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It has been horrifically hot here. So unusual for Scotland. I believe records were broken - once on Thursday when temperatures got to 31 degrees Celsius and was the hottest day in Scotland for 23 years, and…

This is actually a blog post that I wrote a few months back. Typically, I forgot to post it and was going to delete it. But, considering it contains some paintings of cute animals I thought I would go ahead and post it anyway. Only the bottom three paintings (otter, fox, and bee) are available for sale now.

I had been painting a few miniature…

We have been having a few stormy days here recently. It has been wonderful! I love thunderstorms at the best of times but what they do to the landscape is make it a dramatic and exilarating place to be. With the sun peeping through the clouds and the darkness of the sky, parts of the hillsides lit up like a light shining on a stage. Of course, it inspired me to paint some little stormy landscape watercolours.

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Spring is pretty well past and, judging by the weather, the start of summer is under way. The buds have morphed into leaves and everything is a beautiful shade of green. However, I have to admit that I do love the freshness of spring. Some of the local trees have been putting on quite a show this year - first with spring colour and now with their early summer blooms. The following are some of the photos of the roadside trees I took this spring.…

I can't believe March has been and gone. It seems no time since Christmas. However, it has been a long and chilly winter this year. Unlike the previous few years where snowfall in my part of the Scottish Borders was a rarity. It is only April though. It is not unheard of to have snow in May - and in one case, we still had snow on the hills in July!

However, the…

Pictures like the one above have always inspired me. I love to paint those dark brooding skies and the zingy grass covered hills. Living in the Scottish Borders I get to see this kind of scene a lot. However I also travelled throughout the rest of Scotland when I was a youngster. The only places I have not been are the far north and the islands…