh dealbhan dathte de Ghàidheil air a bheil sinn eòlach – agus a’tàladh asta iomadh sgeul mu eachdraidh am beatha.
‘ S a’ phrògram seo tha Fraoch a’coinneachadh ‘s a dealbhadh Ruairidh Gray, buannaiche Buinn Òir a’ Chomainn à Uibhist a Deas ‘s a tha an dràsta na oileanach ciùil sa Conservatoire Rioghail, Glaschu.
Air falbh bhon stiùdeo tha Fraoch a’tadhal air Gailearaidh Nàiseanta, Dhùn Eideann a shealltainn air dealbh glè phrìseil dhith le Eanruig Raeburn-Am Ministear Spèilidh.

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Dealbhan Fraoich/Heather's Portraits: Series 6

Series in which Heather Dewar draws portraits.

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