18 December 2013

Scotland Landscape Painting Ayr Beach Carrick Hills Doonfoot

Ayr Beach Scotland © www.itsromanticpaintings.co.uk 2013
One from last week on a 30cm x 24cm (12in x 9.5in approx) canvas board...

Acrylic entitled " Ayr Beach Scotland "

Painterly brushstrokes impressionist painting...

Drying spell then a varnish...

Now available here in my online shop ...

11 December 2013

Scotland Paintings Walking Goatfell Isle Of Arran Stuart Kirby Art

" Walking Goatfell " © www.itsromanticpaintings.co.uk 2013
I haven't walked Goatfell on the Isle Of Arran recently...

I have had 2 attempts and the closest I have got to the summit before the body said a big NO was excruciatingly close maybe 50 yards max as can be seen in the photo below...

Maybe next year I shall return in better shape and be able to see the amazing view from the summit...

Anyway this painting " Walking Goatfell " from today shows the lower levels of the ascending walk as the rock path meanders it's way through heather and grasses towards the ridge...

So close yet so far...© Stuart Kirby...All Rights Reserved...
Painterly brushstrokes now available in my online shop...


10 December 2013

Scotland Landscape Paintings Stuart Kirby Art

Sand Wester Ross Towards The Inner Sound And Raasay

Greetings

Latest painting off the easel...

" Sand Wester Ross Towards The Inner Sound & Raasay "...

Acrylic On 30cm x 24cm Canvas Board...

Painterly brushstrokes to be varnished when totally dry and available soon in my online store...

4 December 2013

Abstract Paintings Stuart Kirby GreenHeart Scotland Gallery Ayr Winter Exhibition

" Aumento Rosso " Abstract Painting Stuart Kirby

Greetings

 I have been invited to exhibit a selection of abstract paintings at the GreenHeart Scotland gallery in Ayr ...


From the 9th December until the 31st in their " Winter Exhibition " ...


Also exhibiting paintings are 14 other artists...giving a variety of art to see ...


So if your in the area drop in to view paintings and other genres of art ...


11 November 2013

Romantic Paintings Stuart Kirby Art Summers Gone

Hmmm its been a while apologies to you who read my ramblings...life gets in the way of art sometimes...

Anyway the summers been and gone which I have to say was refreshingly pleasant here in Scotland...

I even managed to grow tomatoes outdoors unprotected which are native to the south of france and delicious they were too...

In July we acquired a new member of the household in the form of a female cocker spaniel named Mollie pictured below...

Butter wouldn't melt in my mouth...Aye Right... 


Mollie has keeps us on our toes like most puppies especially with her teething and will be a good studio assistant hopefully...

Photography took over most of the summer months with trips to various places for inspiration in creating new paintings and mere pleasure also...

I shall post more of an update on my current artistic adventures here very soon...

Regards Stuart

3 May 2013

Romantic Paintings Stuart Kirby May Art Giveaway

" Touching The Soul " by Stuart Kirby All Rights Reserved © 2012
Congratulations to Gil Cumming winner of my month of April art giveaway...

Thanks to all of you who took the time to enter.

This month's art giveaway is a print of an oil painting(still available) entitled " Touching The Soul "...

As usual all you have to do to enter the giveaway is leave your name below to be entered in a draw...Then on 1st of June the winning name will be left here on my blog...

After an exchange of email address and shipping information the print will be sent to the giveaway winner...

So all you have to do to enter is leave your name below in the comments section...Good Luck...Stuart




6 April 2013

Romantic Paintings Stuart Kirby April Art Giveaway

"A Moment In Love" by Stuart Kirby All Rights Reserved © 2012
So April has arrived...Easter's been and gone and this week has been full of sun...bliss...

My apologies for not posting a new art giveaway on the first of the month but I have been consumed these last few days in selecting a new monitor mainly for my photographic work as I have seemingly got back into it professionally again...how did that happen!...

I blame a certain Jasmine Star...

I also acquired a graphics tablet for my Photoshop work and it's immediately apparent I'm definitely needing a lot of hours of practice with it.

Anyway back to the giveaway...

This month's art giveaway is a print of an oil painting(still available) out of my imagination entitled " A Moment In Love "...

As usual all you have to do to enter the giveaway is leave your name below to be entered in a draw...

Then on 1st of April the winning name will be left here on my blog...


