My Adventures
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
New Studio Flyers Arrive
This week I received my order of printed flyers promoting visitors to my working art studio in Wigtownshire. I design all my branded stationery myself using CorelDraw on my PC. Really pleased with these and next I'm going to get out and about to hand deliver them into...
Society of Scottish Artists
A new year and I've joined the Society of Scottish Artists (SSA). The SSA is the oldest and biggest artist-led organisation in Scotland. They offer creatives like I exhibition invitations, social events and development opportunities. Here's my artist profile on the...
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...
