Join me on tour with the Scottish Colourists as I give the talk 'A Century of the Scottish Colourists' in Edinburgh, Glasgow & Kirkcudbright during 2025 & 2026. Info: Image: Leslie Hunter, The Beach, Juan-les-Pins, Gift of Eric Anderson to @NatGalleriesSco

MEN CAN'T PAINT FLOWERS: DISCUSS Let's start with 'Still Life with Flowers' by Denis Peploe (1914-93). Just look at that brushwork! It is to be offered by @LyonandTurnbull in their Scottish Paintings & Sculpture auction on 5 June 2025. Info: #scottishart

Border Farm in Spring Sunshine leads a group of works depicting the Scottish Borders by Anne Redpath (1895-1965) which are to be offered by @LyonandTurnbull on 5 June 2025. You can view them for free from 12 noon on Sunday and you can read about them here:

Works by Elizabeth Blackadder from the collection of gallerist Gillian Raffles will be on display @LyonandTurnbull in London and Glasgow over the next month. They include Self-portrait with Red Lacquer Table, Kyoto of 1988. Info: #elizabethblackadder

FINDING A HOME: I was delighted to discover that Lucie Aldridge's 'Garden' rag rug, sold by @LyonandTurnbull last year, is part of @FryArtGallery's exhibition 'Finding a Home at the Fry', curated by @Ravilious2. The show runs until 26 October 2025. Info:

How about recreating this scene, 'A Summer Idyll' by Glasgow Boy George Henry RSA RSW (1858-1943), over your Bank Holiday weekend? It is to be offered by @LyonandTurnbull in their Scottish Paintings & Sculpture auction on 5 June 2025. Info: #bankholiday

THE JOY OF SUMMER: The glorious weather may have broken but it continues in 'Summer Flowers' by Mary Armour RSA RSW (1902-2000), which is to be offered by @LyonandTurnbull in their Scottish Paintings & Sculpture auction on 5 June 2025. Info: #summer.

FIND THE PICTURE: I followed in Louise Rayner (1829-1924)’s footsteps to where she created the watercolour ‘The Royal Mile, Edinburgh’. The photo shows the location now. Rayner’s work is to be offered by @LyonandTurnbull on 5 June 2025. Info: #scottishart

Don’t miss Susan Moore’s talk Anne Estelle Rice: An American Colourist? @DovecotStudios on 31 May as part of their & @FlemingArtColl’s show The Scottish Colourists: Radical Pespectives: Image: Rice’s Seascape w Sailing Boats @UniOfHull (c) Artist’s Estate

The Stonebreaker of 1895 by Glasgow Boy James Guthrie, sold by @LyonandTurnbull last year, will be the subject of a panel discussion between James Holloway, Patrick Bourne and Frances Fowle @kbtgalleries on 30 May 2025 in-person and online. Info:

FIND THE PAINTING: I followed in Charles Oppenheimer’s footsteps in a gloriously sunny Kirkcudbright this morning, to find the scene he painted in ‘Waterside, Kirkcudbright’ which is to be offered by @LyonandTurnbull in their Scottish Paintings & Sculpture auction on 5 June 2025.

RT @artukdotorg: New artist in focus 👩‍🎨. 'Margot Sandeman: imbuing the Scottish landscape with a strange mysticism' by @JanPatience 👉 http….

‘My’ beloved Fountainbridge Library is in Bruce Peter’s terrific new book ‘Art Deco in Scotland’ published by @HistEnvScot 100 years after the Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industries Modernes was held in Paris, from which the ‘Art Deco’ name derives.

I'm afraid my talk A Century of the Scottish Colourists for @kbtgalleries on 10 May 2025 is fully booked, but you can enjoy 'Kirkcudbright', c.1919 by S.J. Peploe in the @FlemingArtColl exhibition 'The Scottish Colourists: Radical Perspectives' @DovecotStudios until 26 June 2025.

Join me and Charles Oppenheimer's 'Waterside, Kirkcudbright' @kbtgalleries on Saturday 10 May 2025 for a free @LyonandTurnbull Valuation Day. Appointments can be booked here: #kirkcudbright #artiststown #modernscottishart

Please join me on-line or in person when I give the talk ‘A Century of the Scottish Colourists’ for @NatGalleriesSco on 15 July 2025. Online info: In person info: Image: SJ Peploe, Tulips, The Blue Jug, c1919 NGS collection

SCOTLAND’S WONDERLAND: This poster is 1 of 3 that the Scottish Colourist FCB Cadell designed for David MacBrayne Ltd in 1928. It features Cow’s Rock on Iona & is being offered by @LyonandTurnbull on 30 April 2025. Info: #iona #fcbcadell #scottishcolourists

It was great to visit Magda Salvesen @JonSchueler in the New York loft where he painted at the end of his long and prolific career. Just look at the works she put out for us! The Foundation is an exemplary model of how to run an Artist’s Estate. Info:

Sorry my talk A Century of the Scottish Colourists for the Fleming Collection Radical Perspectives show @DovecotStudios, supported by @LyonandTurnbull, has sold out. There may be returns & no shows: Image: FCB Cadell, The White Shirt, c.1922 @McManusDundee

My talk A Century of the Scottish Colourists re the Fleming Collection Radical Perspectives show @DovecotStudios is on 22 April, supported by @LyonandTurnbull & inc JD Fergusson's The Blue Lamp, in the City Art Centre (c) Culture Perth & Kinross. Info: