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ART lovers across Inverclyde are being invited to share their favourite memories of a renowned Gourock artist to help mark what would have been his centenary year. To celebrate 100 years since the birth of much-loved creator George Wyllie, his family are creating a new online map detailing his public - and perhaps unknown - sculptures. The Mapping Memories project launched on what would ve been Mr Wyllie s 99th birthday, 31 December. It aims to include the locations and details of not just sculptures but many of the artist s temporary installations such as the Straw Locomotive and the Paper Boat. The artist s elder daughter, Louise Wyllie, says the trail will form a permanent marker of her father s ‘out-and-about’ approach to art which took him across the UK and beyond.