Category: Other Art

Pet Portrait Commissions: Price Increase 2024

Advanced notice that prices for pet portrait commissions will be rising from 3rd January 2024. Quotes given (quote will be valid for 3 months) and any bookings made before this date, will be at the 2023 price currently shown on my website.* I haven’t significantly raised my prices for many years, but due to the […]

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Paintings of Stac Pollaidh and Suilven: Icons of Coigach and Assynt

The hills of Coigach and Assynt have a beauty not found elsewhere in the UK. Their distinctive silhouettes define the skyline of north west Sutherland. The rocks here are some of the oldest on the planet. I’ve been lucky to visit this area several times and I’m always blown away by its beauty. I’ve painted […]

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Sketching Remnants of the Second World War

I recently spent a week in Dumfries and Galloway, south west Scotland, returning to a lovely cottage we stayed at last summer. The area is steeped in Second World War history. Nearby Wig Bay on the shores of Loch Ryan had been a RAF flying boat base. Cairnryan, where the ferries now depart for Ireland, […]

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