Pictures of my work at the "ecartists" exhibition, St Margarets House, Edinburgh

The latter image is of a flutter book (folded from a double-sided single sheet of A3) I recently as part of an Artists book making elective I am taking at college. It features image portions selected from my woodcut prints of Blackford Hill & Pond. 

Latest Exhibition - St Margaret's House, Edinburgh

I am taking part in a four person exhibition from 9th till 15th February (10am-5pm) at St Margaret's House, 151 London Road, Edinburgh. All the artists are currently studying at Edinburgh College of Art (ECA). Please come along if you are in the area. Here are some images of works of mine which will be on display.

 

 

www.macmillanartshow.org.uk

Two of my drawings are this week on sale in the MacMillan Art Show 2013 "Art of Nature" exhibition.

"Working Lines" Exhibition

Working Lines Exhibition,
August 2013, Edinburgh Ski Club, Howe Street, Edinburgh

This took place in the last week of the Edinburgh Festival. Myself and four art colleagues put together this exhibition of drawings and prints, open to the public for one week. It was my first experience of organising, hanging and manning an exhibition and it was a really great experience. I learnt a lot (Hanging is not easy!) and sold a few pieces as well.

Tram Drawings

In my current work this term I have been creating drawings of the tramworks at the West End of Edinburgh. I went to Haymarket area one day a couple of months ago and was shocked at the scale of the disruption and mess of the tram works there. It was a kind of awe inspiring chaotic-looking mess and this is the feeling I have been trying to capture in my drawings. I started with two ink & pastel drawings based on some on-site sketches which looked quite traditional. So then I decided I wanted to try something more contemporary. Using an overhead projector, and inspired by the work of the artist Julie Mehretu, I produced these two pieces: 

 

First Public Success!

Hello again Blogger readers. I haven't blogged for a while - life keeps intervening, you know how it is - but I wanted to update my post with some good news. I submitted a small oil painting of mine to the RSA Open Exhibition this month and lo and behold I actually got selected! .Yahoo, it's very exciting having your first work accepted for a public exhibition.

The exhibition opened at the RSA building (lower rooms), on Princes Street, Edinburgh (slap bang in middle of the city, next to the Christmas Market and Winter Wonderland, for those who are not local) and I went to the Opening Night (invitation only!) on Friday. It was so great to see my work up there on the wall, along with paintings from many contemporary artists I admire. Here's a small shot of the wall at the exhibition - mine is on the top row, third one from the left. It's a small oil painting in expressionist style, called "Island Landscape" . Even better, someone has bought it already. I hope they will really enjoy it.

Guerrila Art Eggs

Have You Found an Egg?

As my own "guerrilla art" experiment I have today permanently sited some of my Alien Eggs in and around some trees located in the Blackford Hill environment. I would be delighted to know if anyone has spotted them and what you thought when you first saw them.

There are four eggs out there in all (see above). I have varnished them to help them withstand some weathering but I anticipate that they will gradually disintigrate in situ over time (unless someone chooses to remove them of course). I plan to visit now and again to record their changing appearance/disappearance.  

Happy Hunting!


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