The winter term has flown by in a flurry of gales, icy blasts and downpours, and the Easter break has arrived along with British Summer Time, though, not yet summer temperatures. The group held its AGM on the last session, along with a Macmillan Coffee Morning where we raised £248. The first meeting after the…

Torrential rain, gales, snow, frost and ice, total lack of sunshine for days on end; we have had the lot already this year. Notwithstanding that this has, unfortunately kept a few of us away from our Thursday art sessions, it has been an inspiration for some atmospheric landscapes. This is a winter scene from the…

Sessions restarted this Thursday, and it was good to get together again after an extended Christmas break. The bright winter sunshine and snowy landscape of the last few weeks will, hopefully, have inspired us all to new artistic endeavours. I have painted lots of trees in the past, mainly winter scenes, and wondered what it…

This bright and beautiful kingfisher adorned the cover of our 2025 Calendar so missed out being featured in the monthly Calendar posts. He brings a splash of colour to a new year that, so far, has been nothing but extreme winter. When the blizzards subside and conditions allow, we will resume our Thursday morning sessions.…

I was always very impressed with the Christmas lights in Tarves. The scenic old square with illuminated trees was much better than most other small towns in the area. It still looks “Old Worldly”. I tried to include the shop and old phone box and added in the man and his dog as I often…

This painting is a tribute to the work of Canadian artist, Tom Thompson (1887 – 1917) who inspired the famous “Group of Seven” artists from Ontario. His depictions of forests, mountains and lakes show the beauty and remoteness of the Algonquin landscape and the wilderness beyond. The style of this painting resembles Cubism, where trees…

This year we have returned to our pre-Covid venue at the Kirk Centre in Ellon for the exhibition. In addition to the groups own art work, several other local crafts people had their work for sale:- pottery, woodcraft, candles, jewellery and painting. Visitors all seemed appreciative of what was on show, and the participants thoroughly…

I was inspired by Yellowstone National Park for this painting. Done in acrylic, I wanted to show the diversity and size of the environment