“I paint belongings. They include toys, jewellery, shoes and ornaments. These treasured possessions are painted as portraits, imbuing them with the importance I feel they deserve. The paintings invite the viewer to imagine stories about the objects and the memories and emotions they trigger. Lost possessions can cause a yearning out of all proportion to […]

Edinburgh graduate Molly Kent has been awarded the Degree Show Purchase Prize this year – for ‘Society Reproduces Doubt’ to join the University of Edinburgh’s Art Collection. This is a notable achievement – congratulations to Molly whose work will now be used in teaching and housed amongst many other talented alumni artists.

We tipped Ella Squirrell as an investable artist in April last year (read tip here) and her career is continuing to flourish – with regular shows, residencies and sales. As demand for and interest in her work increases, her prices will see a 20% increase on Friday (May 29th) this week. It’s another great time to invest! See more about Ella Squirrell:Ella Squirrell: Previous […]

I’ve been thinking about artwork that has an expansive quality… Some pieces open up the space of a room, like a sort of portal: unrepressed and inclusive. Surprisingly, dark colours can do this too and it’s a bit of an interior design anomaly that small spaces should be painted in light colours to appear larger, when […]

Masters artist Peter Kettle has created a remarkable collection of mixed media paintings incorporating rubbish he helped clear during an expedition to Everest Basecamp.The collection – Everest Basecamp Is the culmination of a 14-day trek Peter made last year in a bid to help clean up rubbish… See for example the piece: Prayer Flags Above Dingboche – where the flags are built […]

Emma-Louise Grady and Naomi McClure are both currently exhibiting at the Royal Scottish Academy as a selected artist for New Contemporaries 2020. Now in its twelfth year, this carefully curated exhibition offers a unique opportunity to see some of the best emerging talent in Scotland under one roof. We have some beautiful new work available by Emma-Louise, all […]

FBA Futures 2020 – selected artists I sent a newsletter out in October sharing my thoughts about Mark Bletcher: “I also have a good feeling about Mark Bletcher – he’s got something very special going on and I personally just acquired his piece ‘Catch Up For You’ – to me he really stands out.” I’m not alone in noticing Mark’s talent, […]