Hellooooooo and a fiddley diddley deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

I'm feeling right perky today due to a big rush of doings. T'is a very many splendid "thang" as Harry Seacombe used to sing. I put it down to there being a big yellow object in the sky today...such a bleedin' rare occurance this summer to be sure.

I've finally finished "Puck Summoning the Fog"....he, "Banquos Ghost" and "Cloud Angel" are now residing in a wondrous new venue in Glasgow called High Street Gallery. Hurrah! It is resided over by my fabulous mentor and chum...David Johnston...formerly of Park Gallery. Good luck David and a big thank you for all your support. The Merchant City Arts festival is also in full swing and if you take to wandering the streets you could well cop a look at some of my work...Hurrah again! A big thank you to Drew and Ian at Virginia Gallery for sorting it all out...they're also running an exhibition alongside the festival event. Go in and have a wee gander...I'm sure you'll enjoy.

Alongside all of the above...I've been  contacted by a gallery in Jersey wanting to display my wares...yet another hurrah!
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I'm dead excited about this and am cuurrently getting some stuff together to ship over. I'm going global! Hurrah and hurrah!

I've just finished drawing out the next painting...it's going to be Ophelia going bonkers and chucking her rosemary about. There will be a big tempest looming in the background just to add to the drama. Well...I hope it'll be dramamtic...no point in doing Shakespeare if you can't bung in a mad bint and some drama.....I shall keep you posted as to how it's progressing. Right....off to create "the art"....

Thank you for taking the time...

Ivor x

Bon morrow bon morrow bon morrow!

T'is me again...I did say I would start blogging at an alarming rate...and for me...this is an alarming rate. Coooo lummey, I've been painting the live long morn! Thought I'd have a wee break and impart some information on yous lot.
I am about to be displayed around Glasgow on some poster type doings....ooooer. It's all part of the Glasgow festival thingy that kicks off on 26th July. Apparently..art work from many fabulous artists will be on display all over the shop for all the world to see....how wondrous I hear you cry. There'll also be a wee exhibition on display at the Virginia Gallery, 45 Virginia Street,  Merchant City, Glasgow, G1 1TS...it's entitled "Who's for the Game" The preview is this coming Friday 20th July at 6:30pm.
I'll be exhibiting "Burlesque Noir" and "The Escapologist" oooooer.
Both events will run for most of August...hurrah!

Thank you for taking the time...

Ivor x

Howdy doooooody my chums!

I know...I know...I know...it's been bleedin' ages since my last blog. Mind...I do have a good excuse...I'm having the house ripped apart and a new studio installed in the loft space. My opening has been opened and a wondrous space has been created at the top of my abode...hurrah and hurrah and a big fat thankyou to Shaun the builder for making me a place to paint in peace....
I have also come to an executive decision and...I am unanimous in this....I'm now going to blog more often and with more aplomb....always loved that word...have no idea if it's the right one but who the flop cares. Anyrode up..I digress. I am now going to treat you lovely readers to short snippets of my existance and what is occurring in my artistic bent oooer. Here goes........................
I have finally finished painting "Banquos Ghost" and it was a challenge to be sure. Mmmm...had a bleedin' nightmare trying to create a ghost out of rock...hopefully it works and the image looks suitably spooky. I wanted to create a painting full of regret and guilt...I think it has achieved a look of contemplation...I'm told it has. The painting has created a lorry load of interest....infact...I've gone global! A very very talented writer in France has fallen in love with MacBeth...along with a very very talented sexual health clinician in Scotland...oooooer...I'm well excited!
I've commenced "Puck summoning the Fog". Mmmmm...it's taken me eons and eons of staring at this image to know how I want to move forward with it. I've decided that I'm going to create the "fog" in a different way...in other words...not as fog at all...ho hum. Bare with me as the woman in labour said to the midwife...Puck will be summoning the fog but it won't be misty literal fog but a more organic fog. I apologise for all of this arty farty nonsense but it has been a week of builders and their dust...it's quite difficult to create "the art" whilst a burly builder is waving his tool at you...................

I thank you for taking the time...

