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WHO
This is a mixed media painting which is why it's framed behind
glass - the owls are painted on actual leaves that I found and loved
the shape of. The gold colour makes an eyecatching background too.
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THISTLE
This was
painted as a submission for a great charity auction where all the
artworks had to be based on that iconic Scottish image of the thistle.
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CATCH OF THE DAY
Is this the one that got away? A beautiful brown trout just ready to
hang as a trophy on the wall of any fisherman.
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PETUNIA
Nestled among the bright petunias, this little cat statue gazes out
over the comings and goings on the street.
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PRINCE
To find a Prince sometimes you have to kiss an awful lot of frogs!
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BLUETIT
These colourful birds are always a welcome addition to the garden.
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RAPT
The ospreys nest every year at Loch Garten near Aviemore and I saw this
beautiful raptor giving something rapt attention.
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BLUE HORSE
I try to sketch every morning, and I was really pleased
with this sketch of a horse so I transferred it to the computer and
added a little colour. I think it looks very classical – Greek or Roman
maybe.
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HIGH FLIER
The grace and menace of gulls wheeling in a bright blue
sky.
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TIM'ROUS
It was around Burns night, hence the title, and I saw this
wee face peeking out from under our back fence, looking at the snow and
disappearing back to bed. I knew the feeling!.
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BOBCAT
This was a commissioned portrait of a pet cat. Called Bob.
Bob cat. Guess where I got the title from?
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PURRL
This is Toffee, our oldest cat. I came down one morning to
find she had dug out the contents of my knitting bag, which I had
placed on the dining room table for safe keeping, and was fast asleep
on top of the wool. She looked so cute that I couldn't be angry at her,
so I painted her picture instead.
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IV
There is a small patch of ivy growing up the brick wall in
our garden. If you think about Roman numerals, the visual joke here is
that there are actually five leaves in the painting and not four.
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DOLPHINS!
I couldn't visit the Moray coast and NOT be inspired by
the fantastic sight of dolphins and porpoises playing in the Moray
Firth.
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DANDELION AND PEACOCK
A really summery picture inspired by our garden which
fills with butterflies (and weeds) in the summer. The title was
inspired by that drink from my childhood days called dandelion and
burdock
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GEORGE
George, the box tortoise, lives in my mother's kitchen.
Yes, he is real and he's about as old as I am. I'm not saying how old
that is though!
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DAFFODIL
Spring
had sprung and this is the front of a multiple view of that most
spring-like flower, painted life size on a small chunky canvas.
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PROUD
A friend asked me to paint an Indian inspired picture for
her. I was stuck for inspiration until I went to Pittencrieff Park in
Dunfermline and watched the beautiful peacocks showing off. The
triangular canvas gives a modern twist to this most classical bird.
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PUFFIN
My husband is from Orkney and it was there that I got my
inspiration for painting this clown of the sea.
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BLUEBELLS
The Bluebells of Scotland is a lovely traditional tune
which inspired this painting.
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SERENITY
Swans always look so calm and aloof and this one was
gliding over the waters of Loch Lomond. The shape of the swan perfectly
suits the oval canvas it was painted on.
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BUD
The canvas was small and chunky and offered an ideal
opportunity to paint a flower from many different views – top, bottom,
sides and front. This is the front view.
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THISTLE BEE
So Thistle Bee a really Scottish painting then. I love the
colours of the thistle and so, it seems do the 'foggy toddlers'. I
carried on the bee theme by echoing the shape of honeycomb in the
hexagonal canvas.
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PICNIC IN THE PARK
I was visiting the Speyside Heather Centre near Aviemore
and saw this little guy, bold as you like, sitting on a picnic bench
having his lunch.
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A NEW DAY
Inspired when I opened the curtains at stupid o'clock one autumn
morning and saw Spike the cat, who had been hiding behind the curtains,
staring out at the breaking dawn.
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