My Adventures
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...
Grange Cottage Studio Opens
Grange Cottage Studio opens its doors to the public for the first time today! A big thankyou to everyone who has helped to clear the site, erect the garden room and furnish it. It looks amazing and I am so very proud of our achievements. All are welcome to visit me at...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
