Thoughts and process
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Fit to create – an ongoing blog
I’m going to write down my thoughts as I try out papers…
Trying out different packaging options – an ongoing blog
I’m going to write down my thoughts as I try out papers…
CreativeMornings Edinburgh – Born Creative?
Online Panel Discussion – from CreativeMornings Edinburgh
26 Feb 2021
Trying out different hot press watercolour papers – an ongoing blog
I’m going to write down my thoughts as I try out papers…
Just a card
Just a card @justacard #Indieweek
Getting out and about again…
Two gallery visits and an excursion
Our garden featured on BBC’s Gardeners’ World – June 2020
It was so exciting to get the call saying that we had been picked for inclusion…
BBC’s Gardeners’ World and other stuff – June 2020
We submitted some videos of our garden and the part it plays in my work process…
Article in The Botanical Artist, ASBA publication Dec 2019
I have an article in the latest journal of the ASBA’s the Botanical Artist…
Fun times – Winter 2019
Screenprinting at Edinburgh Printmakers & Small things prints, originals and cards available in the shop
The Pittenweem Arts Festival… August 2018
I got a generous review from Katherine Tyrrell of the Botanical Art and Artists website on my show at the Pittenweem Arts Festival. "The occasion of a first solo exhibition for a botanical artist is very special - and I like to try and highlight those who are trying...
Getting ready for the Pittenweem Arts Festival… June & July 2018
So this has been a very busy couple of months... I finished up all my current paintings and illustrations in June in time to hand them over to the very diligent and clever James Potter for photography and to produce giclée prints (which are so good, I have to be very...
Flora Scotia and other stuff… April & May 2018
The Flora Scotia exhibition opened on the 31st March, I foolishly didn't take any photos at the opening, I was too busy catching up with folk and generally gabbing, I wanted to say thanks so much to Sarah Roberts and her team who put so much work into the exhibition...
Educational… March 2018
This month has been very educational! Last night I attended a talk organised by the Friends of the RSA at ECA, Let’s Talk About … establishing a career in the Visual Arts – challenges and rewards. This involved a 5 strong panel of emerging and established artists in...
What to do… & SSA & VAS TOGETHER Open February 2018
I've just come back from the SSA & VAS TOGETHER show (Society Of Scottish Artists and Visual Arts Society), at the RSA Buildings on the mound which also has the Winter Flowers exhibition and Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour! So much to digest. I...
Getting back to work… January 2018
I wondered about adding a post now and then which isn't exactly news but lists a few of the botanical art thingys that I have been thinking about... I've been painting again after my post diploma r&r requirement. I am finishing up on my diploma pieces, which is...