May 4, 2020
Here is another dispatch from my virtual curatorial residency at Diana’s studio. The freedom and aesthetics of cycling seem to revolve around her work. At least two watercolours and four paintings invite us to pedal through city centres and country lanes, even...
May 3, 2020
Seedling nurseries at the nation’s windowsills might be one of the pandemic lockdown subcultures. While watering my daughter’s sunflower buds this morning, I was reminded of Diana’s painting of ripe with seeds yet rather melancholic sunflowers here....
May 2, 2020
I am very pleased to share the good news that I was awarded a small professional development grant from VACMA – the Visual Artist and Craft Maker Award programme administered through Creative Scotland and City of Edinburgh Council. The award will enable me to work...
May 1, 2020
With the feature documentary Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Mattisse still on my mind, I have found the motivation to finish my new diptych of waterlilies rondos. Still wet and fresh off the easel, I offered these new paintings of mine for sale at £100 each as...
Apr 29, 2020
Edinburgh’s Cramond Beach is our favourite family place for walking and cycling and even more so in these troubled times. This watercolour of mine, featuring my bike parked on the Cramoind Beach promenade, is just one of my works selected to take part in the...
Apr 28, 2020
Did you catch the Facebook premiere of Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse based on the Royal Academy of Arts landmark exhibition, including masterpieces from Monet, Renoir, Pissaro, Sargent, and Matisse. It was a free broadcast courtesy of Exhibitions on...
