Lovely old Oliver 80 tractor which came along to the tractor

and vintage vehicle rally in the village. This one is a star.

Oliver the man was born in Scotland and moved to the USA

where he set up his company in Indiana. Hart and Parr made

the engines and Oliver made the bodies and implements.

They were manufactured from the late thirties to the

late forties.

Good textures in a close in Argyle Street in Glasgow.

Lovely old lettering in Beith's main street. Sadly the

firm no longer exists and I suspect the lettering will

disappear pretty soon.

Art Pistol

There is a new internet gallery based in Glasgow that

will be launching soon. I've sent them three images

including this one. Watch out for Art Pistol.

A windy walk in Largs was a brief moment of relative calm between grey skies and rain.

Tea and cake at Nardini's made up for the wind.

Something appeals in the shapes, colours and textures.

Sometimes the ordinary is fascinating.

Ken Loach

Just been working on the new Ken Loach film playing

a lawyer. This is Ken directing and pointing at Nick

Hughes and myself. Nick had his cell phone so thanks

for the photo Nick.

SSAA Exhibition

Also in the SSAA exhibition is this painting of a lighthouse in Maine.

SSAA exhibition

This year I'm guest artist at the Scottish Society of Architect

Artists Annual Exhibition which is being held in the Maclaurin

Galleries in Rozelle Park, Ayr. The painting is one of the five I

have in the show and is of houses by Hout Bay outside Cape Town.

The exhibition opens tomorrow and runs for three weeks.

Fascinated by the colour and texture of this door.

Cloud sculpture at the Architectural Biennale in Venice. The venue is in the Arsenale.

The Lemond Gallery

The Lemond Gallery in Thorn Road, Bearsden is gearing

up for its Annual Summer Exhibition. This painting of

Monchique in the Algarve is one I'll have in there.

Delivering today.

On the beach at Culzean. Lovely weather.

Provence Art Fair

This is one of five paintings which are currently winging their

way south to the Provence Art Fair in Aix en Provence.

Exhibiting with a gallery from Montpelier. If you are in

Aix in mid May then drop in and have a look.

The Garden

A few moments in the garden in this lovely weather

The garden last weekend.

Had a busy week. Some of it spent working on Ken Loach's new film

The Angel's Share playing a defence lawyer in Glasgow Sheriff Court.

The photo is of the cafe at the Architectural Biennale in Venice in

the autumn.

This is a golden pheasant. Wonderful colours.

New painting

This is one of ten very big paintings based on walls that I'm doing for

an exhibition in London in the autumn.

Hampshire Art Fair

This is one of the paintings heading down to The Hampshire Art Fair in May.

Over at Jim's farm it's time to take a look at the Bees.

The day after marking the Queen with red paint and clipping her wings,

the hive needs to be checked to make sure that she hasn't been rejected.

All is fine and the Queen is busy.

Sunny weekend in the garden. Good to see everything bursting into life.

Kirkoswald

The wee graveyard in Kirkoswald is host to many of the friends

and family of Robert Burns. This grave is Ann Gillespie's.

Wife of one John Davidson better known as 'Souter Johnnie'.

Images taken in the French Pavilion at the Architectural Biennale in Venice.

David Donaldson exhibition

The Lord Provost and the Donaldson family at the opening of the

David Donaldson exhibition at the Maclaurin Art Gallery, Rozelle Park,

Ayr. This is the first exhibition of DD's work since his death just over

ten years ago. This is a fabulous exhibition of some forty paintings and

runs for a month. Go and see it if you can. There are paintings here

that are in the family collection and rarely seen. Some I'd never seen before.

Like this colourful graffiti. Might try and use some of it in my paintings.

Dunure harbour

On the harbour wall at Dunure. Sunny Spring day.

Spring has arrived!

Mist and grey skies in the late afternoon

This old barn wall outside the village is being prepared for a coat

of whitewash. It looks good against the blue sky.

A walk on the beach in Troon...wind blown salt spray, seaweed, sand

and oh so cold with snow on hills.

Then to The Wee Hurry for lunch. Tucked in beside the harbour so

the fish is as fresh as it could be, The Wee Hurry gets my vote as

the best fish and chip shop ever.

There's something very satisfying about sorting my picture hanging
material into neat boxes.

Richardson Murray exhibition

Next Thursday evening the west end hairdressers Richardson Murray

are having an evening of paintings on display. See arts journalist

Jan Patience's blog:

http://janpatience.blogspot.com/2011/03/fashion-art-beauty-richardson-murray.html

One of the paintings I will have there is this oil painting of

a church on a hill in Chios, Greece.

Venice

Lovely worn lettering on the side of a boat.

New Mexico

In the back of my store cupboard I came across this painting of the

Picuris Pueblo. The day we spent there was fascinating. The Picuris

people were delighted that I was prepared to pay the $25 for

permission to draw and paint. Sitting there drawing the scene above,

a mini tornado thingy whipped across the square sending sketch pad

flying and mouth and eyes were full of dust.

The next morning I had to visit a doctor to get treatment for my

eye.

The joys of working outdoors.

Scottish Art Exhibition

Opening tonight is the 'Scottish Art Exhibition' at the Glasgow Art

Club. The exhibition is organized by Deutsche Bank and runs until

March 26th. This is 'Yellow Field' ...from a landscape near Montes

Da Vala in the Algarve, Portugal.

Two wee boats

Rossello Damiano

Rossello Damiano is an artist living in Genoa, Italy. Have a look at his blog:

http://www.rossellodamiano.blogspot.com