After months of planning and designing, we are ready to go to print with our first ever colouring book for ages 5+.Titled “Explore & Colour Wigtownshire with Bentley” it includes 16 hand-drawn landscapes and each features Bentley the sausage dog as well as an...
New Chapter Books have recently launched a brand new art prize in memory of local artist Stephen Dowling. Open to all amateur artists of any age, the theme for submissions is "townscape". Full details on applying may be read on the New Chapter Books website. The...
As a rural based creative who thrives on the social aspect of business, I found very little in the way of networking groups in Wigtownshire. So 18-months ago I and a few others, who felt similar, launched Wigtownshire Artists & Makers. We meet monthly to connect,...
The new tenth series of the Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year returns to our screens on Wednesday 22nd January 2025. It starts at 8pm and can be viewed on the Sky Arts channel and if you don't have Sky, that's ok as you can view it on numerous other platforms...
I was asked to create a painting to be used for this year's Kirkcowan Parish Church Christmas Card. So one frosty Autumnal morning I popped across to the village to capture some photos in the morning's golden hour. We agreed upon the favoured snap and I recreated the...
Last month I enjoyed the most wonderful experience in North Wales, painting and filming Series 10 of Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year! My second year applying into the Sky Arts programme and although I wasn't successful as a pod artist (I never expected to be), I...
Fabulous news to share that after not making the cut last year, 2024 is the year I made it successfully into Spring Fling! Spring Fling is Scotland's premier art and craft open studios event which is taking place across Dumfries & Galloway during the late May Bank...
I’ve been running my creative business on a full-time basis since April 2021. For the first time ever I have decided to offer all my wonderful followers and visitors a 20% discount off. No minimum order and discount applies to my local landscape and garden bird...
When I reach the end of the year and actually look back across the past 12 months to see what I have achieved, I'm always amazed as you forget so much, well I do! Here's a sample set of the wonderful oil (water mixable) paintings I've completed in 2023 of landscapes...
This week the Wigtown Book Festival launched it's full programme for the 10-day literary celebration hosted in Scotland's National Book Town of Wigtown. Our second year attending since moving to Wigtownshire and already my husband and I have booked various authors to...