As an artist, I know that creativity comes in many forms, and for me the joy of dyeing is a chance to play with colour in a different way to painting.
Yarn Drop July 2024
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Events
Local Exhibition
Five local artists from the Rhins of Galloway make up Galloway Connections and following a very successful exhibition in Kirkcudbright last year, we are putting on another...
The Brainstorm Series
Find out how I’ve been using my art to help me process a rather shocking health diagnosis.
Hi, I'm Glenda
artist & web designer
I live by the sea in southern Scotland and paint contemporary artwork for people who love a splash of colour on their walls.
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More from the blog
Searching for the Light
“Searching for the Light” is a collection of small abstract paintings from 2019 searching for hope.
Curling wave
Watercolour again – still find it incredibly challenging, still aiming for a lightness of touch that eludes me.
Veil of Tears
My art has always been my self taught form of therapy . It started in my art journals, a place to express in images what I couldn’t always put into words.
Why I won’t be in Spring Fling 2023
I missed the deadline to apply to Spring Fling this year. This is the long explanation of how life (and death) got in the way.
The paintings that never were
What the hell was I thinking?! How self-doubt stole my paintings.
Not the summer we planned
I have a rather poorly husband at the moment, but have been able to squeeze in a little experimentation with oil and cold wax.
Watercolour sketches
I really do find watercolour one of the hardest and most unforgiving mediums to use. Having the right paper and good brushes is a good starting point and good quality paints of course.
Eyes wide open
I’m in a fallow period at the moment art-wise and I know that this is a normal and necessary part of the creative process.
Portraits
Some of the exercises from Pauline Agnew’s Expressive Portrait class that I recently enrolled in.
In Conversation – a short documentary
A ten minute short film about myself and two other local artists.
Autumn 2020 Solitude Collection
A selection of paintings reflecting the strangest of years.
Let it Rain
“Let it Rain” is a large acryclic painting on canvas, my response to the Australian bushfires of 2019-20.
