Howdy doooooody peeps!

well you'll be pleased to know that I have finally moved and am now established in my new abode hurrah! I've also had new windows put into my loft ambiance by the very lovely Baz and Dave....no not a cockerny tribute act but two very good roofers ho hum. I am now able to paint away merrily up in the roof space without a care in the world......ooooer and hurrah once more!
Right...where to begin?
The "Fallen to Earth" exhibition was well received by one and all and I sold "The Bird Man" to a very lovely lady from Oban called Sarah...she's a beautiful lady and an acomplished artist herself so I was well chuffed. She also has a very beautiful daughter who....I feel...would paint up rather well. I see her bedecked in feathers oooooer. If you're reading this Rowan please feel free to run and flee.....or maybe fly boom boom.

I also sold two paintings at "The House for an Art Lover" exhibition. "Lady with Hawk" and the "Lost Princess"was purchased by an equally beautiful lady called Christine...thank you Christine you're a star and I love you.
In the mean time two other paintings are about to leave me and find new homes in different parts of the country....hurrah and hurrah! Both have gone to blokes...."The Snow Goose" and "The Goshawk and the Blue Tit" are flying South...please excuse the pun.

So all in all it's been a rather productive time and long may it last is all I can say. I have also decided to start doing regular postings so that I can bore you more often......brace yourselves....

To finish this little blogette I will just say that I will be displaying work at two more exhibitions in the not too distant future...details will follow shortly...I bet you can't wait.......

Thank you for taking the time,

Ivor x

Bonjourno bonjourno bonjourno...

Just a wee brief quickie...ooooer. Up to my eyes in packing for next Tuesdays flit...off to a new abode. All very exciting but a piggin' nightmare to organise when one has exhibitions looming. Ho hum.

Just wanted to upload a pic of the painting that I'm showing at the "House for an Art Lover" exhibition on Sunday...15th April-17th April. I'll have three paintings there as part of the show. It'll be full of amazing paintings by shed loads of Scotlands foremost artists...oooooer. Please pop along and have a gander....I asure you it won't dissappoint.

Thank you for taking the time,

Ivor x

Well bonjourno my special chums,

I trust we're all well and life is being kind....?

I have been a very busy old artist these past weeks...am well knackered. The exhibition continues at the Virginia Gallery until 21st April...the launch was a brill affair as I got to meet lots and lots of fellow artists from all over Glasgow. I even sold a painting to a lovely lady from Oban...thanks Sarah, I know he's going to a good home. Please pop along and have a gander if you're in the area...I'd be very appreciative. It'll also give everyone a chance to see where the internal workings of my mind have been taking me over the past few years...ho hum. I seem to have become obsessed with birds and wings recently....ooooer....perhaps an ornithologists has possessed my body...blimey, I may end up looking like Bill Oddy.......

I'm just doing the finishing tweaks on the lastest painting....it's called "The Goshawk and the Blue Tit...mmmm...it's that Bill Oddy geezer again. It's based on the "Child Ballad" stories and depicts a maiden who is trying to escape the amorous advances of a blacksmith. In her attempt to get away she shape-shifts into a blue tit...to continue the chase, he morphs into a goshawk. All very romantic no less.......

The painting is for a three day exhibition being held at the gorgeous "House for an Art Lover" in Glasgow. It's a beautiful venue...Rene Mackintosh...all arts and craft and gorgeousness. The lovely Julie Waddington of Bespoke Art Gallery is arranging the event with a shed load of assistance from fellow artist and all round good egg Mark Getty. I'm putting in three paintings...two of which are new paintings...the one mentioned above and "The Lost Princess" oooer. Told you I have been busy busy busy.

On top of it all...I'm moving house so am surrounded by boxes...some of which I really should fill. It's a piggin' pain having sooooo much stuff. I'm also about to commence work on a painting for the forthcoming exhibition entitled "Queen"....it's to commemorate the jubilleeeeeeeee....how marvelously patriotic to be sure. I'm giving up the birds and wings for this one...I shall endeavour to do something regal but with a twist....mmmmm....here's hoping I can pull it off...oh and do the painting at the same time boom boom.

Right....off to fill a box...as the actress said to the bishop.

Thankyou for taking the time,

Ivor x

Good morning good morning good morning...and what a beauty it is to. It makes you want to run amok amongst the daffers.

I trust everyone is well and life is being kind...?

This is a wee blog to announce my solo exhibition at the Virginia Gallery in Glasgow.

It kicks off on Friday 23rd March and runs until Saturday 2ist April. If any one feels the urge to have a gander then please pop in...Ian and Drew will make you most welcome.

Thank you for taking the time,

Ivor x

Well helloooo and hellooooo,

Blimey hadn't realised it was so piggin' long since last I was here....ooooer. Mind...I have been blighted with sciatica which really hasn't been any sort of picnic...not the picnicking is good at this time of year and in this weather...it has also made me ramble on and on and on and on..............I rest my case. I am now practically vertical again now so all is well in my world...

