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My 76 year old Dad took up painting a year or so ago. This was prompted when a friend gave him a gift of one of his paintings.  Now Dad goes to a painting club every week. He was tentative at the start but he has grown in confidence and one of his most recent works […]

There is an exhibition of Joan Eardley’s work at the National Gallery for Scotland right now. My husband got tickets to a private showing and we went along last night. He has often talked fondly of a place called Catterline in the north east of Scotland where he spent many childhood holidays and Joan Eardley lived […]