I am an Artist, Painter, Writer, Poet , Illustrator, Professional Creative Many of my paintings depict richly detailed scenes and reflect my own deep interest in the lives of people and their work.
I studied at Dundee College of Art from 1974.... finishing my postgraduate studies there in 1979. I won scholarships from the British Council to Budapest Fine Art Academy, and the Elizabeth Greenshield scholarship twice from Montreal, Canada. Artist In Residence, Grizedale,Cumbria, and Farringdon Society Of Arts, Devon. I have been exhibited at the Scottish Royal Watercolour Society, the Royal Watercolour Society, the Royal Institute and also in numerous galleries in towns across England, Scotland and Wales. My work has also been exhibited and in private collections in Europe, America, Canada and Japan.
I have received sponsorship from Rosenstiel’s Fine Art Publishers, London, residencies at Grizedale, and Farringdon. My paintings have been published by Rosenstiel’s, Medici and Parnassus.
We commit with love to practice as with the heavens above through grace with joy we savour giving zest through loving favour as unfolding we reflect all glory for the beauty of our world harmoniously we move in rhythm which unfolds from deep within a hymn springs forth which divinely issues through the spheres with a dance sublime we move our minds expanding consciousness through design from a beguiling place with empathic love and care we grow for the beauty of this world such joy for all things as we do exercise a briskness in the fitness with which we complete our sacred tasks to bring a relish and a fire to all that we aspire as we create a more wondrous tapestry for the beauty of this world all joy all succour in this knowing that we have a time for sacred sowing as aglow with love and growing we cast a blush and rush of colour through the fabric of our lives as bright adornments we shine and sparkle as we move as one in light fantastic for the beauty of our world
From the expansive wastelands of inspiring Dartmoor, I bid you a bright good morning:)
Such alchemy within this place, encouraging me energetically to ever wander the moor, with my painting gear, finding magic everywhere...such an ancient energy pervades this sacred place.
If there be a reader....I bid thee...rise….awake....and discover new worlds.... they are all out there..myriads of them..waiting to be recognised and loved by YOU dear intrepid traveller.
...where will sunrise find .you...tomorrow..???? All blessings to you….wherever you are….in this eternal moment...
this video gives you a sense of my continuing journey.... I feel so blessed and held through the divine within nature......bliss:)
Morning has risen, what a fine day full of potential for wondrous beauty what will we manifest with this new dawn me for my own part my heart overflowing filled with desire for the joy of expressing all the love and guidance received while I slept how blessed in this moment to feel one with the angels to sense the warmth of their golden hearts the joy of the sharing with significant others increases the alchemy a thousand fold from a place of deep reverence my soul filled with gratitude I send you this message of life everlasting of joy evermore Feel the thermals under your wings transporting you ever higher to new and ever greater worlds of divine alchemy this is the joy this is the journey from a place of unconditional love such exquisiteness in this sharing such a peace when we do practice oneness with the heavens above
I am, everything, I am nothing, I am a child of the Divine, we are, I am, all Is, I am.
The best way, to celebrate life on this planet, Is to join each other in a spirit of oneness. within the community of Mankind, the spirit of oneness, drives us to a realization,toward a practical application, of the same wholeness, completeness, harmony, balance and unity, striving for perfection, we will not rest until we achieve it.
My joy is in the sharing of the journey with everything, everything reflects the Godness The Godness reflects everything, everything is Divine, the Divine is everything, everything is perfect. I have no desire to change perfection, when my earth journey, is only to change, my fragmented self, I have much to do.
To discover joy, is to return to a state of oneness, with the universe, we are one, you and I, together we suffer, together exist, and forever will recreate each other, I sense the Divine in all things. I sense myself the apprentice, I am the rough ashlar, being shaped, each facet exposed, perfected, by the clinical precision of a surgeons knife, wielded in a Divine hand.
To be an instrument, of the Divine Musician, I move, I have my being, to this Divine tune, I am, no more, no less, of myself, I am not Divine, merely a receptacle, of Divinity. The joy of the journey is the fullness of the journey...whatever is, is, I embrace it all from a place of deep thankfulness, all of it. as it is, pleasure, pain, Its all the same, all of it. I surrender it all back to God, all of it, no attachment, have I, to any of it. And so it is.
All life is energy, we each, have an infinite capacity to discern it, thats why we are here, to practice it, for me this is, I sense, my journey. We are all infinitely different, that is also Gods wish. Trying to change anything on this planet require energy, energy requires resources, changing yourself from a place of Divine appreciation is power, it is not dependent on earthly resources; It comes from the one true source. Gandhi said it all, Be the change you wish to see in the world.
That is the only meaningful way to change anything, most people however well meaning, when they think they know better, and try to implement, their wishes from a place of force, become part of the problem, the beginning of a moral dictatorship, which, then takes them from their innocence, only agape truly heals, anything, for it is Gods way, be from a place of Peace Agape and you will be in authentic power. Only that changes, anything, this is how it is, God did not make us to be sadHe made us to be, the light, so shine! shine!
Pick yourself up dust yourself down, and start all over again. This is Gods wish in this moment, know that all is well and all will be well, live from this certainty, do not doubt God, nor the Divine within each one of us, for this is authentic power, which we have a duty of care, to nurture, in ourselves and others, for we are each our brothers and sisters keepers.
When we live in the light of God, let ourselves be embraced by angels, and wise brethren, how can we fail on the journey, each journey is blessed, far more than most will ever know, in this particular lifetime, will ever know:-)In this knowingness, what inner certitude it inspires! I know I am blessed, I know you are blessed, I know everything is blessed, in oneness we are, it is, will always be, and thats good enough for me.
On this earth plane trying to force anything, ultimately, consumes the forcer. Spirit is authentic power, it just unfolds, work from this place. Expect nothing, intend, gently, from a place of profound agape, and relax, and watch it unfold, there is an authentic power in this. Infinite patience does indeed produce instant results:-) everything is perfect as it is, look not for change in others, and then resent them, when you consider them unchanged enough. I have no expectation of anyone, thus, they dont disappoint me. I am aware that of mine own self, I can do nothing, I am an instrument, a very happy instrument, through which the Divine can play me like a harp
