‘Diod Anfarwaldeb’ – A Recipe for Immortality
You will be able to see this painting and the preparatory sketches at my next Open Studios event on 8th, 9th and 10th May 2020. This recently completed painting is called 'Diod Anfarwaldeb - The Draught of Immortality’, inspired by an ancient herbalist recipe for long...
‘Floragraphy’… a romantic offering
Buttercup : 'Radiance' - Your splendour shines like the sun ‘Floragraphy’ is the practical application of flower symbolism. Belonging to a more romantic age than ours, it uses flowers to convey meaning. Today modern technology offers texting, snapchat, all sorts of...
Yellow Flowers
There is something very spiritually uplifting about the radiance of yellow flowers, the energy with which the colour hits the back of your eye seems hard to capture. I love this quote from Winifred Nicolson about painting yellow flowers, one of my favourite painters,...
Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour
Happy New Year ! I was delighted to enter the new year with my artwork 'Votive Offerings - White' (below) exhibited in the Lower Galleries of The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh with The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour (RSW). Their exhibition runs...
Christmas Exhibitions 2020
This Christmas season I have artworks on exhibition in a number of galleries in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Argyll, including a range of different 'Votive Offerings' paintings both large and small. The galleries are listed below with links that show images of my works that...
Aura Suavis – Sweet Air
This post describes the inspiration and the development of this painting. It is inspired by a 'mind opening' herbalist recipe I came across in the wonderful book 'The Magic of Herbs' by David Conway. The recipe is called 'Aura Suavis', meaning sweet air and is for a...
The Minaiturists III Exhibition
These paintings are the size of a post-it note, 7.5cm square! Delighted to have these three tiny 'Votive Offering' posy paintings included in 'The Miniaturists III' exhibition at The Scottish Gallery . They are true to scale paintings of posies of wild Wood Sorrel,...
‘Time Spent Amongst Trees’ Exhibition
I've had the pleasure of co-curating the ''Time Spent Amongst Trees' exhibition with Society of Scottish Artists President Sharon Quigley. The exhibition is on at The Meffan Museum & Gallery and opened on Saturday 6th September, running until the beginning of...
‘Poesis’, Solo Exhibition 17th May – 28th June
‘Poesis’ – Resipole Gallery, 17th May – 28th June 2019. I am delighted to invite you to the Private View of my exhibition ‘Poesis’ on Friday 17th May 2019, from 6pm until 8pm, at Resipole Studios Fine Art Gallery on the scenic shores of Loch Sunart, Argyll.Included in...
This Precious Moment
'Votive Offerings - This Precious Moment' is an artwork I have created to celebrate 10 years since I set up my studio at Ladybank Railway Station. It consists of a series of watercolour paintings of small wild flower posies. I'll be showing them as an installation of...
Open Studios 4th, 5th and 6th May 2019
Open Studios 4th, 5th and 6th May 2019Kirsty Lorenz - Artist Studio, Platform 2, Ladybank Railway StationOpen 10am - 6pm every day, FREE - ALL WELCOME. I hope you'll be able to join me at my Open Studios event. This year I have created a special artwork to celebrate...
‘Willow, ease my pain’
This is my first completed composition exploring the theme of 'Plants, Medicine and Magic'. It is graphite and watercolour on paper, aprox 50x50cm. It shows a willow circle filled with Winter Aconite flowers.Willow contains salicylic acid which is the basis of asprin....