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The PaintingsThe paintings within the church are the workof the professional hand of the ReverendRoland Porchmouth, a minister of the Churchof Scotland and a former member of thecongregation.The Ark and The Covenant: Genesis ch.9 v. 8-13The series of twenty-two paintings hang both inthe gallery and downstairs. In the artist’s ownwords, “The paintings illustrate a few familiarincidents from the Old Testament, following thebroad sweep of the story from its commencingpages in Genesis to a point where the viewopens out on to a world in which Christ hasappeared.”The artist generously gifted these paintings tothe Church.And the Lord said to Moses ‘Write thou thesewords’ ... : Exodus ch.34 v. 27-29Nec Tamen Consumebator: Exodus ch.3 v. 1-6Abraham and the Sacrifice of Isaac: Genesis ch.22 v.1,2,9-1312
Stained Glass ArtistsDaniel Cottier, whose studio produced all of the nineteenth and early twentiethcentury stained glass windows in the church, has an interesting background.In spite of the French sounding name, he was born near Anderson Cross inGlasgow in 1838. He served his apprenticeship there before moving to Edinburghand later London.His lancet window designs in Peebles Old show that he was greatly influenced bythe Pre-Raphaelites of the mid to late19th. century. He flourished and laterstill, spread his influence as far as NewYork and Australia.A further account of Cottier and his workcan be found in book entitled Scotland’sStained Glass – Making the Colours Singby Michael Donnelly and published byMercat Press.Cottier windowsCrear McCartney who created the two modern stained glass windows in theentrance was born in Symington, Lanarkshire in 1931. He gained the Diplomain Design (Stained Glass) at Glasgow School of Art, which he attended from 1950to 1955. He was the manager of the Stained Glass Studio at Pluscarden Abbeyfrom1955 to 1960. Following a spell as a teacher of art, he became a freelance artistin stained glass in 1988.He had many major commissionsthroughout Scotland, including the westwindow of St. Magnus Cathedral, Orkney,which celebrates the 850th anniversary ofthat building. The RAF memorial windowat St. Eval, Cornwall, was also designed byhim.Crear McCartney Windows13
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