Artwork

Paintings

My paintings are inspired by my love of nature, of being outside and benefiting from the restorative power of the natural world.

I live near the east coast of Scotland, and I also spend time on the west coast as well as the islands. The white sands, almost deserted beaches and vast skyline are often the inspiration for my artwork. Walking amongst the machair and grasses that border these beaches is meditative. I have been influenced by the Fife coastline and its many varied beaches as well as the countryside of East Fife. I am fortunate to have views of the sky over the Firth of Forth, and this has inspired me to create sunrise and sunset artwork, with the winter skies providing the best of these spectacles.

I use colours which reflect those in nature and use different tools to create layers, depth and texture to the paintings. As well as brushes, I use rollers, squeegees, palette knives and sponges. I work predominantly with acrylics but will often add pastels and ink for mark making.

My paintings are available as originals but can also be purchased as prints. You can also buy these images created as A6 postcards as well as in bookmark form.

Arable Land East Fife 1

Endless Horizons 1

Sunset East Fife 1

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Where The Sea And Land Meet 1

Glen Vale Lomond Hills

Winter Sunset

Silver Sands, Morar

Spring zing

A walk amongst the daffodils

A moment of calm

Meadow buttercups

Buttercup heaven

Spring gorse

Golden sands meet turquoise water

Arable Land East Fife 2

Endless Horizons 2

Sunset East Fife 2

Where The Sea And Land Meet 2

Silver Sands

Balephuil Bay, Tiree

Calm beach day

Spring blossom

Forget me not

Room to breathe

Beach day

Pollinator's paradise

A walk amongst the heather

Healing green

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Pressed Flowers

All of the pressed flowers used in my artwork are grown and collected from my own garden in Fife, Scotland. I garden without using chemicals and actively work alongside nature, encouraging biodiversity in the garden and practising regenerative gardening when growing both the flower garden and the vegetable garden. I grow my own fruit and vegetables as well as plants, trees and flowers. I use my homemade compost to feed and nurture the soil which produces happier and healthier plants and produce.

I let areas of my lawn grow and have planted bulbs and wildflowers into these areas. By letting the grass grow, I have been fascinated by the different grasses that have grown, flowered and produced beautiful seed heads. I use these in my pressed flower artwork.

I slow-press the cuttings taken from the garden in my studio at home. Nothing is used to preserve these pressed flowers and the results achieved are unique to each individual plant and the slow-press method.

I then produce pieces containing a collection of plants and grasses or just focus on one particular plant or grass. I use a variety of different backgrounds, including using paints to create a background, which helps to highlight the plants and grasses.

All my work is original and unique and celebrates the wonderful plants and grasses surrounding us so that we can continue enjoying them beyond their natural lifecycle.