Takes on Thomson

The Alexander Thomson Society is running an online exhibition where we invited artists, designers, society members, followers, anyone with an interest in Thomson, to create works inspired by Alexander Thomson or his work.

Across our Instagram, Twitter and web pages we will post an image, each of a various style and media, that has been completed to reflect on the vast influences of Alexander Thomson within both the professional and public fields. This collection of images will provide us with an extensive catalogue of Thomson-inspired drawings, creating a lasting memory of the many ways in which Thomson is incorporated into art and design today.

Each image will be posted below with a brief description of the piece and its creator.

Entries

  • 01 - Zoe Herbert

    (Alexander Thomson Society)
    Thomson Mandala

  • 02 - Thomas Woodcock

    (Elder and Cannon Architects)
    St Vincent Street United Presbyterian Church: Doorway in West Elevation

  • 03 - Will Knight

    (Will Knight Drawings)
    1:20 Scale Section Study of Entrance Steps at n.8 Great Western Terrace

  • 04 - Douglas Ritchie

    (@glasgowthrougharchitecture)
    Caledonia Road Church

  • 05 - Iain King

    (Page\Park Architects)
    St Vincent Street & Caledonia Road Church Towers

  • 06 - Glasgow Botanic Gardens

    (Submitted by Christine Nicholson)
    Pleione Alexander Greek Thomson – new orchid hybrid

  • 07 - David McMillan

    (Tektonika Architects Ltd)
    Thomson Cartoon

  • 08 - Leo Allen Cripps

    (John McAslan + Partners)
    Thomson Collage

  • 09 - Bespoke Atelier

    (Submitted by Marion Parola)
    Sacred Parti

  • 10 - Gerald Blaikie

    (scotcities.com)
    Ornamental Masonry designed by Alexander Thomson

  • 11 - Paul Stallan

    (Stallan-Brand)
    Fear of Architecture

  • 12 - William Napier

    (Adams Napier Partnership)
    Revealed

  • 13 - Marion Gardyne

    (Visual Artist)
    Chimney Pots and Tiles: Strathbungo, Glasgow

  • 14 - David Reat

    (The University of Strathclyde)
    N. elevation of St. Vincent Street Church, composed using a Greek typeface

  • 15 - Alan Millar

    (Architect)
    New Thomson-inspired classical apartment block in Yokohama, Japan

  • 16 - Scott Abercrombie

    (John Gilbert Architects/ATS)
    Egyptian Halls facade details

  • 17 - Kevin Andrew Morris & Craig Munro

    (Ceramicist/Graphic Designer)
    The Wrath of Alexander

  • 18 - Christopher Platt

    (Glasgow School of Art)
    Reflections of Holmwood – pages from the sketchbook of Christopher Platt

  • 19 - Cecilia Stamp

    (Jewellery, textiles and print designer)
    Squiggle & Meandros – Thomson-inspired 3D printed rings

  • 20 - Neil Mochrie

    (Glasgow School of Art)
    Thomson Archi-Tete

  • 21 - Wil Freeborn

    (Painter/Illustrator)
    Paper cups: West Nile Street illustration for Laboratorio Espresso

  • 22 - Justina Jakubkaite

    (Mackintosh School of Architecture)
    Detail

  • 23 - Rosemary Cunningham

    (Illustration, etc.)
    ‘Greek’ Glasgow Guild

  • 24 - Calene Scott-White

    (Hooperhart)
    Thomson collage

  • 25 - John Joseph Burns

    (Holmes Miller Architects)
    Caledonia Line

  • 26 - Denis Donoghue

    (Bricking It Glasgow)
    Lego Caledonia Road Church

  • 27 - Richy Lamb

    (Graphic Designer)
    Adaptation

  • 28 - Mark Baines

    (Glasgow School of Art/ATS)
    Thomson kit-of-parts

  • 29 - Toby Paterson

    (Artist)
    Child’s Eye View (No.1 Great Western Terrace)
    Acrylic on Bristol Board

  • 30 - Titas Grikevicius

    (Holmes Miller Architects)
    The metropolis of Alexander Thomson

  • 31 - Brigit Luffingham

    (John Gilbert Architects/ATS)
    Column Unwrapped

  • 32 - Ian Alexander

    (JM Architects)
    Thomson

  • 33 - Natalie Tweedie

    (Nebo Peklo)
    Holmwood House, timelapse video of a digital illustration

  • 34 - ataSTUDIO

    Design development for Thomson’s monument


  • 35 - Andrew Fitzpatrick

    The Greek Thomson Terrace Glimpsed through the Trees (pencil and watercolour on Waterford paper) 22 by 30 inches approx

  • 36 - Csian Jemecel Canave

    (Artist)
    Minecraft ‘Greek’ Thomson - A Minecraft recreation of Caledonian Road Church

  • 37 - Libby Walker

    (Artist)
    Bungo Lanes

  • 38 - Ben Cavanagh

    (Herlewin)
    Lilybank House sketch, 26/1/2020

  • 39 - Alexander Jackson

    (Artist)
    Caledonia Road Church

  • 40 - Jamie McNamara

    (SPAB Scotland)
    Acanthus - Lino print onto recycled paper

  • 41 - Martin Bolton

    (Student)
    Reproduction of Alexander Thomson’s South Elevation for Caledonia Road Church

  • 42 - Lynsey Paterson

    (UofG Chartered Building Surveyor - Conservation & Projects)
    Holmwood flowering - taken from wallpaper being conserved in the dining room at Holmwood

  • 43 - Marion Gardyne

    (Marion Gardyne – Visual Artist)
    Patterns of Holmwood (acrylic painting on canvas) 65cm square

  • 44 - Ross Cameron

    (McGinlayBell)
    Thomson tour sketch studies: Form to fenestration to threshold

  • 45 - Jordan Byrne

    (Byrne Atelier)
    St. Vincent Street Detail, Sketch & Digital Collage

  • 46 - Hannah Pritchard

    (Architect)
    Moray Place

  • 47 - Rupert Bennett

    (Llewellyn Harker Lowe Architects)
    Trying to get my head round the details of St Vincent Street Church

  • 48 - Matthew Cavanagh

    (GCC/Teacher)
    The Sixty Steps from Queen Margaret Road

  • 49 - Brazen Studios

    Geometric Interlocking Yellow Gold Rings. Bespoke design; inspired by the Grecian motifs Thomson often incorporated into his architectural facades

  • 50 - Roslyn Mitchell

    (Textile Artist)
    Egyptian Halls. The original was sketched in thread, using free-motion embroidery

  • 51 - Dan Lowe

    (Architect)
    Lockdown Long Run - Thomson Route

  • 52 - Gillian Mcneill

    (Illustrator / Fashion Designer)
    Moray Place

  • 53 - Lee Ciarsolo

    (Architect & Lecturer in Architecture, City of Glasgow College)
    Oakfield Avenue Terrace, stone detail

  • 54 - Simon Hurst

    (Architect - SCHD ltd.)
    A new mixed use design for an urban block in Glasgow

  • 55 - Liz Steel

    (Artist)
    St Vincent Street Church

  • 56 - Rogier van den Brink

    (Studio Rogier van den Brink)
    Building study, Thomson-inspired

  • 57 - Frank Boyle

    (Freelance Artist and Cartoonist)
    The coach house at Holmwood

  • 58 - Jo Sunshine Art

    Alexander Greek Thomson

  • 59 - Thomas Cornwallis

    Caledonia Road Church

  • 60 - Frank Boyle

    (Freelance Artist and Cartoonist)
    Holmwood in the Snow

  • 61 - Natalie Davidson

    Thomson

  • 62 - Marion Gardyne

    (Visual Artist)
    Thomson Doorways (Part of ‘100 Doors Project’)

  • 63 - Gavin Stamp

    Proposed New Railway Station at Strathbungo

  • 64 - Finley Moody

    (Architecture Student)
    Façade Study, Maria Villa

  • 65 - Barbara Vecchione

    (Riach Partnership)
    Lockdown wander: Holmwood House

  • 66 - Adam Marikar

    (University of Glasgow Dental Student)
    St. Vincent Street Presbyterian Church completed in oil pastels

  • 67 - Gerard Stamp

    Caledonia Road Church

  • 68 - Prashanti Nerellapalli

    (Lawyer)
    Thomson Portrait

  • 69 - Oska Burman

    (Luthier - Oska Burman Guitars)
    Greek Key Patterns

  • 70 - Marion Gardyne

    (Visual Artist)
    Thomson Doorways (Part of ‘100 Doors Project’)


  • 71 - Veronica Sinclair Wright

    A Gorbals Story (copyright 1999)



  • 72 - Rich Welsh

    (RDW Glass)
    Anthemions used in stained glass designs -inspired by the palmette design found in much of Alexander Thomson’s work. A hybrid of "Glasgow Style" and Greek Thomson.

  • 73 - Alfie Hollington

    (Architecture Student)
    University project - proposal for the adaptive reuse of Caledonia Road Church

  • 74 - Steven McClure

    (Steven McClure Art)
    Sixty Steps

  • 75 - Ashley Rawson

    Thomson Details


  • 76 - Brian Kiernan

    (Teacher)
    Linocut: Thomson’s Door

  • 77 - Mike Battcock

    (Policy Adviser, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
    Caledonia Road Church, Gorbals, Glasgow

  • 78 - Adrian B McMurchie

    (Artist / Illustrator)
    Grecian Chambers

  • 79 - Laura Macfarlane

    Holmwood - a quick study

  • 80 - Niall Murphy

    (GCHT)
    A Digital Study of Thomson’s Columns at St Vincent Street Church

  • 81 - Ashley Rawson

    Holmwood

  • 82 - Adrian B McMurchie

    (Artist / Illustrator)
    St Vincent Street Church

  • 83 - Chunyi (Sally) Sun

    (Architecture Student / Illustrator)
    Caledonia Road Church

  • 84 - David Ross

    (Half Year Studio)
    Riso print inspired by a Thomson tenement.

  • 85 - Elliott Goldin

    (Architecture Student)
    Moray Place

  • 86 - Coll Hamilton

    (Artist)
    Caledonia Road Church

  • 87 - Martin Bolton

    (Student)
    Albert Monument 

  • 88 - Christopher Hill

    Caledonia Road United Presbyterian Church: Woodcut print

  • 89 - Elliott Goldin

    (Architecture Student)
    Thomson Spire

  • 90 - Nadia Malekian

    (Architect)
    Chimney

  • 91 - Kate MacLeod

    (Screenprinter)
    Diptych/Triptych

  • 92 - Lee Ciarsolo

    (Architect)
    Caledonia Road Church

  • 93 - Joanne Moss

    (Legal Secretary / ATS Treasurer)
    It is all Greek to me

  • 94 - Simona Giordano

    (Interior Designer)
    Gorbals Glitch

  • 95 - Frank Boyle

    (Freelance Artist and Cartoonist)
    St Vincent Street Church

  • 96 - Andrew Lang

    (Freelance Artist)
    St Vincent Street Church

  • 97 - Anna Gibb

    (Architect and Illustrator)
    Egyptian Halls

  • 98 - Stephen O'Neil

    (Stephen O’Neil Art)
    Moray Place