May 7, 2024 | Architecture, Art, Painting,, Scotland
Cropped detail from ‘In the Wings’ Curious how once a painting has been created, it quietly acquires a life of its own finding its way from easel to a new wall. I have to remind myself that this process can take some time as is the case with my body of...
Dec 17, 2022 | Art, Painting,, Lanark Heritage, Scotland
#Inktober is an Instagram challenge to draw daily in ink throughout the month of October. Last year, I took part and drew a series of some 25 vignettes focussed on Lanark. Some of these were framed and went off to be sold at the Tolbooth Christmas pop-up shop. I...
Sep 24, 2021 | Art, Painting,
Here’s the third and final painting of the kitchen table. This one features Josh, the cat we brought north with us to Scotland; a young half-starved semi-feral cat when we adopted him from North Staffs RSPCA five years ago. Josh asleep on the kitchen chair. His...
Feb 11, 2021 | Art, Painting,, Uncategorized
The Scrib Tree made quite an impression on our first visit: beautiful interior, locally-sourced food and outstanding artwork on the walls by Carol Taylor, who has her studio next door. It’s located in the ancient village of Douglas with records dating from the...
Jan 31, 2021 | Art, Painting,, Uncategorized
Sketched from Cockenzie sea shore Sometime last October I embarked on a course run by Paintbox tutor Owen Normand. I’ve been exploring ways to express the landscape where I live in the hope of being able to capture at least a fragment of how it feels to live...
Aug 14, 2020 | Art, Painting,, Scotland, Tolbooth Lanark
A new exhibition went up in the Tolbooth Lanark last weekend, titled ‘Coasts and Rivers’. This is Lanark’s invitation for local artists to participate in Scotland’s 2020 celebration of: ‘Scotland’s Year of Coasts and...
