Halloween. Mexican 'Day of the Dead'. Colour everywhere.

Tidal road, Devon

A calm moment

Look at these colours...phew

Lovely day in Salcombe

Early morning in South Devon and two swans are flying

along the estuary.

A wee painting of the Constantia Vineyards near Cape Town.

Brian McLuskey

Another of my favourite young artists is Brian McLuskey

who graduated from Glasgow School of Art about two

years ago. His portraiture is fresh and exciting.

Autumn colours

In those rare moments when the sun shines in the West of Scotland

the garden comes alive.

Claire Paterson

Had a visit from Claire Paterson who was showing me some

of her new work. It's three years since Claire graduated

from Glasgow School of Art winning the Stephen Campbell

Award.

On Friday the sun shone for a few hours and the autumn

flowers loved it.

It's so wet that poppy seeds are germinating inside the

seed heads. I've never seen that before.

Troon

The tide was out when we walked on the beach at Troon.

Lunch at The Wee Hurry. Hmmmmm.

Another page from my African sketchbook

Laura Hunter at Unlimited Studios

Laura Hunter is currently exhibiting in IOTA, Unlimited Studios,

25 Hyndland Street, Glasgow G11 5QE

This is a great space, right on the corner...lovely light.

Being Laura's first solo show, it's an exciting time for her

and a show very much worth seeing. A trip to Cuba is the

inspiration for some of the paintings, as are travels in

Scotland.

A page from my South African sketchbook.

Evening by the Thames at Twickenham

Berwick Street market in Soho.

An early morning walk along the Thames at Twickenham