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, …
When I was diagnosed with Syringomyelia (a neurological disorder of the spine) in early 2015, I felt life had spun me on a heel. A growing ‘molehill’ of assorted health niggles had suddenly turned into what felt like a ‘Chronic Illness mountain’. Following the news I went through a period of re-adjustment, as I sought …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 – …
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. …
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 …