Merry Christmas!

If you're ever in the area, the Christmas fair at Farnell is always wonderful.

 Merry Christmas and blessings for the new year!!

Fire Poi

A quick painting from last year of a girl dancing with fire poi above and a much larger finalised piece below.

Christmas Assesments

Finished setting up my studio for assessments on Saturday. Yes! I really enjoyed this semester, my work seems to be shaping up and maturing nicely. The series looks great up on the wall and this presentation strengthens the intention that they are individual parts of a whole painting. This series is a representation in paint of a group of memories and feelings pertaining to my walks in the hills and a childhood in the countryside.

Studio space

Here's a wee shot of whats in the studio at the moment... printmaking!! I'm making lino cuts of hills that I've climbed, Creag Meagaidh at the top and the left and Goat Fell on the isle of Arran on the right. I've chosen this process to reference the way most of them were shaped by glaciers at the end of the ice age. 
This post wouldn't be complete if I didn't take a moment to draw your attention to the beautiful shelf you see before you. Look at that perfection! The ideal support for these magnificent hills.