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Achievements Across 2023

Achievements Across 2023

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...

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The Wigtown Christmas Market 2023

The Wigtown Christmas Market 2023

I shall be attending The Wigtown Christmas Market with a stall inside the County Buildings in the centre of Wigtown on Saturday 25th November 2023 from 10am to 3pm. There will be original oil paintings of local landscapes, framed prints and Christmas cards for sale....

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Ayrshire Hospice Winter Fair 2023

Ayrshire Hospice Winter Fair 2023

I am once again exhibiting at the Ayrshire Hospice Winter Fair which is taking place at the Ayr Racecourse in December 2023. There will be over 100 festive stalls across two floors, live entertainment, Santa, a BBQ and various fundraising activities including a bottle...

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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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Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year

Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year

Last month I put my big girl pants on and submitted a painting for the very first time into the Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year 2023. I chose to use my Torhouse Stone Circle oil landscape as my primary submission piece. I always knew the odds would be low of...

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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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