Bon Accord Street, Aberdeen

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Bon Accord Street, Aberdeen, oil on card, 21.5 x 25.7 cm - available

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Victoria Bridge, Aberdeen

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Victoria Bridge, Aberdeen, oil on card, 22.7 x 18 cm - available

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Brig o' Dee, Aberdeen

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Brig o' Dee, Aberdeen , oil on card, 20 x 17.2 cm - available

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Aberdeen, Bon Accord Crescent

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Aberdeen, Bon Accord Crescent, oil on card, 20 x 22.3 cm  - available

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Getting ready for Clashnettie Arts Residency

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The Residency is for the whole of July 

 My equipment perhaps looks old and messy but the paints are all great quality and my tools are tested and thoroughly dependable. 

I wouldn`t recommend travelling with flashy stuff. Even if you don`t get robbed, you`ll attract attention or become nervous about about losing it.

Paints, Liquin, linseed oil

Easel

Card palettes

I`ve been using these cards for years. 

They are light, cost nothing and can be discarded if they get too thick with paint

Boards, brushes, cloths

Carriers

These are used to transport wet pictures

I`ve decided for the residency to paint small about A5. 

I`m getting the cards together, priming them and preparing carriers.

I am weather dependent. So far the weather this summer has been very wet. I do hope it improves in July.

I think perhaps of making Clashnettie videos, but I`m not sure. It will depend how I feel when I get there.

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A house, Mannofield, Aberdeen

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A house, Mannofield, Aberdeen, oil on card, 211 x 250 mm -  available

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The Dee, Aberdeen, June, 2026

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The Dee, Aberdeen, June, 2026,  oil on card, 212 x 214 mm - available

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Rubislaw Terrace Gardens, Aberdeen, June 2026

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Rubislaw Terrace Gardens, Aberdeen, June 2026

Oil on card, 26 x 22 cm  - available 

The weather has been difficult, with frequent rain, and I haven`t been able to go painting as much as I`d like.

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Everybody to Kenmure Road (2026): review: 3/10

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Documentary tracing events in a Glasgow street when the Home Office attempt to arrest two foreign men, presumably for not having appropriate visas.

Neighbours and locals protest, successfully preventing their removal in a van. The crowds are joined by local politicians.

The documentary attempts to contextualise these events withing Glasgow`s history as a radical city.

The presentation of events is entirely celebratory. No effort is made to question the legitimacy of the collective action, or the reasons for the arrest of the two men: sentimentality prevails. 

The film is watchable, however, reminiscent somehow of Ealing films such as Passport to Pimlico.