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New Year, New Site…!

Well for a while now I’ve been apologising to people for the lack of recent work on the site, and truth be told I’ve been neglecting it in…

28 Songs Later : the final three

Those of you who have been watching the 28 Songs Later project unfold (thanks – the response has been great, especially over on Facebook!) may notice a pause for…

Islay sketches

A few sketches from a recent trip to Islay. This was the view from the house we stayed in at Gruinart.

Eastercon

Last weekend I attended and exhibited at Satellite 4, or, as it’s more formally known the 65th British National Science Fiction Convention, or as that’s less formally known,…

Braw opening

Thanks to everyone who came along to the Braw! opening on Friday – great turnout and great to see the wide variety of work on show. The show…

The Power of the Atom

My first sculpture utilising found objects. [EDIT] My career as a conceptual sculptor lasted only for the duration of April Fool’s Day, you’ll be pleased to know 🙂

Drawing fourteen – For Suzanne

A River Runs Through It

There’s an exhibition on at Kelvingrove at the moment of art created by various invited artists inspired by the big shiny new Riverside museum complex, which is basically…

Landsacpe Sketches #3

Getting a bit Cezanne and Rennie Mackintosh here.

Landscape sketches #2

A slightly more finished sketch. Taken from a painting in a book, the name of which escapes me at the moment. If anyone recognises it, please let me…

Penguin doodles

Some doodles for this year’s Christmas card design.

Source photos – sandstone skies and clouds

The Sentinel Too – finished!

A little bit of touch up on the ‘figures’ to make them a little less puppet-like and finaally a glaze of The Secret Weapon – Kroma’s miraculous transparent…

The Sentinel Too (almost there)

A few more details and touch ups and we’re done. And the “original” for reference: Personally, I think there are things that are better in the original, and…

The Sentinel Too – base layer

The base coat for The Sentinel Too is done. The foreground goes in over the weekend. Now a bit of an oddity. I admit, I sometimes tweak the…

Big and Ochre – sunset

Starting to pull an actual painting out of this now. Getting all fiery and sunsetty – with a little inspiration from Turner’s Sun Setting Over a Lake…..

Big and Ochre (WIP #5)

Decided the edinburgh castle thing was just detracting from the point of this, which was sandy colours and a jarring motif in the middle, so I blotted it…

The Painting of Many Titles

The painting of many titles: Cloud Watching on Neptune or The Red Flower of Tachai Blooms Everywhere or Shivering Sun or possibly just Kieran’s Piece You choose.

Nebula complete – ‘Nucleus’

Nebula – WIP #4

Nebula – WIP #3

Nebula – WIP #2

Nebula WIP #1

There’s a lot of strong pink and red to go in this one so need a nice rich base for them to sit on. Some nice things happening…

Paintings for Satellite 2 art show this weekend

In memoriam…

Spirit of the Forest. Time of death : Sunday 17th May 2009 at 13:30. Cause of death : total erasure with black gesso, brought upon by irreversible complications arising from…