I took these macro photos at the National Museum of Scotland a few weeks ago… on my mobile phone! I shared them on Instagram, but forgot to share them here. Amazingly they were taken with a cheap piece of kit from Amazon (since discovering it’s usefulness and the quality of images it can help produce, …
My aim for 2018 is to get back to the process… To drive down deeper into the practice, pick apart the conscious actions in order to loose myself more in the subconscious actions. “Do it for the process” The first exercise I set myself was to work at mark making, with the aim of loosening …
The usual snows have fallen in January. It’s been a good test for the studio, and specifically the thermal qualities of the structure and the load of snow on the roof. I’m pleased to say nothing has sagged or leaked, and after a blast with the heaters, the space warms up nicely (and retains heat …
Whilst I’m currently taking a health-related break from making art commercially, I’ve been creative in another way with an exciting project – designing a new art studio space, which my talented, handy-with-a-saw husband has been patiently building for me in our garden. My old studio was tucked into the eves of our home. A cramped, …
I’m just posting this to say I’m sorry folks, I’m having to shut-up shop for a while (you might have noticed the little grey messages at the top of all the pages). Alas, things are still not good on the health front… After getting my inter-cranial pressures back to normal, after a year of saggy-brain-shinanigens (it’s …
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 …
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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Ack, it’s a hard one? How personal is too much? To share health-related stuff or not? Nobody want’s to read a depressing blog post, but also health-stuff is a big part of whats going on in my life – creative and otherwise – just now… I’m just back from a couple of hospital visits – …