Part of the walls in my new gallery space with small flower paintings on the right and four 30x30cm paintings from my Pebbles series plus the accompanying catalogue.
My new studio, workshop space, and gallery in Portsoy is not an April's Fool, it's very much real. Opening for the first time this Saturday 11 to 3, if things goes to plan. 🤞 It's where the kilt shop used to be, on Seafield Street.
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A collage of photos of a very friendly black, white, and ginger cat.
Met this cat out walking this morning.
No, it might be Caturday but I don't have cat treats in my pocket!
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The ruined gable end of a building with a window in it near the old harbour in Portsoy, the sea visible through the window and my shadow in the foreground. Photo edited to remove colour except for blues in the window view.
Bit windier today!
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Doesn't this spinner with my cards look fabulous? As you can see, all my new cards, and an assortment of others, are available in the Portsoy Gift. Visit in person or get them posted to you by contacting the shop. They're not on my website yet, and some won't be.
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New in my webshop: my book on my drawings and paintings from my first year in Portsoy.
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Come May/June I should be in my new studio and gallery in the historic coastal town of Portsoy, northeastern Scotland. My plans include offering studio space for self-funded art residencies. If you’d like to be informed when I've things set up, please get in touch.
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Orange digger parked on the seaward side of the harbour wall at Portsoy, with an incoming tide. There isn't a driver in the cab. (He was busy unloading the little dump truck's load of stone around the corner, part of the repair work being done to the breached wall.)
"I wouldn't park there mate."
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My long landscape format sketchbook with my painting, propped up in front of the flowers in a pink and white stripey vase (not in my painting) on the table in my studio.
Playing this evening with mixed media -- watercolour, coloured pencil, and oil pastels. The flowers providing my inspiration are from my local independent florist Blathanna-k at my local independent shop The Portsoy Gift Box 🖌️💐
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Old harbour at Portsoy, looking across to where bags are being filled. Truck has just dropped another load of the rubble stone being used.
One truck driving out while another waits. Respect to the drivers manoeuvring in this narrow, awkward space.
View of the seaward side of the wall with bags of rubble being positioned in the breach.
Same as previous but with a red circle around the bags to make it clearer.
Portsoy harbour. Bags being filled with rubble and placed on seaward side of the breach.
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A view inside my studio with floor easel on the left with a painting in progress of rooftops and the old harbour at Portsoy. To the right is the table top with various paints and brushes. At the back, out of focus, are bookshelves and an armchair.
"Where is happens"
For me it's a combination of out in the landscape, on the beach, and inside the sanctuary that is my studio. The studio cats and I have regular debates about who gets priority on the armchair in the corner.
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Sun shining through beneath the little stone bridge over the Burn of Durn in Portsoy. River is running strongly because of snowmelt.
Low winter sun gets in places the summer sun doesn't.
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Beginning of my painting, blocking in the various parts of the composition.
On my easel: the jigsaw of buildings at Portsoy harbour, the various distinct ones and the fragments of walls and roofs behind, plus the beautiful stonework of the harbour. Early days with this painting.
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Portsoy old harbour breached by the storm.
Portsoy old harbour breached by the storm. Traffic cones planted into sand to remind idiots to not go any closer.
Portsoy old harbour breached by the storm. View from the new harbour side.
Portsoy old harbour breached by the storm.
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Portsoy old harbour breached by the storm. Standing on the other side of the harbour you can see the missing piece like a missing tooth.
Portsoy old harbour breached by the storm.
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My painting of the old Salmon Bothy at Portsoy with three boats, the rocky shore, and sea.
🎶 We three boats of Portsoy are;
bearing seafood we travel afar 🎶
50x50cm, acrylic on wood panel
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My hand holding my black ink drawing of the fishing poles and boats taken out of the water for winter. The scene is in the background of the photo and appears quite far away.
In real life the old fishing net poles are more visible than this photo suggests. Boats have been taken out of the water for winter.
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Too windy to get this morning's drawing at its full length, even on video.
The paper doesn't flap about when I'm drawing because I've got it on my lap. Folding it into a concertina makes it easy to carry and lets me make it "smaller" as needed for the wind.
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My hand holding my ink drawing of the old harbour at Portsoy, Scotland, with the scene visible behind it. To my left is the stone wall of a building.
Smaller piece of paper today because of the wind, forecast 50mph gusts, which also why I sat on steps here with building blocking most of it.
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As I started drawing this morning it began to drizzle and spread the ink, but fortunately it didn't last and the breeze dried my sheet of paper.
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My hand holding a 30x30cm wood panel with a painting of houses on at the top of the hillside of a bit of coast.
Painting in progress, or maybe finished. Will ponder for a few days to decide if it truly needs anything more.
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Didn't get the houses in today. 😁
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My pen drawing of part of the rocky sea shore at Portsoy, with houses peeking out the top of the hill. Done with water-soluble black-blur ink, with waterbrush used on the sea area to spread the ink.
Was out drawing here again today. New favourite spot. The sun went behind a cloud when I started doing the sea, before that it was much brighter (for northern latitude in November).
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Pen and wash drawing of a piece of coastline at Portsoy, northeast Scotland, with row of houses at the top of the hillside.
Today's drawing.
Pen with water-soluble ink, plus a water brush.
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