Apr 15, 2019 | Blog, Collaborations, In progress, Magic and Medicine, Plants
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...
Apr 9, 2019 | Blog, Collaborations, In progress, Magic and Medicine
Thanks to National Trust of Scotland and the Head Gardener at Falkland Palace I am going to be able to access the plants in their beautiful Physic Garden over the next few years. It contains over 50 Rennaissance-era plants that would have been used medicinally,...
Oct 27, 2016 | Blog, Collaborations, Exhibitions
I am really excited to be presenting my first installation combining painting and film with the Society of Scottish Artists. THE 119th ANNUAL OPEN EXHIBITION OF THE SOCIETY OF SCOTTISH ARTISTS 31 October – 24 November 2016 Royal Scottish Academy Building, The Mound,...
Jun 15, 2016 | Blog, Collaborations, In progress
2nd– 6th June was spent working with Mark Jenkins, a film maker based in Orkney. I was collaborating with him to create short films of wild flowers in Orkney, from which I created posies for my ‘Votive Offerings’ project. Orkney is a beautiful place...
Feb 6, 2014 | Blog, Collaborations
I’ve been collaborating with Ruth Morris (of Roobedo), a Scottish designer/maker who is also inspired by the wild nature of the Outer Hebrides. We had a meeting at the studio about our collaborative work for the one day exhibition on the 1st March … Ruth...
Sep 4, 2008 | Blog, Collaborations, Press
An article in Scottish Field Magazine in 2008, about an exhibition I did with the talented painter Jenny Matthews. Click here to download a PDF Search for: Recent Posts ‘Floragraphy’… a romantic offering Yellow Flowers Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour...