GEORGE WYLLIE has a zest for life that makes him a winner. He also has that great Glasgow knack: a sense of the absurd. He makes you laugh - but he also makes you think. He may be a showman, an ...

One of Wyllie’s best-known works is Paper Boat Of The Origami Line (1989), a 78ft vessel so large he could stand on it when it was launched on the River Clyde in Glasgow, and it also sailed in ...

George Wyllie retired as a customs officer in his late 50s to focus on art. Lucinda Cameron. Thursday 25 April 2024 12:37 BST. The Wyllieum in Greenock opens on Friday (Jane Barlow/PA) (PA Wire) ...

A museum celebrating the work of the late customs officer turned artist George Wyllie will help “cement” his legacy, its director has said. The Wyllieum, on the banks of the river Clyde in ...