After an exchange of email address and shipping information the print will be sent to the giveaway winner...


So all you have to do to enter is leave your name below in the comments section...


Font problems grrrrr...

Good Luck...

Stuart

11 March 2013

Romantic Paintings..Stuart Kirby...Mull Of Galloway Again....

Mull Of Galloway Scotland ...Stuart Kirby Arts
Click On The Images To Enlarge
So the brushes have been on hold recently and its the digital SLR camera that has been in my grasp...

I was recently asked to photographically cover certain events at a wedding at the beginning of the month...

All went well and it was good to have a change of mindset and media in creating, capturing and processing images of the special day...

It took me back to the 90's to the days of me using film to create images...click to see more..

I remember being in the press pit taking editorial images of tennis stars like Anna Kournikova (remember her) and sending my film for 1 hour processing whilst staffers for national papers were armed with early versions of digital cameras and laptops and able to wire through their pics to their picture desk and editors directly...I just couldn't compete back then...different now though with all this technology...especially viewing the image immediately after capture...

Across The Solway Firth To England....Stuart Kirby Arts
Anyway yesterday me and Evlar ventured down to the Mull Of Galloway for a run out...

It was nice to see my homeland across the Solway Firth with the snow topped mountains of the Lake District in the distance...

I love this most southerly point of Scotland and its views especially on a clear day albeit a bit hutchy and windy like yesterday...




Across The Irish Sea to Ireland....Stuart Kirby Arts
Last time we were here I only had my phone camera but this time luckily I had brought my DSLR along and captured a few pics...

Swinging round through 90 degrees on this peninsula Ireland comes into view which is the birthplace of some of my ancestors...

A nice run out all in all...Thanks for dropping by...

Oh just a reminder...Don't forget my totally absolutely FREE month of March art giveaway... you can enter here...













1 March 2013

Romantic Paintings...March Giveaway

Lovers And Maidens by Stuart Kirby All Rights Reserved © 2012.
Well its March...yes March already and the sun has been shining the last 3 days hopefully it will last one day longer as I have a wedding to attend tomorrow...

Anyway this month's art giveaway is an unmatted,unframed print of a romantic painting of mine entitled " Lovers And Maidens " on art paper...

The actual painting can be viewed at The Gallery On The Corner  Dundas Street, Edinburgh...

All you have to do to enter the giveaway is leave your name below to be entered in a draw...

Then on 1st of April the winning name will be left here on my blog...

After an exchange of email address and shipping information the print will be sent to the giveaway winner...

So all you have to do to enter is leave your name below in the comments section...



Good Luck...

Stuart

3 February 2013

Ayr Art Circle

Ayr Art Circle 2013

The exhibition kicked off today so on the off chance your in the area why no pop in for a browse and a coffee at the Maclaurin Galleries....

Open Monday,Wednesday to Saturday 10am - 5pm...

Sunday 12 Noon - 5pm...

Closed on Tuesdays...

Runs until 24th of February...

1 February 2013

Romantic Paintings....February Giveaway...

" Love From Troon" Stuart Kirby

Well its February and the daylight here on the west coast of Scotland is noticeably drawing out nicely as we move towards spring...

This month's giveaway is an unmatted,unframed  print of a romantic painting of mine entitled " Love From Troon " on art paper...

The actual painting is being exhibited at the Maclaurin Galleries Ayr from the 2nd February at the Ayr Art Circle annual exhibition...

All you have to do to enter the giveaway is leave your name below to be entered in a draw...

Then on 1st of March the winning name will be left here on my blog...

After an exchange of email address and shipping information the print will be sent to the giveaway winner...

So all you have to do to enter is leave your name below in the comments section...



Good Luck...

13 January 2013

Romantic Paintings...January Giveaway

" Love To Arran " by Stuart Kirby
It's a bit late but I finally got here...

Hope you all had a good new year...

Its time for a free worldwide giveaway...

This month's giveaway is an unmatted,unframed  print of a sold romantic painting of mine entitled " Love To Arran " on art paper...

All you have to do to enter the giveaway is leave your name below to be entered in a draw...

Then on 1st of February the winning name will be left here on my blog...

After an exchange of email address and shipping information the print will be sent to the giveaway winner...

So all you have to do to enter is leave your name below in the comments section...



Good Luck...