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Heading back down the A970 after exploring the Nesting area on mainland Shetland, these contours caught my eye and so I pulled over to draw them. Not so much of an official parking place as much as one of the […]

The rather fabulously named Mavis Grind is a narrow joining piece of land that links the mainland of north-west Shetland to the Northmavine peninsula. I didn’t know that this was where I was until afterwards, I’d just found a place that I […]

Getting into the feel of the island by taking Buttercup the Beetle (that’s my car) on an exploration of the west coast here on mainland Shetland. I drove to the end of one of the roads and chanced upon Melby, […]

I’m writing in the middle of a brisk rain and wind episode that makes the waves outside my window look like they’re about to hop up and step in for tea. Yes, it’s January in Scalloway harbour on Shetland, so […]

They’ve suggested I resubmit my application for ACW funding. I don’t know, and yet I’ve thought of little else all week. There is fear, certainly. Will I be rejected again? The project needs a rethink and I’ve done it. I’ve […]

Getting quite established with the painting this week, with a couple of visits to the studio. Adding more definition and depth: I’ve put together an animation as well over on YouTube Exhibition news: I’m excited to announce that my work will […]

I bent down and picked up another… “Haven’t you got enough bloody twigs?” Asked my husband. “I haven’t got one like THIS!” I said as I straightened up with a groan. And there it is.  I’m collecting twigs from the […]

This week other commitments have kept me away from my studio space, but I have updated my website. I need to put up images of my current work and take down some of the old projects, but I’m putting this […]

I was surrounded by some amazing colourful art over the weekend and it’s helped me feel more optimistic than I usually do at this rather drab, grey time of year. It also felt good to be out and about again, […]

The format of paintings displayed In today’s crit, some of the comments about the work were aimed on the format of the paintings, how they are displayed etc. One of the comments mentioned how the painting’s cropped format makes the […]

We arranged to stay with Elisa Vladilo, an Italian Artist working with public and community art and with a wide network of artist friends in Austria, Slovenia and Italy. She very kindly devised a packed three day schedule of artist […]

This Artwork Titled: Jack’s Cow is one of x12 Artworks at Marcus’s current Solo Art Exhibition; Fairy Stories for Lost Child Hoods at Mansfield Library Gallery. On until 25th Feb 2022. It’s inspired by the Fairy Story Jack and the […]

I’m currently awaiting the outcome of a DYCP grant application, and rejection fatigue is pretty endemic now. I can’t apply for the a-n bursary, because criteria, yet I don’t like to put all my eggs in one basket… To get […]