The Old Lock up Gallery

I received some welcome news the other day that my painting ‘April Morning 2’ has been selected to appear in the Spring Open Exhibition at The Old Lock up Gallery, in Compton near Matlock. This is a beautiful gallery in Cromford, Derbyshire and I’m...

Scottish Society of Artists – 125th Annual Exhibition

The Society of Scottish Artists is holding their 125th Annual exhibition at the Maclaurin Art Gallery in Ayr. This is one of the largest and most prestigious shows of contemporary art in Scotland and you can imagine how delighted I was to learn that one of my...

Art at the Dovecot, Edinburgh

My year spent on the Professional Development course, at Paintbox School of Art, Cockenzie was intense, fast-paced, fun, stretching and worth every minute! Our end of year show happened almost six months ago and I’m still catching my breath whenever I think back...

ELEMENTS – Exhibition time!

This Thursday, a group of ten artists* will hang their work up in the Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh. This marks the end of our year of Professional Development at Paintbox School of Art, Cockenzie. It’s been an intensive year of creativity and learning – all...

Where Rowan Begins – a new way of painting

Building on my painting process which began with the Flourish Exhibition, I’d like to go through the thoughts and decisions behind a Cinderella painting which ended up going to the Ball – I mean to the wall! Bunches of Rowan berries don’t last long...