The Annual Ayrshire Art Exhibition & Sale 2015

It's that time of year again...

Pleased to be participating in this event once again...

All for a good cause...

Starts today

Grab a coffee while your there...

" Bealach Na Ba " (The Pass Of The Cattle)...

© Stuart Kirby All Rights Reserved

Latest one off the easel...

" Bealach Na Ba " (The Pass Of The Cattle)...

my favourite drive in Scotland either up too Applecross or down to Loch Kishorn...

Firth Of Clyde Troon Shore

"Distant Light" © Stuart Kirby

From a January day walking the Troon shore...

And the ever changing wild skies...

" Distant Light " 30cms x 24cms....

 Oil On Canvas....

Currently being exhibited at University Hospital Ayr 

2nd May - 28th June  

Ayrshire Art Galleries

Strolling The Shore  oil 30cms x 24cms

Currently being exhibited at Maclaurin Galleries Ayr Ayrshire...

3rd -31st May 2015...

" Strolling The Shore " Oil On Canvas...

30cms x 24cms...Framed...

Save The Children Ayr

A couple of paintings dropped off this morning...

Always a fabulous exhibition for a good cause...

Pop in and have a browse if your in the area...

Open Studios Ayrshire 2014 coming soon

Open Studios Ayrshire

Open Studios Ayrshire 2014 event launched last thursday evening at the University Of West Scotland Ayr

The event weekend is the 26th -27th April 2014 with approximately 50 artists involved from various areas of the county and with wide genres of art...

A map of the venues of contributing artists is available now at  www.openstudiosayrshire.com/osa2014/maps/  for those interested in visiting the venues...

Romantic Paintings Valentines Day Stuart Kirby

" Side By Side & Eigg " © Stuart Kirby www.itsromanticpaintings.co.uk

Hey guys forget Valentines Day at your own risk...

You know how much grief you will get if you do...

Show your romantic side get her a romantic painting or a print...

She will love it!...

Plus show her your skills by displaying it in the bedroom...

Your be in the good books for a while...

See a variety of romantic paintings and prints in my online shop

Scotland Seascape Paintings Isle Of Arran

Isle Of Arran Painting © Stuart Kirby www.itsromanticpaintings.co.uk

Greetings and a Happy New Year...

With the festive season over its back to the brushes and paints here in Scotland...

This unframed acrylic painting entitled " Isle Of Arran From Croy Shore "

Painted on a 30cm x 24cm canvas board in a painterly impressionist brushstroke style...


Varnished for protection and colour enhancement...

 Available in my online shop now..

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...

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...

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 ...

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

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

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

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...

Doon Doonfoot Painting

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Latest seascape painting out of the studio...

Entitled " Doon Doonfoot "

A mixture of knife and brushstrokes...

20in x 20in x1.5in canvas...

2 weeks to dry then to be varnished and added to my website here...

Space The Final Frontier

From those immortal words from the introduction of the original Star Trek tv series I'm running out of space in the studio...so there's a few small paintings here on offer on my website until the 19th of December...

There's Orangey Painting

" There's Orangey" Abstract Painting

One small abstract off the easel entitled " There's Orangey" painted on 7in x 5in approx canvas board...To view more of my abstracts click here

Click images to enlarge

Ailsa Craig Painting W.I.P.2

Oil On Canvas Board 12in x 9in " Ailsa Craig "

A few days on after drying and the W.I.P. Ailsa Craig now has some colour on it...

I decided to paint with only one brush for a change and to leave marks compared to my usually smoothly blended seascapes...

I'm pleased with the outcome and enjoyed painting it...

Click the image to enlarge...

Romantic Paintings W.I.P. Update

Romantic Paintings Work In Progress

Well here's the latest image from the work in progress I'm currently working on...

I'm still undecided where it's going so it might all change...

We shall see...

I was recently asked on my facebook art page whether this was from my imagination...

To which I replied well the mountains are a local view to me of the Isle Of Arran but other than that the colours or colors if your across the pond and the rest of the painting are produced without any plan...

As they say just winging it...