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The flow of life, art and friendship
Hello Friends
It’s been a giddy week and I’m not quite settled yet from all the commotion and conviviality. I’m just home from a hectic trip to Edinburgh for the opening event of ‘In Time’, the 200th Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition,...
The bright, moving air
Hello Friends
With each week that passes in the studio I swim ever deeper into the space of this painting. Or, perhaps more accurately I move deeper into the time of it.
work in progress this week…
I have a few trips away from the studi...
Welcome aboard the Life Raft
Hello friends
Just a short and to-the-point message this week as I’ve been away for a few days, but I’m back now and would love you to join me in the studio for our weekly co-working session to help me get settled back into my usual routin...
Begin anywhere
Hello friends
Orkney is a thickly layered place, as anyone who has been here can tell you.
There are layers in the sedimentary rock of the West Mainland, its delicate strata revealed by the action of the sea all along the coast, where the...
Spring Light
Hello Friends
It has been a bright, cold and blustery Spring here in Orkney. On my daily walks, the restless energy moving through the sharp air and glittering sea has got into my veins.
Sunrise, Birsay, 2026, Acrylic on cradled board, f...
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Award-winning artist and writer | Artist's writing coach | Orkney islander | Water watcher | Author of THE CLEARING (Hachette UK)
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