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Snowscapes – setting up

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P1290652I’m just beginning to set up Snowscapes. That little table in the photo above should be the perfect place to sit and enjoy a glass of mulled wine while contemplating paintings!

My friend had the ingenious idea of making mulled wine in a slow cooker (in the gallery space) and I’m perfecting a recipe of a basic wine and spices syrup that can be added to each new batch of wine.

Below are a few of the paintings, one is new, and some have been worked on a bit more..

The exhibition opens tomorrow 8th Dec’ at 12 noon. It’s on the 8th, 9th and 10th, 12 noon to 8pm daily. At Gayfield Creative Spaces in Gayfield Square Edinburgh. I’ll be serving mulled wine every evening from 6pm

Also, I’m really delighted that Atzi Muramatsu will be creating a cello piece in response to the trilogy below. I’ll be making a short video of music/images and will post it here as soon as I’ve edited it in the next day or so.

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Snowscapes Day 6

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Leith Shore. Mixed media on 9x9" wood panel

Leith Shore. Mixed media on 9×9″ wood panel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today’s snowscapes including a view of Leith Shore looking quite Scandinavian, and various houses in the snow…

Lake. Mixed media on 3x3" wood

Lake. Mixed media on 3×3″ wood

Rooftops 2. Mixed media on 3x3" wood

Rooftops 2. Mixed media on 3×3″ wood

Winter House 2. Mixed media on 3x3" wood

Winter House 2. Mixed media on 3×3″ wood

 

Snowscapes

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P1290652Below are all works to be included in the Snowscapes exhibition. Click on images for larger image. The photo on the left gives an idea of scale

 

 

 

 

 

'Edinburgh from Salisbury Crags'. Mixed media on 17x11" wood panel

Sold. ‘Edinburgh from Salisbury Crags’. Mixed media on 17×11″ wood panel

'Winter Birch'. Mixed media on 17x11" wood panel

‘Winter Birch’. Mixed media on 17×11″ wood pa

 

 

 

 

'North 3'. Mixed media on 20x112 wood panel

‘North 3’. Mixed media on 20×112 wood panel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

North Wind (1) Mixed media on 11.5x6” wood panel

North Wind (1)
Mixed media on 11.5×6” wood panel

North Wind (2) Mixed media on 8x4.5” wood panel

North Wind (2)
Mixed media on 8×4.5” wood panel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Herald article on Art for Charity prints

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Many thanks to Susan Swarbrick at the Herald for featuring the Art for Charity print project!

Article here – Artist gives back to landscapes that inspired her work

You can view and buy the prints here –  Buy Prints for Charities . 25% goes toward a landscape conservation charity or trust related to the landscape painted.

Snowscapes Day 5

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More snowscapes from yesterday and today..

A larger version of Quayside buildings in Leith and two works that began experimentally then reminded me of Arthur Rackham or Charles Folkyard book Illustrations – I added pen and ink lines to suggest bracken and trees. I’m happy with the mood of these, sort of lyrical.

I have four days left of painting, then I’ll begin hanging the exhibition on Monday 7th.

Snowscapes launches at Gayfield Creative Spaces in Gayfield Square on Tuesday the 8th December. It’s a three-day exhibition (8th, 9th and 10th Dec’). Open from 12 noon till 8pm every day. Drop in for a glass of mulled wine on Thursday after 6pm!

All info here – Snowscapes Exhibition

RSA Review

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Giles review RSA SI was very pleased to read the review (above) of the RSA Open today in the Times, which mentions ‘Cockenzie Power Station, 26th September 2015’.

Many thanks to Giles Sutherland (Author and Art Critic, Times Scotland) for mentioning my work in this review

The RSA Open is free entry and continues until February, there’s a lot to see and some great paintings and sculpture, I highly recommend you drop in.

Snowscapes Day 4

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One of today’s paintings, veering more abstract, I may add some subtle pen and ink lines suggesting branches or ferns. It slightly reminds me of the background of an Arthur Rackham illustration, minus fairies/elves etc.

Also a series of even smaller snowscapes – the shrinking snowscapes!..

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They range from 3.5 inches square to just 3 inches – here’s one below at 3×3 with ten pence next to it so you get an idea of size. The light was fading fast as I photographed them so they’re a little fuzzy but it gives the idea..

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I have Christmas gifts in mind with these smaller ones, but also they’re handy as studies for larger paintings. I’ll be selling a few this Saturday at a fair in Portobello, I hope the locals like them!

Snowscapes Day 3

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More snowscapes today. I’m leaning towards Edinburgh snowscenes – the contrast between white snow and the shapes of buildings. I might paint an interior view from a window looking out on to snow…

 

RSA Open Exhibition

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'Cockenzie Power Station, 26th September 2015'. Mixed media on 17x11" wood panel

‘Cockenzie Power Station, 26th September 2015’. Mixed media on 17×11″ wood panel

Well, what a lovely surprise! I’ve been accepted for the RSA Open Exhibition for ‘Cockenzie Power Station’, above.

I’m delighted, and surprised because I’ve been shortlisted for the SSA (Society of Scottish Artists) exhibition a couple of times, and was also shortlisted for the RSA, so didn’t expect to be accepted for that. The preview night on the 27th November is my Birthday – what a nice present!

Here’s info and website…

Website: Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition 2015

Exhibition Dates:
28 November 2015 – 14 February 2016

The RSA Open Exhibition has a long history of celebrating the best of contemporary practice. After having been part of the RSA Annual Exhibition for over 180 years, it now enjoys its own slot in the RSA Calendar. Drawing from artists across the whole of Scotland and beyond, this exhibition showcases around 400 works annually and features a wide range of small and medium sized works (max. 80cm in any direction) selected through open submission including paintings, drawings, sculptures, prints and photographs.

Please note that this year the RSA Open Exhibition will be spread over two floors in the RSA Upper and Lower Galleries. It will share the upper galleries with the ESSA exhibitions (Exhibiting Societies of Scottish Artists) and will be open throughout the duration of those shows.

Free Entry

Snowscapes Day 2

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P1290265Today’s paintings – the painting from yesterday developed into a view of Edinburgh from snowy Salisbury Crags. At least I think that’s what it shows, I’m not sure it’s quite there yet. I don’t want too much detail though, or it’ll end up looking like a Chrsitmas card – maybe that’s not a bad thing!

Also some small works on 4×4″ wood blocks. I experimented with gesso and salt then put them in the oven which created a nice crackle effect…

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I’ll work on these more tomorrow, but I’m quite pleased with the small one of odd coloured buildings. It’s of the 16th century Dutch colony buildings in Leith. If you wander in amongst the modern buildings you come across this interesting architecture here and there – a Dutch tower with yellow stucco walls and a teal blue tower with a silver dome – very pretty.

The Edinburgh snowscape also has a sprinkling of salt/glaze which makes the city look glittery in certain lights. I’ll have a think about that tomorrow in the daylight, the painting’s bigger than it looks here – 22.5×10.5 inches, a slightly odd size which suggested a panorama.

It got dark outside today with a sudden rainstorm at 2:30pm and the light didn’t really recover – the down side of painting in winter, but I’m really enjoying this series so far, and look forward to seeing them in the exhibition space which has white walls and wooden roof beams. I’m going to light candles and serve mulled wine on Thursday 10th December. More info here – Snowscapes