My Adventures

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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New Art Studio is Up

New Art Studio is Up

Only 9 days since Aroha Escapes arrived on-site at Grange Cottage to install the screw pile foundation in our rear garden and erect our fabulous garden room. It's now complete and I can present my new art studio!!!!! I've still to decorate inside, assemble furniture...

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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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Settling in to Wigtownshire

Settling in to Wigtownshire

At long last we have moved into Dumfries & Galloway and our 150 year old stone cottage between Kirkcowan and Wigtown. My husband and I have been busy bees; unpacking boxes, resolving a BT service, sorting a tv signal, designing a new front door, securing a tree...

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My Studio is on the Move

My Studio is on the Move

Last week we moved out of and said goodbye to our beautiful cottage by Kirkmichael in North Carrick. My husband and I have decided to head over the Council border to Dumfries & Galloway to be closer to both our families in Dumfries and Stranraer. We have purchased...

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Harbour Arts Centre Exhibition

Harbour Arts Centre Exhibition

As a member of Open Studios Ayrshire, I have two paintings in the latest group exhibition at the Harbour Arts Centre in Irvine, North Ayrshire. I helped to hang the wonderful variety of creative pieces and that included items from my Turnberry Shores collection. The...

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Projects, Planning & Painting with AM

Projects, Planning & Painting with AM

Have you picked up a copy of the latest Ayrshire Magazine? I am so delighted with my double-page editorial in their I Am Dynamic issue. It was so enjoyable to have writer Gill Sherry over to chat about life and being creative. I have a couple of spare copies which I...

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Friend of the Maclaurin Gallery

Friend of the Maclaurin Gallery

I have recently joined the community of Friends of the Maclaurin gallery in Ayr. It's great to be supporting one of our local art galleries which hosts numerous exhibitions throughout the year. Just yesterday I attended my first private viewing of artwork at the...

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Open Studios Ayrshire Success

Open Studios Ayrshire Success

I am very pleased to share that I have been successful in my application to Open Studios Ayrshire! This Summer I shall be taking part in their long weekend of exhibitions. Grouping up with fellow artists Lisa Mair Art and Samantha Briggs Art we shall be hosting our...

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