Earlier this year I was delighted to be accepted as a Member of the National Association of Acrylic Painters. The organisation was set up in 1985 to promote the promote the excellence in painting with Acrylics, to encourage innovation and to recognise it as a serious medium on par with Watercolours and Oils (just as …
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I’ve been spending a lot of time in the studio over the last few weeks – finally my creative mojo seems to be back! Hooray! It’s prompted me to solve quite a few technical problems and really think about the way I work, so I thought it would be a great time to share my …
I’ve always felt that, as an artist, I am a bit of an imposter… That at some point soon someone was going to find out that, although I put up a good front, I am actually not a very good artist… That I am (fairly gracefully) winging it, and that at some point I would …
Just a quick post… I was out and about today on an epic car journey, looking for material for up-coming work. The light was doing lovely things at times, but also a lot of heavy cloud and flat light. It’s always good to find yourself out in the Highland landscape, pootling along underneath mountains, admiring …
When you’re feeling a bit poorly there’s nothing like a mega-trawl of Ebay looking for all weird and wonderful things for sale… Here’s today’s round-up of the crazy, beautiful and unexpected! These props from the 1997 film, ‘The Borrowers’ Those who’ve seen the film (or remember the story) will know it centres around tiny-sized people …
Where has the art gone? For an art blog and website, there’s not a lot of art happening here… So what’s gong on? With a lead-in like that that, it’s evidently going to be a somewhat rambling and introspective post – but I don’t want it to become a downbeat one! Mainly what’s going on …
I am a charity shop lover! I love a rummage, I love a bargain, I love finding something unique and special that I couldn’t buy elsewhere. My mum taught me the art of charity shopping when I was a kid. I had all sorts of treasures from charity shops… like a set of tiny 1950’s …
I’ve been looking for a vintage dressing table for ages. Last week at Gary Paterson Sales (thanks to Jacqueline for all her help) I struck lucky and found this gorgeous Art Deco dressing table! It has a beautiful sculpted shape with rounded cupboards and sliding tambour doors which house tiny cubby holes for trinkets. The mirror is …
Every year, in the run up to Christmas, something exciting happens at Inchmore Gallery near Inverness – small packages start arriving in the post from all around the UK, people pop by to drop off little palm sized parcels… These are carefully opened by gallery owner Jane Owen Inglis to reveal several hundred tiny works …
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I spotted some Facebook friends cooing over this amazing caravan and just had to share. What an amazing space! The owner of this Coventry Knight 49 (1949 being the year it was made) caravan has listed it on Ebay with starting bid of £8,000. It has a drinks cabinet, writing desk, his and hers wardrobe as …
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