Getting ready! Aaagh..private view of @pittenweemartsfestival Tonight 1st Aug 6pm - 8pm. Then open tomorrow until 9th Aug. So much to do!

Getting busy, busy, busy for @pittenweemartsfestival
Packing, framing, labels, lists and -most of all- preparing the display boards that turn Pittenweem Library into my gallery Venue 31

Open 10 til 5 from 2-9 Aug.

#pittenweemartsfestival2025

Seapink At The Dornie - Isle Ornsay
Oil on canvas completed today. For show at my annual exhibition at Galkery An Talla Dearg 15 Aug - 1st Oct.

Reframe of a painting from my studio. Red Grouse in August. Oil on linen. For show in my exhibitions at @pittenweemartsfestival and Gallery an Talla Dearg

#Grouse #redgrouse #wildlifeart #scottishartist

Painting of killer whales.

I am excited to announce the following - Congratulations! We’re delighted to inform you that the artwork In The Compass of The Oceans has been shortlisted for Wildlife Artist of the Year 2025
#orca #orcas #whales #marinelife #marinelifematters #wildlifeartistoftheyear2025 #way25

Apologies for tardy posting here. Improvements forecast...

Isle of May breakfast

Eider painted from life. Isle of May

Long tails sketch started. London park in sunshine. Watercolour on @tworiverspaper

Sketching a late bluebell in a London park

One more sleep to go! Open Studios North Fife starts tomorrow at 10am on Saturday 3rd May. My venue no 75 in Balmerino is open 10am - 6pm so that is an EXTRA hour.

#Fife #lovefife #whatsonfife #walkfife #fifecoastalpath #wormit #newportontay #gauldry

Thank you!

My studio will be open an extra hour in Open Studios - so 10 am til 6pm on 3, 4 & 5 May. So you can take your time at the end of the day. All cleaned up and ready!

#openstudiosnorthfife
www.openstudiosfife.co.uk

My studio will be open an extra hour in Open Studios - so 10 am til 6pm on 3, 4 & 5 May. So you can take your time at the end of the day. All cleaned up and ready!

Open Studios 3-5 May venue 75 where you can see a lot of my very, very new paintings and learn about the creative process. AND you can visit the other 94 studios in out of the way corners of this beautiful kingdom.

This is the premier international annual show of wildlife art and I have been honoured to be juried by my peers as a signature member and selected for show many times - including receiving awards in two of their shows.

CONGRATULATIONS! Seahorses in The Seagrass Forest has been juried into the Society Of Animal Artists 65th Annual Exhibition. It will take place at the Art Museum Of Eastern Idaho, USA, September 18th through January 3rd, 2026.

As well as the art, study sheets and field notes often end up published as scientific papers.

presumably near its breeding grounds. Given it was an adult when trapped it would have done this journey at least 3 times.
These many hours of really getting to know wildlife in the field inform the field studies I produce and also lead me to discover some unique information on behaviour.

Moscow! Every winter I trap woodcock under licence and they are quickly and safely measured, fitted with a ring and released. One was recovered in Latvia and news on this one just arrived- a bird recovered near Moscow 843 days later 2617 km away,
#artandscience #woodcock

Wrens! Will be on show in my Open Studios show 3-5 May as part of @openstudiosnorthfife
What an amazing song these feisty little birds have. I just love their high-energy and lively character.

#Wren #wrens #birdartist #wildlifeart #Fife #spring #openstudio #wildlifeartscotland #birdart

My big oil painting " The Aird Road, Skye" has landed in its new home in the USA. Delighted to see it hanging in such a lovely setting and the new owners are over the moon.

#oipainting #scottishart #scottishlandscapeart #scottishartist #isleofskye

AMAZING day on the Treshnish Isles with Turus Mara. Sketching puffins in blazing sunshine. Seals, sea eagles and great skuas too. Highly, highly recommended.

Too windy! Apologies - but it kind of makes the point...

#ardnamurchan

This study of hares will be on show at my studio. Venue 75 at Open Studios North Fife 3,4,5 May.

Sketched from life in watercolour on Frogmore paper using a telescope on 5th April. The paper has grass and straw embedded in it.

Otters will be on show at my open studio show at venue 75 during Open Studios North Fife on 3,4,5 May.

Drawn from observation. I have several sites where I find groups of 8+ Eurasian Woodcock doing this lek-like courtship behaviour in Jan-Feb. I don't know anyone else finding this so here is an illustration of their behaviour to accompany a short note that is getting sent for publication.

The composition on this is perfect Richard

The Fulmar In The Folio.

#handaisland #scotland #paintingbirds #sketchingbirds #exploretocreate #creativediscovery #artstudiolife

Ptarmigan field sketches.