Upland Made 2023

Upland Made 2023

I am delighted to share that I shall be one of the 39 exhibitors at the fabulous Upland Made visual art and craft fair! It is taking place at the Easterbrook Hall in Dumfries in November 2023. Upland Made celebrates the handmade with local artists and makers selling...

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Wigtown Book Festival 25th Year

Wigtown Book Festival 25th Year

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...

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The Old Bakery Gallery Summer Exhibition

The Old Bakery Gallery Summer Exhibition

Today was the opening of the new Summer exhibition at The Old Bakery Gallery in Newton Stewart titled "Undreamed Shores" and I have 6 original paintings hung along with a selection of framed prints. My husband and I attended after my own studio closed for the day, to...

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The Wigtown Book Festival

The Wigtown Book Festival

I have signed up to take a stall inside The Kist as part of the Wigtown Book Festival which takes place from the 22nd September to 1st October 2023. It is a ten day literary celebration in Wigtown which is home to seventeen second-hand bookshops as well as the annual...

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The Wigtown Market

The Wigtown Market

The Wigtown Market starts again tomorrow (Saturday 8th April 2023) for the season ahead. It takes place at the cross on the Main Street, Wigtown, DG8 9EH. I am delighted to be also taking a stall at the market one Saturday a month. Saturday 22nd April 2023 - 10am to...

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Special Open Studio Weekends

Special Open Studio Weekends

Grange Cottage Studio is hosting a set of very special open studio weekends. The first is taking place on the 28th, 29th and 30th April 2023. Everyone is welcome between 11am and 3pm each day to watch live painting demonstrations and browse my art gallery. Although my...

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OSA Winter 2022 Exhibition

OSA Winter 2022 Exhibition

This Winter I have two paintings in the Open Studios Ayrshire virtual exhibition, one featuring Ailsa Craig and another of Portencross Castle. The exhibition includes a variety of paintings, textiles, glassware, sculpture and printwork from artisans in and around...

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Save The Children Art Exhibition

Save The Children Art Exhibition

This week I have been back in Ayrshire to volunteer with Save the Children UK Ayr and District Branch at their 28th annual art exhibition and sale at the Maclaurin Art Gallery. I was delighted to receive my invitation to exhibit early in the year, as I have been on...

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Open Studios Ayrshire Almost Here

Open Studios Ayrshire Almost Here

It’s almost here, next week I have a 3-day exhibition with Open Studios Ayrshire I with two other local artists Samantha Briggs & Lisa Mair connected by Straiton village have hired the McCandlish Hall, Straiton A chance to see a wonderful array of artwork in one...

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North Ayrshire Open Art Exhibition

North Ayrshire Open Art Exhibition

Delighted to have two of my paintings accepted into the North Ayrshire Open Art exhibition. The art display is hung inside the Racquet Hall at Eglinton Park by Irvine in North Ayrshire. It opens this weekend through to Saturday 23rd July 2022 from 10am to 4pm each...

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