Introduction In late March I took an impromptu trip to Avebury in the English county of Wiltshire. My first experience of this special place came a few years ago when travelling from Swindon to Devizes to see an Eric Ravilious exhibition. This was a new land to me, and I had no real knowledge of the locality. So when the trundling bus, making its way down a small B road, was suddenly in between huge standing stones only a few feet away, I was taken aback and fascinated by thi

Boleskine is a place steeped in local history, as well as more widely known and mysterious associations with the rich tapestry of occultism in Britain during the late 19th and 20th century.

I'm delighted to have this artwork on the RSA walls at the start of this year. One of my personal favourites from the past couple of years. Tap the poster to visit the SSA website. Image size: 73 x 50 cm Framed size: 85 x 62 x 3 cm (approx) 2024 This piece was sold at the exhibition, and I have other work of this style available in my website shop . The Society of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibition showcases a range of work from its membership and also non-members, you will

Ithell Colquhoun’s work stands at the crossroads of art, magic, and social reform. Rooted in landscape, myth, and the living intelligence of matter, her paintings and writings speak powerfully to contemporary longings for depth, enchantment, and ecological relationship.

Different landscapes in our sense of the world also speak to us differently, and here it serves us to consider the aspect of ‘North’ in Phillips’s work. Made on and of the chalklands of England’s South Downs, then nurtured and moulded in art school in South Wales (where his dissertation for his degree in Fine Art provides us with another clue -  ‘Remedy in the Affliction: Beginning with the Wound’) the intervening years have slowly led the artist Northwards.

Stravaig is the journal of the Scottish Centre for Geopoetics, a body of work exploring the relationship between imagination, place, and the living Earth. This publication reflects an ongoing thread in my work, where landscape , imagination, and psyche meet. This year the Scottish Centre for Geopoetics celebrates its 30th anniversary with this edition of Stravaig. I am delighted to have two recent works published in the new edition of their journal Stravaig. There they find t

I'm pleased to present my first finished works of 2025. In pastel and ink on paper, I have sought to evoke themes of thresholds, the sublime, and sentience of land and sea.   Each piece is available directly from me, and the images here are linked to the webstore. Prices shown are inclusive of shipping to UK addresses, and payment can be made in installments by selecting that option at the checkout. International buyers, please ask me for a quote.   You are very welcome to co

Last week I visited the west country, during a spell of unusually prolonged warm and sunny weather for the British Isles during spring. This journey was not planned as a guide, but as an encounter with the mythic and magical in Devon and Cornwall, following a sense of place rather than a fixed route. Entering the Landscape - The Power Of Dartmoor The granite Tors of Dartmoor. I found these places profoundly strange and powerful, with the unusual forms of rock that occupy the