Delighted to have returned to the Open Eye Gallery in Edinburgh with Ghosts in the Garden, a collection of paintings that grew out of a rather modest drawing project begun during lockdown.
Back in 2021, I spent 100 days making observational drawings in our garden in south Edinburgh. What began as a way of looking more carefully at familiar plants, pots, fences and garden furniture gradually developed into something considerably stranger.
The garden became a stage for invented characters, memories, bureaucratic interventions and the occasional unexpected visitor. I seem incapable of leaving even the most peaceful domestic setting alone without introducing some sort of crisis.
It has been particularly enjoyable to see these paintings hanging together after several years of working on them. Many thanks to everyone at the Open Eye Gallery for their support.
Explore the Ghosts in the Garden project and visit the Open Eye Gallery.
