A Little Angry -Creativity is a Cruel Mistress

Creativity is a cruel mistress

She beguiles us with promises of enriching our lives by doing what we love: creating. She showers us with glittering ideas of possibility and success. But just when we feel we are winning, and she is firmly by our side, she leaves us. No goodbye letter, no apology, no farewell kiss on our weary heads.
A fresh start for 2023

A fresh start for 2023

I've had so many good ideas rolling around in my head lately that I decided to take the time this year to make some space, both physically and mentally, for realising these dreams and encouraging those creative promises to come true.
Lemon Skies Painting by Fiona Wilson (detail)
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How Nicholas Wilton and ART2LIFE changed my life

Sometimes when we are at you are at your most lost, the Universe answers your question with an opportunity. Browsing facebook, I came across Nicholas Wilton from ART2LIFE who was running a free week long course as a taster for his yearly abstract painting course called Creative Visionary process (or CVP for short). I watched the videos on design, value and colour and followed the live calls and suddenly I started to see the world through new eyes.

Looking back and going forwards

Everywhere I look I see mantras about how we should live our lives. Don't look back, have no regrets, you can't change the past, be in the present, follow your dreams, look to the future! I say you should look back. Look back at your failures and successes and use them positively to help develop a style of working that reflects your current ideas.
Glasgow School of Art Fire - Mackintosh Eye

Glasgow School of Art Fire

Glasgow School of Art Fire On the morning of Saturday 16th June 2018, I awoke to the shocking news there had been another Glasgow School of Art Fire. The Glasgow School of Art Mackintosh Building, was once again ablaze.  The…