Village Gala

It was Gala Day in the village on Saturday. The sun shone. I made pancakes. A lot of fun was had by everyone.

Solo exhibition

This one is Monchique in northern Algarve...up in the hills.

Solo exhibition

Another new painting...this one of Salir in the Algarve

Solo exhibition

This painting of an old dirt road in Portugal is on show at The Richmond Hill Gallery until June 13th.

Afternoon tea

A wonderful afternoon tea round at Chris and Morag's on Bank Holiday Monday. Beautiful day. Especially yummy strawberry tart.

Manor House Gallery

This is one of four paintings on show at The Manor House Gallery in Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire until June 6th.

www.manorhousegallery.co.uk

This painting is called 'Stonington, Maine'.

The Richmond Hill Gallery

This is a painting of a wall in Portugal. It's big....48 inches square. Go and see it at The Richmond Hill Gallery, 26 Richmond Hill, Richmond, London until June 13th.

Solo exhibition

Still running in The Richmond Hill Gallery is my Solo Show. This is a wee painting of the Cathedral in Silves in the Algarve.

Cape Town

These are some of the lovely coloured houses in Bo Kaap, the Malaysian quarter in Cape Town.

agricultural show

It was a beautiful and hot weekend here and the local agricultural show enjoyed every moment.

The Spring Thing

Opening this Sunday at 2pm and running until June 20th, The Spring Thing is Wilson Davis Fine Arts Annual summer exhibition. Full of wonderful treats. Go along and have a wee look.
Wilson Davis Fine Art, Faith Avenue, Quarriers Village, Bridge of Weir.

New solo exhibition

This is it. Running until June 13th at The Richmond Hill Gallery, 26 Richmond Hill.
tel: 020 8940 5152
If you want a closer look at the work go to:
www.therichmondhillgallery.com

New solo exhibition

Previewing this weekend at The Richmond Hill Gallery, 26 Richmond Hill, London.
10-6 Saturday. 12-6 Sunday.

The Richmond Hill Gallery

It's exhibition time again. This weekend my solo show previews at The Richmond Hill Gallery, 26 Richmond Hill. The official opening is next Tuesday.
Based on a trip to the Algarve last summer, the exhibition has over thirty paintings and runs until the middle of June.

Still following the cloud theme, this is the Green Point Stadium in Cape Town which has been built for the forthcoming World Cup and is inspired by the cloud that clings to Table Mountain.

This is the South African National Gallery in Cape Town with Table Mountain behind shrouded in cloud. Clouds of one sort or another are obviously going to be a theme for a day or two.

You might well be wondering why my blog has lain dormant for so long. The answer lies in Iceland.
We went to South Africa for two weeks. Two weeks of sun, drawing and photographs. Headed to Cape Town for the last two days and bang, the volcano decided that it had been dormant long enough and wanted to be seen and heard. Cape Town's two days turned into nearly seventeen days before we managed to get a flight. We have been back a week but I had so much catching up to do preparing for my exhibition in London (which previews this weekend) that I'm afraid my blog suffered.

But now I'm back! Aha!

Have to say that the extra time in Cape Town was most enjoyable and lots of ideas for paintings have settled into my head. I'll start painting soon. In the meantime there are other projects to get through...not least the exhibition itself.

Solo show: The Richmond Hill Gallery opening Tuesday 18th may. Previewing this coming weekend. 31 paintings in this exhibition. Runs until mid June.

Also....a Scottish Masters Exhibition at The Manor House Gallery in Chipping Norton which opens next week. 5 paintings there.

I thought I would leave you with a painting to contemplate. Called 'Still Life, Biarritz'. I've been thinking about it and want to paint more on that theme. This was one I particularly like.

Studio mess

Nothing quite like studio mess. I love the mess in other artists studios...it's like a wee goldmine of personal quirks and working habits and colour. This is part of my mess.

Aiket Castle

Brrrr shiver shiver brrrr brrr brrr shiver and more brrr
Flying to Cape Town on Friday. It's 23 degrees there.
Hmmmmmmmm

Snow

It snowed.....there's a blizzard out there and I have to get to Glasgow! Aaaaargh. Very tempting to put the kettle on and hunker down in the studio but I have to go.

This may be the smallest water garden in the northern hemisphere but froggie loves it.

Today should be sunny and the daffodils should be out. In reality it is raining and the daffodils are staying closed. This is a wee reminder to them that they should open soon.

Glasgow Art Fair

The queue last night in George Square for the private view of the Glasgow Art Fair. It runs until Sunday. Lots of galleries...thousands of paintings and prints. Well worth a visit.

Spring

Visitors to the garden

The Glasgow Art Fair

Going to the Glasgow Art Fair this week? This is just one of the paintings I will have with the Mansfield Park Gallery. There will also be a few with Duncan R Miller Fine Arts.
The Art Fair opens Wednesday evening and runs until Sunday. It's a must.

Even more splashes of colour from the aviary.

Tweet tweet

Hey you out there...we were tweeting long before twitter

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Liz Knox DA(Edin) PAI PPAI

Liz Knox is currently exhibiting at Inverarity Wine, 185a Bath Street, Glasgow until March 31st.
This is 'Night Sea'.
Liz was the first winner of The Aspect Prize.

Like the black and white feathers.

Colin Brown

Colin Brown who was an Aspect Prize finalist several years ago and has since been extremely successful is now exhibiting in the Spring Exhibition at Richard Hagens gallery in Broadway in Worcestershire. The exhibition runs until March 20th. For those of you who do not know his work then do visit fineart@richardhagen.com
Colin is having a solo show in the autumn with Panter & Hall in Mayfair.

Birthday

It's my birthday. Here's some balloons to set the mood.

There's something about boats...can't keep away. Great numbers and letters.

Boat

It's the colours....love them

Chimney Pots

If chimney pots are your thing then come Spring and the re-opening of the East Lugtonridge Gardens on the Irvine Road these fabulous pots are worth a look.

First anniversary

Yesterday, I'm told, was the first anniversary of this blog. Let's celebrate with a little colour.

The Bees

Over at a friends farm the bees are beginning to stir. After the long winter there is just enough heat in the middle of the day to tempt the bees out into the fresh air. What they do now is give the hive a really good clean. It's been a few months since they have ventured out so the hive is a bit messy. A few days of cleaning and the hive will be refreshed and the bees ready for Spring.

A Portuguese wall. Wonderful colours.

Frosty morning

snowdrops