My recent studio re-organisation made me think about what art materials and equipment I really value (and what I don’t – hence the several bin bags of no-longer-needed media, sketches and other might-be-useful-one-day items that I cleared out of my working space). Art Materials I Love… I thought it could be fun to share a …
It’s been a massive labour of love, but after many years to struggling on with my old website I decided it was time to prioritise the job of building a fabulous new one that was truly fit for purpose! The notion was to provide a virtual window into my studio, and into my creative life. …
Rightly or wrongly, I often cringe a bit when I hear or see the term ‘wall art’… It’s a ubiquitous but kind-of confused term, often used by someone when they don’t quite know what to describe something as – usually something decorative that goes on a wall, but they don’t know (or care) enough to …
Some of you lovely folk who follow my work will have seen me mention recently on social media that I was needing to take time out from painting to have some surgery (thank you so much for the lovely well wishes). I thought I would explain a little… I’ve tended, over the years, to keep …
I’m sharing this textiles experiment that I’ve just completed. It’s a direct progression from the work I’ve been doing exploring household materials and using them create abstract collages – old textiles, wallpaper, etc. I’m really interested in embroidery and how in the past it could be taken as a marker of accomplishment or value for …
It’s that time again, time to review the ~~ Artist Statement ~~, that most toe-curling of jobs – not least because its a rare person that enjoys writing about themselves, but also because you find yourself trying to condense years of work into just a few sentences, and because you really have to think about …
Last weekend I decided to revamp the studio. Even my husband had been saying it wasn’t the nicest space to be in – and he’s not usually that perceptive about these things! It was too dark, and whilst there was a space for most things, open shelving meant no amount of tidying ever seemed to …
I’ve been busy the last few days – it occurred to me that there might be limited opportunity to really get into painting abstracts over most of the coming year, as I have several mainly landscape painting trips to work on, and a big exhibition of landscape work in the late Summer. So I’ve decided …
On Friday I headed back up the road to the STONEworks Early Architecture Project at Spittal, Caithness to lend a hand with the broch building ( you can read more about brochs and the project here in a previous post). I must say again what a absolutely lovely team there are on site, and thanks …
Last Thursday I was lucky enough to be able to take a trip an hour and a half up the road to Caithness to drop in on an exciting experimental archaeology project. Members of the Caithness Archaeological Trust (CAT), experts from AOC Archaeology, the Archie Sinclair Fossil Centre, and volunteers from the community and further afield are working …