23 February 2011













Greetings once again...Wow alot has happened since my last post back in August 2010...I vacated the mild south coast of England in November 2010 and headed north 500 miles with all my worldly goods in a self drive van across the border to south west Scotland...

Now residing in South Ayrshire on the coast I have experienced my first scottish winter which apparently according to the locals was the harshest its been for some time...but it did make for some amazing scenery...

The locals are very friendly folk and the pace of life seems slower than down south unless your driving along the M8 into and out of Glasgow...

My only continuous gripe I guess is the condition of the roads..With numerous potholes before the bad weather and subsequently more after...steering between them one wonders how long it will be before the police pull me over on the suspicion of drink driving...

There's an amazing amount inspiration for art here...That combined with art based resources in the form of many art groups and networks in the area something that I found was lacking down south...

Talking of art groups I have joined and been welcomed by Ayr Art Circle and entered paintings in their group exhibition at Maclaurin Galleries Rozelle Park Ayr which opens to the general public on 27th February and runs until 27th March...

Anyway apologies for the lack of post here recently but hopefully now I'm settling in slowly in Scotland that will change...aye right