notes from the drifting spaces
Blair’s art notes…
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Summer walks in the leafy green rain
Although it has been pretty wet and cool in Scotland recently, I’ve been walking in and out of Glasgow. The colours are often intensified as the light becomes subdued under […]
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Painterly movie and novels inspiration…
Being a fan of the Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, I was a bit sceptical of watching the film version of his most famous novel ‘Norwegian Wood’. Firstly the romantic human […]
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Abernethy Part 3 – Cairngorm mountain at night
The final Abernethy post – a speedy drawing trip up Cairn Gorm munro at midnight, looking out into the deep blue midsummer twilight sky and hill shapes. There were some […]
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Outdoor Installation Artwork (Abernethy Part 2)
Whilst at Abernethy in the Cairngorms area I made some land art work with a combination of metal, card and also found materials which I salvaged near the river bed. […]
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New piece for Roger Billcliffe Gallery
The Glasgow based Roger Billcliffe Gallery asked me for some work for their ’20:20 vision’ (Summer Exhibition 2012 from 16th june through july) and I popped round from the studio […]
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Abernethy Art Trip 2012 – Part 1
‘Twas an excellent trip up north in the Cairngorms and Aviemore area again this year with the Hamilton College Art Department – very energising, artistically productive and lots of laughs […]
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Visiting the Glasgow School of Art Degree Show Fine Art
My friends (Alan, Piper and Gillian pictured here) and I enjoyed a visit to the GSA 2012 degree show in the Mackintosh building – this was our reaction afterwards! Although […]
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Drawing at sea on the Waverley
With all the speedy intense movements and rhythms in the ship’s engines to work from, it was good fun sketching loosely with the coloured pens in the sketchbook, using various […]