My catalogue is now complete for this year’s solo exhibition at Ian Kenny Gallery. While its not even sent to the printers yet, I can reveal the designs here on my blog! Follow me on Facebook and twitter for more about the exhibition.
The Expanding Miniature oil painting collection.
Since the European network of Galleries, ‘Carré D’Artistes’ contacted me interested in my work, I have been producing a collection of small oils on board. I’ve been happy with the results and have generated lots of ideas for bigger paintings to emerge later on. Normally I wouldn’t sell my small working sketches which normally don’t leave the sketchbook. This means …
Paisley Artists Live Demonstration
Here’s the video showing my Demo from March and subsequent completion in the studio of ‘Light Emerges, Tiree’. This was my second demo at Paisley artists. A fair amount of the talk and explanations are here. It was quite busy so the camera had to be a fair distance away… forgot to zoom in closer before starting though! [embedplusvideo height=”350″ …
Small Oil Painting Studies on Board
Recently I’ve been working on small oil studies. I have previously worked on work like this in sketchbooks, but thought it might be nice to offer these for sale on a more durable acid free conservation grade board. These studies are really idea generators which can be painted in situ, en plein air. My work receives a lot of …
Sketch and Alla Prima Oil Painting: Old Man of Storr, Skye
Oil Painting demonstration of latest Scottish Landscape painting: ‘Old Man of Storr’. This one shows some sketchbook drawing work using Copic markers
Buying Art: What Scottish Painting Should You Buy?
Short answer: MINE! I recently had a request from a client who looked for advice on where to look when buying more paintings. Despite this sounding a little like walking into Tesco and asking to point you in the direction of a good supermarket, I didn’t take it the wrong way! The customer was in the process of commissioning a …
Painting Demonstration
Scott Naismith demonstrates the painting of Glen Spean Light. The first part of a 2 part video
WASPS Artists’ Studios Glasgow- The Briggait
Theew WASPS artists studios at the Briggait in Glasgow look very impressive on first inspection. Although the glass walls look the part, practically, they are’t too clever. Unless you’re an exhibitionist, these wont be too appropriate. Pretty comfy in my current set up so will have to see whether the Briggiat would be a good idea to move to.
Magazine Cover
A feature on my work is happening all this week on Redbubble.com. This Magazine accompanies the Solo Exhibition group and has some great writing from Richard Sutherland. Here’s one of the articles: A View to Eigg and Rhum by Scott Naismith oil on canvas In Scott Naismith’s “A View to Eigg and Rhum”, the sunset glances off the flat sea, …
INTERVIEW WITH THE ARTIST
Did this Interview after winning a challenge in a Scottish based RedBubble Group. 1. Firstly, tell us more about your winning image and why it was this one that inspired you to enter it for the challenge?The winning Image is a 40×40 cm painting of Sanna Bay, Ardnamurchan. Looking North out to the isles of Rum, Eigg and Muck (just …