Joshua Miles: Local Light

Kirkcudbright Galleries are delighted to welcome a solo exhibition by Joshua Miles: ‘Local Light’ Location: Mitchell Gallery, Kirkcudbright Galleries. (Level 3) Dates: 4th July – 18th October 2026 Artwork for sale in this exhibition Mitchell Gallery opening times: Monday – Saturday: 10am – 4:30pm Sundays: 11:30 – 4:30pm Joshua Miles was born in the Western Cape in South Africa in 1967. After early schooling in Swellendam he completed high school in the northern suburbs of Cape Town. He then went on to study at the Michaelis School of Fine Art at the University of Cape Town where he received the Michaelis prize for best student in his final year. Joshua is one of those rare artists who has managed to make a living solely from his art. He spent many years painting with oils on canvas but his passion has always been with reduction block printmaking. His influences in printmaking started at a young age watching his aunt Elsa Miles, artist and art historian, doing woodcuts and then later studying under Cecil is a landscape artist and is inspired by the play of light on the landscape which leads him to explore his local areas. He is always hunting for qualities flight that evoke emotion, this is often the softer light that brings out the in-between tones and greys most would miss.