Ivor x

Good morning peeps,

T'is a dull cloudy day here in Dumfries...which is a bugger really as it's been so beautiful of late I feel fair uplifted. Anyrode up...I digress...............................
The "Queens" exhibition at the Virginia Gallery, Virginia Street, Glasgow is well underway following a successful launch last friday. It is full to the brim of creative doings and paintings...please pop along and have a wee gander. It's running until the 30th june so there's no excuse for not nipping in ho hum.
"Beauty Queen Reliquery" will be on display and ready to greet you...her diet pills are wearing off and her eyelashes have wilted...so go see her before she morphs into a faded old queen.

I spent the week end in Liverpool...I was at a Eurovision Song Contest party to be precise....mmmm...never experienced one before as the last time I watched Eurovision Katy Boyle was doing her "Une point" multiligual bit. Must say it's changed a lot......and on the note I shall remain tight lipped..........The reason I raised the subject was because I met a very engaging, witty and talented poet whilst I was there. I realised just how much the written word can inspire me...I tend to see words as paintings and was amazed at how a man could paint an image with words. Coooo lummey...hark at me being all interlectual and arty first thing in the morning. I'm not sure if Kevin is published as yet...but if he's not, he should be...I'm hoping to be able to use his words for some paintings. As I said to Kevin..you're welcome to thrust your greatness upon me and I'll see what flow it creates....
Thank you Kevin....
Talking of words and images...the Shakespeare series is now underway. "Banquos Ghost" is shimmering nicely and I'm about to attempt a vision of hauntingness. Mmmmm....may well end up a lorry load of ectoplasm and wispyness. I'm trying to create a feeling of Banquo as part of the landscape....I suppose it stems from all the "shape shifting" stuff. All I know is I'm well enjoying the telling of a tale and no one tells a tale like Shakespeare. Hey nonny nonny and a tra la la la la...verily and forsoothe with a big codpiece and a mighty madrigal....I think I've made myself clear.....
I'm wanting to paint "Lady MacBeth" as I love all of that "Out damn spot" carry on. I have a model in mind and now have to persuade her she wants to be immortalised as a bonkers old murderess....I shall have to use all of my charm and wit..................................................

Thank you for taking the time...

Ivor x

Well fiddle dee dee and shiver me timbers....

The "Tall Ship" exhibition was a right ol' blast. It was so good to exhibit on board a floating gallery...so to speak. It's an amazing venue and well worth a gander at. There's still loads of stuff on display until the 6th June so pop along and have a wee nosey. Must admit it was a tad short of pirates and bucaneers...how does that joke go?.....oooer...but an amazing place non the less.
A massive load of praise should go out to Julie, David and Mark for all the bleedin' hard work they put in....well done yous.
I've submitted my "Beauty Queen Reliquery" to Virginia Gallery for the "Queens" exhibition. It kicks off this coming Friday...25th May and lasts until at least 30th June. Hurrah!
There'll be 60 artists displaying their wares all on the theme of the Queens jubilee...God bless her and all who sail in her....This one will also be well worth a visit so get yourselves along and have a look.

I've started work on a new piece...I'm going all Shakespearian oooooer. I know I know it'll mean me having to be a bit more cultured than of late but it's a challenge I'm rising to...which is quite an achievement as I'm only 5'2". I'm starting off with "Banquos Ghost"....whooooo and hooooo and oooooo. I have no idea how I'm going to pull off the apparition bit but I'm willing to give it a go....where's Doris Stokes when you need her and what exactly does ectoplasm look like? It's a conundrum to be sure....
Want to say a big thank you to Stephen for being my Ghost....you're a star fella and I am internally grateful...cheers fella. I shall keep you all posted on my progress.....

Thank you for taking the time,

Ivor x

Howdy doooooody to one and all!

I did warn you that I would be wittering on a lot more than usual...t'is the sunshine and the urge to impart......oooooer.
Actually I just wanted to inform you all that I shall be exhibiting at the "Tall Ship" exhibition on 18th May in Glasgow. I'm splicing the main brace, polishing my cutlas and pooping my deck the live long day in readiness for the great event. It'll be full of brill artists and the venue is bloody bloody marvelous. I must say...seeing as I hale from Portsmouth...I'm really looking forward to the whole thing....mmmmm....wonder if I'll need my sea legs?

"The Water Ghosts" will be on display...along with "Rose Lad" and "Rose Girl"...not too sure where the "water" is on the rose ones but...hey ho...artistic licence and all that......
Please pop along and have a gander...please excuse the pun....it'll be a blast!

Ooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh me mateys...pieces of eight...pieces of eight....

Thank you for taking the time....

Ivor x

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