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Nevay, Heather
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1965-
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Painter and illustrator whose work included a strong element of fantasy. Graduated with honours from department of printed textiles at Glasgow School of Art, in 1988. After participating in the Scotfree Designs Exhibition and Betty Jackson Fashion Show at Olympia, Nevay began a busy career as an illustrator. Book cover commissions included Robin Jenkin's Fergus Lamont; Neil Gunn's Wild Geese Overhead; and Edwin Muir's Collected Poems. As a painter she showed at RSA, SSA, Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts and Compass Gallery, Glasgow. Cyril Gerber Fine Art, Glasgow, gave her solo shows from 1995.
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P268
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Buckman, David, Artists in Britain Since 1945