Where We Belong is the latest series of paintings by self-taught artist, Andrew McIntosh. Born in the Highlands in 1979, Andrew’s images capture the beauty of the area around his family home. His work is on show with the Bo.Lee Gallery at the Pulse art fair in Miami from 1-4 December.
French photojournalist, Laetitia Vancon took these stunning photos of the Outer Herbrides because she wanted to record the lives of young people living there and their relationship to the place where they live. She started taking pictures for ‘At the End of the Day’ in January 2016 and the subjects featured are between the ages of 18 and 35. She writes: ‘The first tableau of this series seeks to reconcile the
If you are a guest at wedding you might not expect to serve the food. At this Scottish wedding, the bride and groom, Kate and Paul Symington, from Dollar were asked to nominate a guest from each table to serve their fellow diners. Fortunately, wedding outfits were kept pristine because the caterers, Wild Rover Food from Charlestown, near Dunfermline, who cook from an old Land Rover army kitchen, provided the
The extravagantly talented Nerine Tassie is riding high following her win in the Sky Arts Landscape Landscape Artist of the Year and the former Head of Art at Dunfermline High School is now having her first solo show at Frames Gallery in Perth. Such is Tassie’s popularity, many of the ethereal forest- and seascapes in the show, which runs until 12 November, are already sold but there are still a
This 30 ft mural was created over two days in Wellwood Social Club, Dunfermline by local artist, Alan Grieve. Both the artist and the mural are now at The Tramway in Glasgow until Wednesday 12 October; ‘Colour This’ was created for the National Theatre of Scotland as part of ‘Home Away’, an NTS festival celebrating participatory theatre. After the success of a colouring-in wall at his Cemetery exhibition in his
This Fife wedding was styled by Dunfermline artist, Claire Christie for the McGregor family from Cupar. Relatives of the couple hosted the wedding on their private working farm outside Auchtermuchty with 3 barns providing the venue for the reception, the bar and the service. Their brief to Claire was for a traditional Scottish country barn wedding using items found on the farm and making interesting props with the salvaged materials
Ffion and Steven Blench, a husband and wife team from Aberdour, are showcasing their own twist on traditional and decorative plasterwork at Fire Station Creative. Visitors to the gallery will be treated to a superb modern treatment of the ancient craft. The couple, who’s company name is Chalk, have previously worked on prestigious restoration projects such as Stirling Castle, The Assembly Rooms and Blair Atholl Castle. For this special exhibition,
Incredibly, The Wemyss School of Needlework in Coaltown-of-Wemyss dates back to 1877. It was founded by Dora Wemyss, a wealthy philanthropist and great-grand-daughter of a relationship between King William IV and his mistress the actress Dora Jordan. Wemyss had been inspired by the opening of the Royal School of Needlework in London five years earlier and set up the Wemyss School to offer girls six-month apprenticeships. If they were particularly good they
We’ve featured Fife photographer Kevin McCollum‘s pictures of places from all around the world including his No More than a Mile series – photos taken no more than a mile from his Pattiesmuir home, near Limekilns. This series of portraits is a recent addition to his portfolio.
This huge living flower picture was created at The National Gallery London by The Flower Council of Holland as part of the Gallery’s exhibition of Dutch flower paintings from the 18th and 19th century. It was inspired by Dutch artist Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder’s floral masterpiece. You can see the video of almost 30 florists working for two days straight, using 100 blocks of florist foam, nearly 30,000 stems of