Nichola Scrutton

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Thanks Marsha!

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Homes are interesting to me

Monoprint portrait of someone looking straight out.

One from the sketchbook. #monoprint #drawing #printmaking #drawingisfree #portrait #art #landscape

Black and white of a night scene showing a bright streetlamp illuminating fog over the silhouette of a parked car and blurred houses.

Misty evening..

It’s that magnolia-time of the year again!💗 #mybackyard #magnolia #spring #flowers

Limited palette (olive green, indigo, warm white) landscape. High ridge line ascending left to right below pale, clouded but not dark sky. Hillside cloaked with shadows of trees, blurred and faded. Unfinished painting.

#workinprogress #oilpainting Ghosts

Text exceeds the character count on Bluesky. If you’d like to read the interview, please get in touch and I’ll send a copy.

My book, Like a Cat Loves a Bird: The Nine Lives of Muriel Spark, comes out a month today!

I had a chat with Booktime magazine all about it, as well as my love of independent bookshops like @urmstonbooks.bsky.social, @chorltonbookshop.bsky.social and @serenitybookshop.bsky.social 🐈‍⬛

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Delighted to have a track from Scenes from the Blue broadcast on the New Music Show. Thanks so much to Kate Molleson for including me in such a fantastic line-up for an International Women’s Day special edition. 🙏😊 Now on BBC Sounds.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#bbcsounds #radio #soundart #music

CD and cover with abstract landscape artwork in shades of blue.

I’m delighted to release Scenes from the Blue into the world today! The album is available to listen to and buy in CD and Digital Download formats! 😊
Today is #bandcampfriday - a great time to support artists.
#bandcamp #newrelease #album #soundart
nicholascrutton.bandcamp.com/album/scenes...

Nichola, bushy light hair, dressed in black, standing in front of a white wall with some framed images, and Featured Artist Nichola Scrutton text on the wall in the top left corner.

A wee posey pic before the preview this evening! Thanks so much to Glasgow Print Studio 😊🙏 Exhibition runs from 6th - 28th March.
#exhibition #printmaking #visualart #preview

Scenes from the Blue, by Nichola Scrutton 8 track album

Hi! 😊 A gentle note to say Scenes from the Blue drops this Friday 6th March! 🙌 Here’s the link.

Loving the cover designed by Pascal Blua with my artwork.🙏❤️

Thanks to Creative Scotland. 🙏

nicholascrutton.bandcamp.com/album/scenes...

#newrelease #album #sound #art #bandcampfriday #bandcamp

Excited to share - I have a Featured Artist Exhibition at Glasgow Print Studio.😊

A Kind of Scoring
PV 5th March 6-8pm - all welcome.😊
Exhibition runs 6 - 28 March.

More info shop.glasgowprintstudio.co.uk/exhibitions/...

#printmaking #notes #scoring #drawing #listening #sound #exhibition #art

Have loved the past couple of nights collaborating with @radiophrenia.bsky.social - listening to wonderful live performances from @nicholascrutton.bsky.social and Johanna Linsley ✨

Tree, black and white, with a bit of sunlight shining through

A hand (Nichola’s) making marks on paper.

A black and white wavy abstract photo of light/shadow

No pics yet so adding a few details from my film. 😊

Radiophrenia Lost in Transmission poster, two tone blue with lines and shapes.

Delighted to perform at @radiophrenia.bsky.social and @radioatlas.bsky.social special event last night. #radiophrenia #radioatlas #performance #voice #radioart #soundart #film Wonderful prog of screened subtitled works from Radio Atlas archive, and all round lovely evening GMAC Film. Many thanks!…

Forget the time

Bliss

Synth module and coloured cables. Text: Sonic Imperfections 10pm UTC, 23/2/26. Resonance FM logo.

Join us at 10pm tomorrow on @resonancefm.bsky.social for our February show - an hour of the finest new experimental/unusual music including Matilde Meireles, Zone Null & KMRU. stream.resonance.fm/resonance, 104.4FM in Central London, DAB Greater London & nationally on Radioplayer.

YouTube video by Louisiana Channel Karl Ove Knausgård Interview: The Other Side of Edvard Munch

youtube.com/watch?v=-0Ea... an interview with Karl Ove Knausgård where he talks about how trust in the world and in people can disappear as the result of traumatic experiences and that art, writing can be not only a way to confront the world but also to hide from it

First of the year, native plumb.
#photography #nature #EastCoastKin

Sketchbook page with sea and sky images partly covered by a bushy sprig of dried seaweed.

When you’re going through an old sketchbook and find a beautiful sprig of dried seaweed gathered on a beach walk. #journal #soetchbook #beach #beachwalk #residency #coastal #notes

Figure in lines, orangey coloured drawing.

Memory/dream detail, wip. #wip #drawing #printmaking #memory #dream #figuredrawing #art

Nichola Scrutton Scenes from the Blue Choose your preferred music service

Hello, & apologies for being a bit full on with album news - just to say - while Bandcamp is the preference (6th March), Scenes from the Blue will stream on platforms from 20th March - here are pre-save options, if that’s of interest. Best wishes, N😊https://ffm.to/nicholascrutton-scenesfromtheblue

Thanks very much John! 😊

Bluey-green coloured album cover with track list.

Track list, Scenes from the Blue - a cinematic sonic journey through shades of blue.😊

Releases 6th March. Pre-orders live w single Scene 7 Cyan. Available as CD & Digital Download.

Thanks Pascal Blua for ace cover design with my artwork 😊
nicholascrutton.bandcamp.com/album/scenes...
#bandcamp

Yay!! Congrats Becca! 🙌 x

Black and white monoprint of flower heads

Sketchbook snippet. Warm Sunday wishes to all.😊 #drawing #sketchbook #monoprint #daisies

A view of the ocean with surf and water spraying up in the air.

An announcement with the following text Resonance fm The Ambrosia Rasputin Show Freewheeling music series with Ivor Kallin. Sunday 15th Feb at 12noon GMT This week's show features some highlights from a recent gig at the Royal Albert (not the Hall, but a wee room at the back of the pub). You'll hear the Dave Craught Five (Adam and Jonathan Bohman and Romuald Wadych) plus a trio of Stephen Shiell, Richard Wilson and Ian Thompson. Plus, new releases from the MK Ensemble and from Nichola Scrutton. Even Stanley Baxter makes a brief, albeit posthumous, appearance. For more episodes visit The Ambrosia Rasputin Show on Mixcloud. [Repeats Friday 1am.]

Hi!😊 Saturday greetings, and a note - Sun 15 Feb at 12noon GMT - many thanks Ivor Kallin for featuring Scenes from the Blue on his Ambrosia Rasputin radio show @resonancefm.bsky.social 🙏😊 Listen at:
www.resonancefm.com & 104.4fm London area. Scenes from the Blue pre-order link in bio. #radio #sound