Saturday 26 November 2011

Went to the new Wholefoods store in Giffnock. Being something
of a chocoholic I always check out the chocolate bars. This one
I'd never tried before and it's fabulous. Made in Madagascar.
It's got such a complex taste..neither bitter nor sweet.
Hmmmmm.

Thursday 24 November 2011

Dried fish in a fish market in Kalk Bay outside Cape Town.

Wednesday 23 November 2011

Iceland

Someone was asking if I had any paintings of Iceland.
Found three including this wee sketch of lake Myvatn.
Huge midges round there. We'd read about them but
nothing prepares you for the actual thing.
Beautiful place despite midge attack.

Tuesday 22 November 2011

Candili

Painting of the house we stayed in during the summer.
It's on the Greek island of Evvia.

Sunday 20 November 2011

Dunlop Village Hall

It's the annual Christmas Exhibition in the village hall here
in Dunlop. Opening night was fun and one of my two pictures
is sold. One left.....

Thursday 17 November 2011

Just found this old photo of me drawing in Tobago.
It's a tough life.

Wednesday 16 November 2011

Ormidale House, Argyll







During the last week of March next year I shall be heading a
five day art course at Ormidale House in Argyll. Yesterday I
visited Ormidale and think it's a fabulous place.
Visiting chef Stuart Campbell made us a scrummy lunch.
Stuart will be cooking for the art course and I can't wait!
Details of this course will appear before Christmas.

Tuesday 15 November 2011

Mcauley Fine Art


Mcauley Fine Art in The William Street Gallery in Edinburgh
are having a Christmas show with small paintings and sketches.
These two are heading off to Edinburgh tomorrow for the
show. Both sketches from Portugal.
Mcauley Fine Art, The William Street Gallery, 10 William
Street, Edinburgh EH3 7NH.

Monday 14 November 2011

This is a large painting of a lighthouse in Maine.
It's going to be on a new web site which I'll tell you
about soon. All very exciting...watch this space.

Friday 11 November 2011

Mansfield Park Gallery

This is one of the small paintings going to the Mansfield Park
Gallery for their Christmas Exhibition which opens the week
after next and runs up until Christmas.

Thursday 10 November 2011

Wednesday 9 November 2011

Lime Tree Gallery, Suffolk

Another painting in the 5th Anniversary Exhibition.
Refuelling Stop, Maine.

Tuesday 8 November 2011

The Lime Tree Gallery

To celebrate their fifth anniversary, The Lime Tree Gallery
in Long Melford, Suffolk are having an Anniversary
Exhibition. I have four paintings in the show including
this one...Fruit Farm, Algarve.
Happy Anniversary Lime Tree.

Thursday 3 November 2011

Autumn colours

Wednesday 2 November 2011

Half a dozen paintings have been picked up for the Edinburgh Art Fair
which opens on the 17th. This little painting of Moiré in Beaujolais
is one of them.

Tuesday 1 November 2011


Numbers and letters spotted whilst wandering through central London.