Journal
This is my diary in which I write down thoughts and particulars about some of my paintings.
Every now and then I will also jot down some notes when looking at the work of other artists.
Small Diptych
It seems I haven’t posted anything in ages, so here are two small paintings of clementine and lemon which I made in Italy not too long ago. They were painted with my usual Old Holland oils on masonite board. Sizes 21 x 18 cm.
Exhibition at the GAC
The yearly Winter Exhibition at the Glasgow Art Club is a virtual one. I participate with four of my paintings, among them a painting I made this year of Pomegranates from Nizza Monferrato. This local fruit has a more orange-yellow hue rather than the more common red.
My Own Gallery in Italy
It’s not exactly a dream come true, because this is something that I simply never could have dreamed of: my own gallery in a 350 year old convent in a small town in Piemonte, Italy. Amazingly beautiful masonry, high, vaulted ceilings and my paintings lit from above to prevent reflections. In December I organised an […]
in the Open Eye Gallery in Edinburgh
I am thrilled to report that I participated for the second year in the Small Scale exhibition of the Open Eye Gallery in Edinburgh, with three paintings this time, but also that during the December exhibit all three of them were sold. Thanks Jilly and staff! About this exhibtion, which has become a well established […]
Roger Billcliffe Gallery
Some wonderful updates from the Roger Billcliffe Gallery in Glasgow. The yearly “Postcard paintings” exhibition in the Billcliffe Gallery took place in November 2018 and was in aid of Diabetes Scotland. Roger and Michael and Lynn had been very kind to put some of my paintings in the main room, and three were sold on […]
Glasgow Art Club
The Glasgow Art Club is an institution with a 150 year old history. This private member’s club is “steeped in culture and heritage” and “a meeting place for generations of the city’s most innovative and creative inhabitants.” It was established in 1867, in its present Bath Street building, with the impressive purpose built main axhibition […]
