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Here you can find out a bit about what I have been doing in my arty life and sometimes see news about where you can see my work.
Developing Tenacity
4 years ago I started acrylic painting. I had been doing drawing and a bit of oil painting up till then but it was a weekend hobby at that point. I started doing daily walks during lockdown in spring 2020, and they initiated the inspiration for the works that have followed in terms of most of the paintings since discovering that acrylic painting was my thing. In May 2024 I’m doing an exhibition with my friends Elisabeth Grant and Pascale Steenkiste called Life in Colour. Its taking place on 24-26th May at Nicolls, Glasgow. It will include some of my work from the last four years, except for the recent Fireweed series.
What is in store for 2024?
Finding out about the show has impacted on my practice, mainly because when I started to plan how to use the space I’ve been offered, I realised I had more wall available than I first realised. Luckily, I have time to make some more paintings and I have proceeded to work a bit differently than I have before to really have a cohesive body of work ready for the exhibition.
What have I learned in 2023?
In January I set some goals for 2023. One of these was to improve the quality of my work and I decided the way to do that was commit to more time doing the creative work. I started tracking the amount of time I spend in my studio …
Realisations at the end of a series
I have finished my series of willow herb paintings and have named then Fireweed – you can see them here. Fireweed is another name for willow herb, because the plant loves to colonise ground where there has been a fire, or where the earth has been disturbed.
Scaling up….at last!
Since my last blog where I shared some photographs of willow herb, I have been painting those same plants over and over again. Actually, to be more accurate I have drawn the outlines then painted them. I have loved it. The mixture of line and painting is interesting.