Art Classes and Workshops 2020
I have several art classes and workshops running from my studio at WASPS, West Park Place, Edinburgh EH11 2DP. I also have art classes and workshops elsewhere. Please see links below.The following art workshops are run from my WASPS studio in West Park Place. Please...
Threefold 2 – Three Contemporary Figurative Painters
I am exhibiting new paintings in Threefold 2 at the Union Gallery, Edinburgh. This is the second time I have exhibited with Sophie McKay Knight and Alexandra Warren. We are all contemporary figurative painters who have a strong sense of colour and mystery...
369 Gallery Remembered
I was fortunate to have a studio at the 369 Gallery for four years (1988-92). My first solo show was in the main gallery in 1989 - paintings and monoprints inspired by a year in Madrid on a Spanish Government Scholarship, fosussing on the rose garden in...
Moving artist’s studio
In August this year I moved artist's studio within the same building – WASPS Studios, West Park Place, Edinburgh. I had been in my previous studio for twenty three years! That is a long time to be in an artist's studio. My years there had been marked by a lot of hard...
La Fête Champêtre
This series of paintings takes its inspiration from the theme of la Fête Champêtre – a pastoral festival, or picnic in the park. Eighteenth century French artist Antoine Watteau reflected on this theme, depicting men and women in elegant...
Roman fresco course in Sardinia
Last month I spent a week at Bosa Art School in Sardinia with Carey Mortimer. We are both ridiculously interested in the Roman fresco technique and decided to get together to develop a Roman fresco course to be launched next year in Bosa. The...
Remembered Rooms
I have painted a series of rooms remembered from my childhood – I lived in four different houses, each with a particular character which still invades my dreams. The paintings started out from a spark of memory, but soon developed into parallel places - rooms of the...
Wall fresco part 3
Day three and four of painting and everything went to plan. I was starting to feel like real fresco painter, except for the fact I didn’t have assistants (or even slaves, as the Romans did). As I went on, I found I could tackle larger areas, so decided to...
Wall fresco part two
I decided to divide my fresco design into six giornate (painting days) as fresco has to be painted onto a damp plaster- and it dries quite quickly. I had already done a drawing of my garden and a quick colour sketch with egg tempera on gessoed paper, to get a feel for...
Wall fresco part one
Having made dozens of portable frescoes on panels, I thought it was high time I tackled an actual wall. Fresco is, after all, a mural technique. Brick is the best and my studio building is made of brick. Unfortunately, it means working outside, which is not the best...