Goddess of Change
A few days ago, in an antique shop, I came across a bundle of papers and material that I believe were kept by Christopher Murray Grieve [Hugh MacDiarmid]. Included in … Continue reading Goddess of Change
Tag: artists
Baroness Dombrowski
Baroness Dombrowski [1881-1968], Austrian writer and illustrator, has been largely forgotten. During her career she used multiple names: Kathe Schonberger, Käthe Olshausen-Schönberger, Katharina von Dombrowski, Baroness von Dombrowski, and the … Continue reading Baroness Dombrowski
Fifty years
Yesterday we visited the Andy Goldsworthy exhibition in the Royal Scottish Academy. Wow. Here are a few photographs from yesterday:
Aberdeen’s Array of towers
Front page of the Press & Journal, 30 September 1933: The above sketch was by William Stratford Percy (1872–1946) a stage comedian who also appeared in a number of short … Continue reading Aberdeen’s Array of towers
Landscape Artist of the Year
Today we joined spectators of the filming of Landscape Artist of the Year. This was at the Falkirk Wheel. Here are a few of my photographs:
SHAPES
This short film begins with the artwork of a dear friend: To play this short film please click here. Music credit: Isto cover of John Lennon’s ‘Nobody Told me’
Angus Menmuir Neil
Last month, sketches and paintings by Joan Eardley were in an auction sale in Edinburgh, such as this one: Lyon and Turnbull provided this provenance for the pastel sketch: ‘Given … Continue reading Angus Menmuir Neil
‘There is something of the outsider’
From an article about Deborah Levy in the Observer, 29 June 2025: