Below, the third video in a series showing the making of a new painting. This is part of my new series inspired by the remains of a Carmelite friary in the mysterious forest of Luffness.

I speeded the video up towards the end as you can see! I’ll post another one tomorrow, it’s ready to go but better to post one at a time …

Progress is slow as I was on holiday the past week on the wonderful Isle of Iona, celebrating our first wedding anniversary! They say the first one should be celebrated with paper, so, appropriately enough here are some of my watercolours on paper!….

This is my favourite though, a little gift by Adam, it captures that Iona sea-green so beautifully. It seems simple at first but I find it icon-like, meditative and transporting …