On the first weekend in November, I booked myself a collagraph weekend workshop at Glasgow Print Studio under the guidance of printmaker Gayle Robinson. It’s been a long time, pre-Covid, since I went on any professional development printmaking workshops.
Read MoreSpring has sprung! The garden is full of daffodils, the bees are out foraging and the birds are really giving it a lot of welly at the moment. In the meantime I’ve been squirrelling away in the studio.
Read MoreBeing a professional artist is challenging!
You might think I spend all my time in the studio making prints, but that's not the case.
Read MoreTrying to carve out time to make new work was and continues to be quite challenging. There has been a relentless list of demands coming on top of the usual day to day running of a small creative business.
Read MoreA couple of days ago I wrote about what a wonderful place Vatersay and the Isle Of Barra was for providing me with massive scope for inspiration.
Read MoreThere is a general misconception that an artist’s life is a walk in the park - I mean who wouldn't want to make pretty pictures all day, right?
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