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News items and studio updates.

New Year, New Challenge

Stairs, Cables Wynd House, Leith. Drypoint print.

I’ve started a new course ‘Contemporary Printmaking’ at Edinburgh College of Art/Edinburgh University. It’s focussed on intaglio printmaking particularly etching, which is a new process for me. Here’s my first drypoint print on the course.

November and December events

I’ll be exhibiting or having a stall at the following events:

Edinburgh Macmillan Art Show continues online until 20 November- I have two works still available. http://www.macmillanartshow.square.site

Pattern Books exhibition at Upright Gallery Edinburgh, 26 November-23 December. I have four books in this. http://www.uprightgallery.com

Edinburgh Printmakers members exhibition ‘Kinship’ 1-23 December. I have a print in this. http://www.edinburghprintmakers.co.uk
Christmas market at Out of the Blue Drill Hall, Edinburgh 3 December- find me at my stall. http://www.outoftheblue.org.uk
Christmas market at Edinburgh Printmakers 10&11 December- find me at my stall. http://www.edinburghprintmakers.co.uk

Another market

I’ll be selling my prints, cards and small paintings at the Christmas market at Out of the Blue Drill Hall, Dalmeny Street, Edinburgh on 3 December.
http://Outoftheblue.org.uk

A new print of the Banana flats in Leith

Art Market

I’ll be selling my prints, cards and artist books at Colony of Artists annual festival on Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 September. Find me at venue 40 The Hive. Further info at www.colonyofartists.co.uk

Contemporary Art Practice

I’ve just completed a year long course in Contemporary Art Practice at Leith School of Art. My final project looked at the language of brutalist architecture and developed an ’alphabet’ of recurring forms. This was presented in individual lino printed ’letters’ on japanese paper and deconstructed in three dimensional plaster blocks.

Brutalist alphabet in lino printed individual letters. Overall size 100cm wide x 170cm high
Deconstructed alphabet in plaster blocks

Artists Bookmarket

I’ve been part of the bound:unbound table at last weekend’s market at Edinburgh’s Fruitmarket Gallery. Lots of visitors, chat and sales.

Printmaking exhibition

With the printmaking class of 20/21 at Leith School of Art, I’m exhibiting some prints at Whitespace gallery in Edinburgh. April 23 – 27 2022.

Drawing Brutalism

In my Contemporary Art Practice course at Leith School of Art, been looking at different ways of drawing and depicting brutalism specifically Cables Wynd House in Leith, Edinburgh. This is my final presentation. Photocopies of monoprints with plaster pieces.

Nature Works

I have four artists books in this exhibition at Upright Gallery in Edinburgh.

Against the background of climate change and COP26 in Glasgow over 32 artist book makers have submitted works reflecting their own concerns for the environment. uprightgallery.com for more information and opening times.