Flower Power
You may have seen this on Facebook already, but if not, meet Poppies & Lavender, recently purchased by a lovely lady as a gift for her Mum. Poppies & Lavender came about from an online class I...
View ArticleThe good, the bad, the ugly and the harshest critic of all
Today I'm sharing some sketches that are not finished works, that are not always pretty but are part of the process and part of my never ending learning curve.
View ArticleLet’s catch up
It’s not often I get to say this, so I’m going to make the most of it … I’m melting! We’ve been having a mini heat wave here in Portpatrick and it is just glorious. So what have I been up to lately –...
View ArticleThe Whithorn Series
We live in a part of Scotland that is steeped in early Christian history and while I have not yet found any organised religion that I can get jiggy with, I am fascinated with faith and belief. In...
View ArticleJune update
Lots of news, after a hectic month - I turned 50, taught some fantastic workshops, finished paintings for two exhibitions, helped Adrian get our guest room ready for B&B and planned an art retreat...
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The Pilgrim Collection
In May 2016 I was invited to display my work at the Whithorn Trust and after visiting the nearby St Ninian’s Cave, I created a number of paintings inspired by the notion of pilgrimage. On the day of...
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Seascape Gallery
It was the dream of living by the sea that drew Adrian and I to move to Portpatrick back in 2014. Before we moved here I would occasionally try painting the sea, mostly without success as I didn’t...
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Travelling West
Travelling West Acrylic, glass and texture paste on deep edged canvas in a white floater frame 300mm x 600mm SOLD This year I have made quite a few trips to England to visit family and this is loosely...
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Grace and Gratitude
Grace and Gratitude It’s been two years in the making, but at last this painting is finished. It began, like many of my paintings, in the pages of one of my art journals where I alow myself to play...
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Breakthrough
Breakthrough Acrylic, india ink and texture paste on canvas 400mm x 400mm, £170 (plus delivery) There is brightness behind and promise ahead and a dense dark maelstrom to deal with in the middle....
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Seascape Studies
It was the sea that drew me to this area and the ever changing shoreline and quality of reflected light have been a source of fascination ever since. I have spent the last few years working more...
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Let it Rain
“Let it Rain”, Acrylic and texture medium on canvas. 76cm x 50cm (20″ x 30″) The Australian bushfires of 2019-20 created headlines around the world and filled newsfeeds with awful stories of towns,...
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SF at Home Day 4: Spring 2020 Collection
If you were visiting us at Spring Fling this weekend, you would see five of the six paintings featured in the slide show above. They were part of the Spring Show at The Gallery at Laurieston which...
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SF at Home Day 5: Partners in Crime
Spring Fling covers the whole of Dumfries & Galloway and usually has about 90+ studios taking part over the three days. There is no way that visitors can reach every studio, so they have to be...
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Spring Fling Weekend: Gallery Tour
If you were visiting me at Spring Fling then you would follow the sea road down to Drummore and you’d be guided up the Kirkmaiden road to our house, once the village smiddy (and it will be again one...
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Spring Fling Weekend: A peek inside the studio
One of the great things about visiting artists in their own venues at any open studios event is the insight you get from seeing inside their studios. My first experience of this was while visiting a...
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Spring Show at Laurieston
EDIT: Sadly the global pandemic put a halt to this exhibition as the gallery had to close their doors. I now have the paintings back with me and those that are left are now available from Fine View...
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Autumn 2020 Solitude Collection
I have not done as much painting this year as I normally would. Lockdown was a dark time, not really because of the pandemic as such, but we lost good people this year and with all exhibitions...
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Virtual Spring Fling
Spring Fling couldn’t go ahead in May 2020 as planned, so the organisers decided to reschedule it for October, just after the Wigtown Book Festival. Sadly increased restrictions mean that people with...
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