Oct 15, 2025 | BLOG, RESIDENCIES
I was fortunate to spend the month of July at the Hosking Houses Trust in the village of Clifford Chambers, two miles south of Stratford Upon Avon. I stayed in Church Cottage, a cosy place with William Morris wallpaper, a high bed and a roll-top bath in the bedroom....
Aug 13, 2023 | BLOG, FRESCO, NEWS, RESIDENCIES
In September 2022 I spent a week looking at frescoes in England thanks to a Stephen Palmer Travel Award Bursary awarded by Engage Scotland/ Creative Scotland. I would like to thank them for giving me this wonderful opportunity. I visited the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford...
Oct 16, 2022 | BLOG, FRESCO, RESIDENCIES
Continuing with my QEST Scholarship, I attended a week long fresco course, l’Art de la Fresque, at the beautiful Abbaye Saint Jacut de la Mer in Brittany, France. This was run by Isabelle Bonzom and Valerie Letombe and hosted by VMSF. There were thirteen participants...
Aug 9, 2022 | BLOG, RESIDENCIES
In March 2022, I spent eleven days on a residency in Cill Rialaig, County Kerry, Ireland. I had broken my hip the month before, so arrived with a crutch and the help of my wonderful artist friend, Hazel Walker, who drove me from Shannon airport and helped me get...
Jun 14, 2021 | BLOG, EXHIBITIONS, FRESCO, RESIDENCIES
‘Life Under Lockdown’ was the theme of a micro-residency I was chosen for in 2020, through NHS Tonic Arts. Seven artists, all born in different decades, were asked to respond to the theme by producing new work which would be exhibited at the Western...
Apr 28, 2021 | BLOG, RESIDENCIES, VIDEO DIARIES
Olivia Irvine : MERZ Diary #4 from arts-news on Vimeo. I visited the celebrated ‘faerie dell’ at Pamphy Linns many times to draw and paint. later, in the studio, I made collages and a diorama reflecting my experience. The Kirkconnel poet Alexander...
