A Staircase to Ideas

As many of you know I rented an art studio in Scotland for a few months. I got the keys Friday July 31. It’s at the Moray Art Center on the Findhorn Foundation property about five miles from the town of Forres. Forres is a town of 12,000 residence about 20 minutes east from Inverness.

The Moray Art Center’s, a brick red and copper patina fortress would standout in most communities, but its right at home in this eclectic village. The place and the people have a vibe not too different from places back home in Santa Cruz.

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The spiral staircase to Studio 3 are just above and to the left of the gentleman riding the lawnmower.

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Welcome to my home away from home. Come in and let me show you around.

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Check out the vaulted ceilings and track lighting. And there’s so many cabinets I forget where I stored things. Here’s what it looked like when I first walked in.

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Here’s another shot four days later.

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I’ve started four small pieces on canvas boards I brought in my suitcase. Three of a the Auld Bridge in Keith Scotland, forty-five minutes east of Findhorn. This is a triple first, first painting in the new studio, first painting from the photos I took in June and also the first using water soluble oil paints. So feel pretty good to tackle all those and come up with something I don’t want to throw in the bin.

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Except for the cooler weather, and slower internet speeds (this blog post took forever to upload) it feel a lot like home.