29 September 2011

The Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival


I'm participating in an art exhibition next month entitled " Postcards From " as part of The Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival at The Gallery On The Corner,Edinburgh...

Dates and more info can be found by clicking on this link....

Here's my entry No.152 entitled  " After Diagnosis "...













22 September 2011

Trossachs



I don't seem to be doing much painting lately which is not really a good thing...since acquiring a digital SLR camera I'm having a hard job leaving it alone...it seems to be part of me whenever I go off on some journey regardless of how far the journey is.Off course the simplicity of removing the SD card and slotting it into a laptop is luxury and a far cry from days gone by of waiting for the lab processing return or home processing monochrome film and prints...







I seem to kid myself that I can use the photos taken as reference for paintings in the future...maybe this just an artists excuse or even an underlying version of artists block...anyway maybe I'm just nurturing my creative consciousness by doing this who knows?






Last weekend my partner Evlar and I headed up towards Aberfoyle and The Queen Elizabeth Forest Park in the Trossachs...we visited members of her family on the banks of Loch Ard and had a stroll around as you do...the weather was typically Scottish which made for some varying light conditions...The forest the Loch and vistas of Ben Lomond emerged through the improving weather conditions as the afternoon went on...A nice run out...

13 September 2011

Goatfell and Failed

Well its been a while since I posted on my blog...to those of you who take the time to read my ramblings please accept my apologies...

August flew by and was a busy month for me..with my sister coming up from the south coast of England to Scotland for a much welcomed visit...here at The Bed and Breakfast Ayr we have had alot of guests which has put things on hold art creativity wise more or less...


Anyway last weekend with good weather forecast we decided not to take any B&B bookings and headed across the Firth Of Clyde by ferry to the Isle Of Arran with the sole intention of climbing the highest mountain on the island Goatfell...I've often looked at this mountain in awe during sunsets from Ayr beach...



Artistically thinking the heather is in bloom in August/September so natures palette is always something to behold...Many artists get inspiration from nature and hill walking like landscape artist Keith Salmon who is also based in Ayrshire Scotland...


Unfortunately we never made the summit due to changing weather conditions and being unprepared clothing wise which dictated a hasty retreat back down Goatfell to Brodick to await the ferry...





As the weather turned to rain Goatfell took on an spooky appearance on the return ferry journey a little different from those sunsets from Ayr beach...