Glasgow Art Club

Opening this evening is an exhibition by Diploma holders from the

Paisley Art Institute of which I am one. I have four paintings including

the two above. The exhibition runs through October.

For the next few weeks I have some paintings and drawings on

show in Clerkland Farm's Cheese Shop and Tea Room.

Halfway between Dunlop and Stewarton, it's a great place to

go for a cup of tea and a scone or lunch.

Already sold one painting on show so hurry along.

The weather has been too wet and windy to leave these

Tigridia out in the open. They open for one day only.

Still on an Edinburgh theme, it was relief to find that works

inside the grounds did not suffer the same spelling mix

ups as seen in the last post. Mind you...might have been fun.

I'm highly entertained by the lettering on this fence.

It is supposed to read Scottish National Gallery Of

Modern Art. Instead it reads Scottish Natiof

Gallery Onal Modern Art.

It could be that this is supposed to be concrete

poetry and an artwork in itself though the one on

the other side reads correctly. Could it possibly

be a mistake by council workmen? Has anyone

noticed?

David Mach

The exhibition currently running at the City Arts Centre

in Edinburgh is David Mach's exhibition on the King

James Bible 'Precious Light'. This is a massive exhibition

with displays of huge collages and sculpture. The best

bits for me were the very well made figures of Christ

fashioned from clothes hangers and the fact that David

Mach has moved his studio from London to the Arts Centre.

You can watch him and his team at work.

This photo is the studio in a quiet moment. That's David

Mach on the phone over on the right hand side.

The Scotsman's Steps

When the Scotsman's Steps in Edinburgh needed refurbishing

they gave the job to artist Martin Creed. Well worth a visit.

late summer

A studio moment

The storm

That was quite a storm. In the great scheme of things we are fine.

The roof is still on, we weren't flooded and no trees hit the house.

It was the poor old garden that took the worst of it.

Sandy Murphy RSW RGI PAI

Sandy Murphy is exhibiting at the Smithy Gallery in Blanefield

for the next five weeks. It's a great show so get along there

and have a look. The gallery is well worth a visit anyway as it's

such a lovely building and having it full of good paintings is a

bonus. Several sold already which bodes well in these tough

times. If my lottery ticket comes up I'll be back there.

www.smithygallery.co.uk

By the way...for everyone who has tried to leave comments

and been unable to, I've been into my set up lists and I think

it should be OK now.

Hardware store in Venice

In the garden

Well now, the Venice painting in the last post will never get to the

Edinburgh Art Fair after all. It was purchased on Saturday by

a Danish couple and is already in Denmark, in Odense. Quite

unexpected but delightful. This is, as far as I know, the first

painting to go and live in Denmark. I have paintings all over

the world but it's always a thrill to have one somewhere new.

Ah the complicated web that life weaves. Consequently it seemed

appropriate to photograph this spiders web on the hedge

this morning.

Today I have to paint something for the Edinburgh Art fair or

I'm in trouble.

Venice

A wee Venice painting. This one will probably make its way to the

Edinburgh Art Fair.

This is in the lagoon around Venice. The painting is currently with

Thompson's Marylebone Gallery.

Evening sun

Sweet Williams

Another of the paintings which have gone to London.

Thai Textile with daffodils

This is one of six paintings which have gone south to an art fair in London.

They are with Mayfair gallery Duncan R Miller Fine Arts.

Abseiling down Glasgow's Science Tower.

look at these colours...

Blek Le Rat

This is street art by Blek Le Rat...born Xavier Prou in Paris in 1952.

Twenty years before Banksy he was doing this kind of thing. If you

go onto Google Images and type in Blek Le Rat you'd think you'd

found Banksy's site. Interesting.

World War Z

The centre of Glasgow is doubling for Philadelphia in

Brad Pitt's new movie World War Z. George Square as

you've never seen it before. Filming started yesterday

and lasts for two weeks.

In the garden

The chandelier found a home.

Pink Fir Apples

Dug up some Pink Fir Apple potatoes from the garden.

Brought them into the kitchen and gave them a wash

before laying them on a red tea towel to dry for cooking

later on. Decided to photograph them under the kitchen

spotlights and this is how it turned out. Wild.

A wee blast of garden colour from two days ago...

before it started to rain.

Clerkland Farm Tea Room

The new exhibition at Clerkland Farm tea rooms is by Robert Clow.

It is a group of sensitive drawings and water colours. Stop by, have

a cup of tea and a scone...or lunch. Look at the exhibition.

Buy some of Anne Hamilton's delicious cheese.

Half way between Dunlop and Stewarton in Ayrshire.

Picked up this wonderfully colourful chandelier. Trying to

work out where to hang it. Mind you with our low ceilings

there can only be a couple of places where it won't give

us concussion.

Clematis Hagley Hybrid in the evening sun.

This is one of my favourite places in Greece. Good for drawing,

lunch, dinner...metaxa. Hmm.

Lime Tree gallery, Bristol

Dropped into the Lime Tree Gallery in Hotwell Road, Bristol to see

their Summer Show in which I have a painting. Sister gallery to the

Lime Tree in Suffolk, the Bristol gallery has only been in place for a

few years but is doing very well in these difficult times. The Summer

Show features Scottish painters and is a great exhibition so if you are

in Bristol go in and have a look.

Can you spot my painting?