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"I was lucky enough to get the chance to spend three months as Artist in Residence at Hospitalfield House during the summer of 2006. It is a stunning mansion house that has been growing and changing for over two hundred years and is adorned with a myriad of carvings and turrets and furnished with objects from the 1800’s. I had the luxury of living there and treating it as my home for a short while and I grew extremely fond of the building and the stories, which hide in every corner.

I made works of art whilst there, inspired by the objects that have been left behind by Patrick and Elizabeth Allan Fraser, the last owner/occupants. I felt that the treasured furniture and crockery contained the spirit of the previous owners; they had a presence and kept me company when I was alone, and so, remembering the house’s earlier history as a hospital, I mended the damaged objects using medical means, caring for them as one would a human body.

Whilst there, I was interviewed by Radio Scotland for The Radio Café and since my residency I have given talks on my experience in the house to the Friends of the Royal Scottish Academy, Holyrood Arts Club and to students from Virginia Commonwealth University at Glasgow School of Art.

My residency at Hospitalfield House culminated in an ‘Open Doors’ weekend, during which I exhibited my work around the house. A publication was made for this exhibition: Open Doors – The Hungry Dog Press, ISBN 0-9541412-2-9.

In January 2007, I exhibited the work that I had created during my residency at Hospitalfield House in In Residence at the Royal Scottish Academy. I showed alongside Miranda Blennerhasset and Catriona Grant who were also funded by the RSA to undertake the residency that year."

Julia Douglas
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