The spirit of Gaelic in Glasgow to be captured on canvas
He celebrated 20th-century Scottish poetry with his famous painting of Hugh MacDiarmid et al in an imaginary Edinburgh howff. He paid tribute to the Scottish folk revival with his fantastical depiction of Hamish Henderson carousing with musicians including Gael Dolina MacLennan and piper and Gaelic tradition-bearer Alan MacDonald. Now, Alexander "Sandy" Moffat is set to capture Gaelic culture and what it means to contemporary Glasgow. The distinguished Scottish painter has been appointed artist-in-residence to the Royal National Mòd 2019, and commissioned by Glasgow Life in partnership with the Hunterian Museum and the University of Glasgow to create an original artwork marking the Mòd's return to Clydeside for the first time in almost three decades. Chomharraich e bàrdachd na 20mh linn le a dhealbh ainmeil de dh'Ùistean MacDiarmaid is eile ann an àite-tadhail mas fhìor ann an Dùn Èideann. Rinn e moladh air an ath-bheothachadh ann an tuath-cheòl Albannach le a thuairisgeul iongantach air Seumas MacEanraig a' dèanamh subhachas le luchd-ciùil agus nam measg bha a' bhana-Ghidheal, Dolina NicIllinnein agus am pìobaire cliùiteach Ailean Dòmhnallach. A-nis, tha Alasdair "Sandy" Moffat deiseil airson cultar na Gàidhlig a ghlacadh agus na tha e a' ciallachadh do Ghlaschu co-aimsireil.
