Found this amazing bit of graffiti in Glasgow.

Dr Alastair R Ross exhibition, Saltire Centre

Glasgow Caledonian University is having an exhibition of

sculptures by Dr Alastair R Ross which opens today (24th

June) and runs until 22nd July. The exhibition is in the

Saltire Centre on campus. There is a car park across

Cowcaddens Road. This is an exhibition worth seeing if you

like beautifully crafted sculpture. Each piece is quite superb.

Dr Ross is an internationally renowned sculptor who has been

given many awards over his lifetime and I'm sure there are more

to come. His Biography reads like a novel. Come and see this

exquisite exhibition.

Glasgow Caledonian University

Cowcaddens Road

Glasgow

G4 0BA

A wee view of the garden

Newbery Tower

Say goodbye to Glasgow School of Art's Newbery Tower

which, along with the Foulis Building are about to be

demolished to make way for a brand new Art School

building. The Newbery Tower was home to Printed and

Knitted Textiles, Embroidery and Weaving, and

Silversmithing. There was also the Ref. I taught drawing

and colour to Textile students on short term contracts

for some years. More importantly...whilst a student in

the Mackintosh building I often found myself in the Textile

Department where there were a large number of good

looking young ladies. Ah...those were the days.

Huge amount of growth in the garden over the last week.

Looking good.

Painting of a road in Portugal. Just come back from the

Paisley Art Institute annual exhibition. It'll go into

storage for a while then re-appear somewhere in the

autumn.

Hutcheson's Grammar School Annual Art Show

Last night I opened the annual art show at my old school.

It's a terrific show brim full of ideas and colour.

This is a really good art department with very high

success rates in exams and entries into art schools.

Pop in and have a look.

Hutcheson's Grammar School

21 Beaton Road

Glasgow

G41 4NW

K-ROX

K-ROX on Saturday. What a terrific party. Exhausted.

Need the week to recover but have to give a speech

tonight at an exhibition opening!

The Riverside Museum, Glasgow

Attended a preview of the new Riverside Museum in

Glasgow last night. Great evening. 700 people there

but you wouldn't have known. The Museum opens on

June 21st. It is FABULOUS.

Designed by Zaha Hadid. Just terrific to have one of her

large buildings in the UK...and right here in Glasgow.

Glasgow Degree Shows

Fascinating small print on concrete by Anna Rhodes.

Anna has a film installation called 'Strines'.

Glasgow Degree Shows

This is Laura Mairs in front of one of her paintings.

The colours all go so well. Fabulous.

Glasgow Degree Shows

Nice big paintings by Rhiannon Simpson. Well worth a look. A natural

at painting landscapes.

www.rhiannoninmansimpson.com

Glasgow Degree Shows

One of my favourites this year is Mary Stephenson. She

produces very personal portraits of people surrounded by

objects that relate to them. What's really nice is that Mary

has made replicas of the objects. Look at the pasta and

all the packaging. The finished photographs are high

quality and there is a freshness to the work. What will she

do next I wonder. She will surely find a market in greeting

cards whilst hopefully approaching photographers galleries

in London. Then there's stage design....or commissions...

Let's hope some doors open for her. If you want to

commission work then email Mary:

marystephenson@hotmail.co.uk

Glasgow Degree Shows

Chinese student Liu Lei has some interesting work. Very well painted. I took the photos with my iphone so they are not all that good...but you get the idea. There is a complexity in these relatively small paintings that demands some attention. The paintings of rain are scanned from his postcard.

www.liuleistudio.com

Brooklyn

Wakehurst

Whilst in East Sussex at the weekend we visited Wakehurst,

the National Trust property with a huge garden. In amongst

the American trees are a series of totem poles. Here are

two of them. Wonderfully carved, each totem pole tells a story.

This weekend

It's quite a weekend. Exhibiting at Le Sm' ART in

Aix en Provence. (That's the invitation) and also

at the Lemond Gallery in Bearsden, Glasgow.

Could do with a couple of sales in this market

so fingers crossed. It's a great time to buy

paintings so get in touch if you are interested.