A COLOURFUL art collection by two brothers celebrating the city of Paisley has opened in the town.

It is the first joint exhibition by Kevin Egan, 61 and his 57-year-old Dermott whose paintings, drawings, carvings and sculptures celebrate their working class roots growing up in the town’s Ferguslie Park and Glenburn housing schemes.

Among Kevin’s early works are relief carvings produced for the Marquis of Bute, which can still be seen at Mount Stuart House, on the Isle.

One of the works was shortlisted for the Saltire Prize.

The brothers are part of a creative family dynastry which also includes Joe, who enjoyed chart success in the music business as one half of the band, Stealer’s Wheel along with fellow-Paisley singer-songwriter, Gerry Rafferty.

Two other brothers Tommy and Jim were both accomplished folk singers.

Kevin said: “All our family were good at art and at the same time all of us, including Dermott and I were also musical and could sing.

“I suspect that on a subconscious level, Dermott and I decided to take the road of painting, drawing and sculpture, so as not to compete with our older brothers.

“When you’re in such a big family you try to find your own place to be creative and we choose art.”

Dermott saidL: “Almost all of my art and much of Kevin’s is based on Paisley and the worthies we knew when we were growing up.

“This is our first joint exhibition and we hope that when people come along they bring their imagination with them and share some of the unexpected discoveries we have made while creating our art.”

The exhibition, Form and Colour: A Way of Being in the World, runs at Paisley Museum and Art Galleries until February 26.