Tag: birds

A New Landscape, A New Approach

A New Landscape, A New Approach

Encountering a new landscape when we moved home last year called for a new approach to my art. I wasn’t satisfied with doing the same thing again. A new muse meant new materials. And while I tried to use colour to start a new body 

SURFACE Exhibition 2022

SURFACE Exhibition 2022

Delighted to announce my next exhibition – SURFACE – at Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh, opening later this month! The exhibition is a culmination of work completed on the Professional Development Course run by the award winning Paintbox School of Art. You are invited to the Opening 

Sketching The Birds At Belhaven Bay

Sketching The Birds At Belhaven Bay

Since the start of 2022 I have been going down to Belhaven Bay regularly to sketch the birds in a coastal landscape for my next body of work. I love walking down to the coast from the house. The adventure starts as soon as I 

Art & Vintage Christmas Show 2021

Art & Vintage Christmas Show 2021

Art & Vintage Christmas Group Show 2021 will be on from Monday 6th December 2021 until Monday 17th January 2022 and I am delighted to be showing four new pieces of work in the show. Art & Vintage is a café situated in the Abbeyhill 

Huskies, Birdies And Queenie

Huskies, Birdies And Queenie

I met one of my writing friends, Cecilia, at a series of workshops run by Jo Parfitt in The Netherlands a few years ago. Titled The Naked Writer, it consisted of six workshops where we delved deeply into our being to write from that space. 

Seeking Answers In Nature

Seeking Answers In Nature

Walking around the woods opposite my parents’ house, I am delighted to see the seasonal changes in the flora since my last visit in Spring…the wild flowers, the reeds that have grown tall around the small lake, the luscious foliage everywhere. There is an abundance 

Puffins Galore

Puffins Galore

Finally, after wanting to go for over a year I was on the May Princess heading to the biggest puffin colony in the UK: The Isle of May. After hearing about this little island from various people who’d been, I was itching to go. I 

Attack Of The Gulls

Attack Of The Gulls

This is intimidating, I thought to myself as I inched forwards along the grass path amongst the abundance of gulls on this tiny island. My heart was racing. Keeping my head low and putting my hands over the crown of my head trying to protect 

Photography Feeds My Creative Practice

Photography Feeds My Creative Practice

I’d been wanting a new camera for a while as my old compact camera, my second hand DSLR and smartphone camera haven’t been able to take the sort of photos of birds I’d envisioned. Not quite capturing the finer details for me. Not like the 

Birds Help Me To Get Unstuck

Birds Help Me To Get Unstuck

Ironically I’ve been a bit stuck with publishing my blog posts since I was on a writing retreat at the end of June. I’d been so inspired there that I was raring to go when I got home, only to find myself right back in