being and becoming in the world
On my way to Karen’s studio: To play this short film please click here or on the image above. Yesterday I visited the Alloa studio of Karen Strang, artist. Music … Continue reading Yesterday, I chatted with a dear friend
Last week we were fortunate to be able to visit [on separate days] Kelvingrove Art Gallery/Museum and the Burrell collection:
It is a cosmic mystery why oor nation has failed to recognise this cotter-toun lad: James Ferguson [1710-1776]: unschooled stargazer, mathematician, engineer, astronomer, philosopher and artist. A magic circle of … Continue reading a magic circle of circles
I am hoping to get to these current exhibitions of John Byrne’s art: CECI N’EST PAS UNE RÉTROSPECTIVE 25 May – 16 July 2022, The Fine Art Society, Edinburgh John … Continue reading John Byrne
Recently we were fortunate to be able to visit the Bridge of Allan garden of Ann Shaw and her husband Malcolm [see photographs below]. Ann is an artist and her … Continue reading art beat
The latest art work of Duncan Marquiss is called ‘Flattening of Affect’ and featured in the Scotsman, 28 May 2022, along with this short biography and explanatory note: I very … Continue reading ‘Flattening of Affect’
[words] Nan Shepherd [painting] Eric Redmond
This evocative image was painted by Waller Hugh Paton in 1872. It depicts an evening steam train leaving Bridge of Allan station, heading North. Waller Hugh Paton [1828-1895] was a … Continue reading The Night Mail to the North