Times are changing for an Angus studio that has been at the centre of the local arts community for more than quarter of a century.
Artists Ian and Maggie Kinnear opened the Oathlaw Pottery and Gallery near Forfar in 1988 where they have sold and exhibited produce from their own kiln off the A90.
However, an accident has forced Mr Kinnear, a graduate of Duncan of Jordanstone art college in Dundee, to hang up his gloves and focus on painting.
But the couple have turned misfortune around and are selling the last of their pottery with a portion of the profits going towards a local group in aid of Syrian Refugees.
“We have made our living out of pottery for 30 years and came here in 1988, but more recently we are devoting ourselves to painting,” said Maggie.
“What had finally decided it for us was Ian tearing his shoulder. The tendon came off the rotator cuff and he hasn’t felt like moving big lumps of clay around.
“We’re still very much continuing on with the painting and aren’t sure whether to rename ourselves as a studio.”
The exhibition, which ends on Saturday, is called Times are Changing in recognition of the end of an era at Oathlaw.
Ian said: “With the refugee crisis still very much with us, we felt it would be a good way to mark our final ceramic show by donating 20% of all sales to Angus Solidarity for Refugees.”
Maggie added: “There are local people who are doing an awful lot of work with the Syrian refugees, which was at the forefront of the news but has tailed off recently.
“We wanted to do anything we can to help.
“It doesn’t look like the situation’s going to get any better soon.”
The Kinnears’ work is well-known throughout Scotland and they were commissioned by the Tay Yacht Club to produce commemorative ceramics for its centenary in 1985.
Mr Kinnear graduated from art college with a Diploma in Art in 1965, and was awarded the David Murray Scholarship for Landscape Painting from the Royal Academy Schools, London, the same year.
In 1966 he started a teaching career in Glasgow and from then until 1979 he taught art at schools in Stirling and at Kingussie High School.
Mrs Kinnear graduated in the same year at Glasgow University and taught English in the city.