I have to say that I was made up, chuffed, totally blown away due to a wee painting sale. A very nice man called Bryan contacted me about my work...came a visiting up from olde England and promptly bought my triptych "The Lover, the Wife and the Husband" This painting is now residing in Preston and I know it has gone to a good and appreciative home. Thank you Bryan for your support and patronage.

I've been dead busy working towards my solo exhibition in March. It's to be at the Virginia Gallery, Merchant City, Glasgow. The date is currently 23rd March for a 4 week run. I shall keep you all posted with the details when they're confirmed. I would be internally grateful to one and all if they wanted to pop along and have a gander at the paintings. Ooooer...how apt to say "gander" as I'm just completing a painting of a snow goose woman. She is the twin to the "Murmurring" painting and is the yang to his ying. It's all very "spiritual".....

I've also just completed a wee painting called "The Lost Princess"...it's sort of connected to the "Kings Mistressess" series...only she's not a mistress...infact she's Anastasia complete with a husky. Pics of these paintings will be posted when I get decent images of them....I apologise for the tease and then the non delivery. Mind...it's part of my artistic mystique oooooer.

I've also decided to do some drawings for the next exhibition. It's a very odd thing as it's been years since I have done any. I having to keep reminding myself that they're not prelim sketches for paintings. It's all been a tad challenging and a bit of a conundrum...but I reckon I may well be able to produce some half way decent pictures if I knuckle down and just let go. I must say I'm quite enjoying the whole smuggy, pencilly free range thingydoodah of it all. Mmmmm....we'll just have to keep an open mind about how good or bad they are. They're sort of based on bare knuckle fighters and "My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding"...I was sort of inspired by some etchings of pugalists I saw at a country house in the summer....ho hum.

Thank you for taking the time,

Ivor x

Happy happy happy new dodahs to one and all!

I trust everyone had a fandabbydozy time and you're all now back to relative normality?

I have to admit to having a distinct lack of motivation to get back to it following the yuletide festivities....I blame a major overdose of mince pies, turkey and sherry trifle oooer. I am now struggling to get my enormous bulk back behind my table to paint....cooo lummey...I'm having to stretch my wee arms alot more I can tell you...ho hum.

Anyrode up...I digress............

I've decided that this year is the year to do all those paintings that I have wanted to do for eons. I'm going to blast my creative juices all over my studio and have a major free for all. Mmmm...here's hoping that I don't only "talk the talk" but "walk the walk" too. I continue with my "Cloud Angel" painting despite the fact that it completely buggered up on me...well it was my own fault. I had spent so much time mulling over the "commercial viability" of the image that I completely ruined its integrity....oooooer hark at me sounding all Madonna. Upshot was...following a huge hissy fit where I swore that I'd throw myself and my brushes into the nearest Loch...it is now been re worked and it nearing completion. Mmmm and mmmm...still wondering if it works but it's sure as hell a lorry load better than it was. So ya boo sucks with knobs on.....

Two of my "Faded Seaside Glamour" paintings have sold..."Harlequin" is off to its new abode in Manchester and "Marrionette" is winging its way to France. Hurrah! It's an odd feeling as I've had those paintings for sometime now and I shall miss them.....but atleast they're going to good homes to be loved and admired. My cockles are well and truely hot and I swell with doings....

I am still working with the lovely Julie Waddington from....

http://www.bespokeartgallery.com/ She's a bleedin' gorgeous woman and I love her. I shall no doubt continue my "popping up" with her throughout the year. Cheers Julie...sending waves.

I will also be holding a solo exhibition at The Virginia Gallery in Merchant city Glasgow at the end of March. I will keep you posted on dates and the like when I have them firmed up ooooer missis. I'm hoping to include some drawings in this show...it's been eons since I did any and I'm wanting to get back into it. I was inspired by some 18th Century etchings that I clocked at a Stately Home....yes indeedy...how very Downton Abbey. I still need to get the models involved as I want pugulist type images. I can see it in my head but have no idea how it's going to go down on paper...ho hum.

A big thankyou to Drew and Ian at Virginia Gallery for letting me loose on their lovely gallery. Cheers boys...love ya!

Thank you for taking the time,

Ivor x

Bonmorrow bonmorrow bonmorrow!

This is just a wee festive message...yes I know it's very late but I've been entertaining family members and they've only just buggered off back home ho hum. Mind...it was lovely to see them and we all had a fandabbydozy time.

I will be writing in full in the New Year to tell all about what's in my pipeline for 2012...oooer.

Until then....................................................

Happy happy happy New Year to all...I'd like to take the opportunity to say thank you to everyone who has followed me through the year and for all the support you have given me. I am internally grateful and it is very much appreciated. Thankyou!

I hope everyones 2012 will be frolic filled, full of jolly japes and larks a plenty...enjoy.

Thank you for taking the time...

Ivor x