4 Square at Nairn

 

The Nairn Book and Arts Festival opens next weekend, Saturday 5th June. Apart from all the booky events, there are a number of art exhibitions. The main one is the Nairn Open and sadly I wasn't selected this year. However I have 2 paintings including this one, entitled Meandering Landscape, at the 4 Square exhibition, and 3 at The Baker's Dozen exhibition.

West Coast Magic

 

At the end of June last year I spent a wonderfully sunny week in the far North of Scotland. One morning at Oldshoremore, the sea was the most amazing green and the cliffs warm in the early sun. Just magic. This acrylic painting of the scene is in the new exhibition at Leakey's in Inverness. Runs till August.

Mud Painting

 

And then there was the mud painting.... I just love rock! it's textures and patterns and colours. So I spent a bit of time grinding down weathered rock in various earthy colours, mixing it with water and PVA, and then painting with the goo. Some ready pulverised rock was collecting on a river bank so I used some to make this piece. All very satisfying till I found some tiny wee wormy creatures in it, so I let the rest away. The things I do for my art! (Buyers note, I don't sell work with wee wormy bits in)

olive groves in Spain

 

Just had a week painting in Spain with some fellow artists. The landscape was beautifully green with running water and wild flowers. The area around Fuente del Conde where we stayed was covered in olive groves and I did this piece in oil pastels.