These past few months I have been trying to complete the output for my solo exhibition this summer, making travel plans for the autumn, and enjoying enormously my first grandchild! This new painting ‘Riverbank’ also came into being last month and focuses upon the closely observed complexity of grasses on the edge of a burn in the historic village where I live and work. The longer I live in my village the more it seems to exist mysteriously across time, and I hope this painting captures that feeling.

By June 2026 I hope to have completed two new Grasslands etchings for the exhibition this summer and by July, the accompanying publication with a fine essay by art historian Lynne Green. All these will be available for purchase at the exhibition or online in my shop section as soon they are released, but in the meantime, my news section will keep you updated- enjoy!