Eucharist

Eucharist
Oil on canvas. 2024
100 x 90cm

Here is an image that previews where I am headed with this work. I am dealing here with a subject close to my heart. It is called Eucharist coming from the Greek word which means thanksgiving.

The Artist

I will have a new show at my home 'Benet's Gallery' for 2 weeks from August 1st - 15th 2025.
It will include work towards a touring exhibition round UK cathedrals in 2026-27.

Eucharist

Painting the Bindi on Jesus
Oil on paper. 2004
100 x 95cm

Painting the Bindi on Jesus was a seminal painting for me. I completed it in 2006 and exhibited in Leith School of Art that year and I could have sold her then but was not ready, however I did sell her only a few weeks ago to a lovely woman called Babs. It was a sad parting but I know the work is in good hands and is much appreciated.

curriculum story

In 1959, when I was 8, my mother gave me her box of oil paints that she had inherited from her father Peter Luling. These gems in their little lead tubes and the well cared for wooden palette and brushes delighted me. The year before with my grandmother and my twin and we had gone to see ‘The Old Masters’ at The National Gallery in London. I had felt awed by their imposing silence and majesty. Of course, I didn’t understand the half of what I was seeing but something stuck; we were after all, on my mothers side, an 'arty' family. My mother had gone to the Slade in London and her father too so what with the box of paints and their pedigree I was primed to be a painter. At school I learned drawing from a sculptor called John Bunting who was an acolyte of Eric Gill and this gave me a feeling for form but also for the hard work needed to be an artist. I learned how to mix my own colour and as I am naturally an introvert it suited me very well to bunk off classes and go and paint alone in the school art room. It was really there that my artist persona became settled and, even though I spent many years being unable to paint having to earn money and parenting my family, I have always found a way back to the quiet time. It is now my primary interest and focus.

- 1970- 73 Studied Art and teaching Art and English at Goldsmiths College, London.
- 1991 Queen Charlotte St Studios. Shared show
- 1994 Benet’s Gallery in Edinburgh. Solo show
- 1994 A painting in SSA annual Exhibition mentioned in review by Gordon Smith in the Scotsman
- 1996 No 21 Arts Centre. Solo show
- 1997 Benet’s Gallery solo show Edinburgh
- 1998 Glasgow University Chaplaincy. Solo show
- 1999 Bladnoch Bridge Gallery, shared show, Wigtonshire
- 2000 ‘In Transition’, Art House Studios. Shared show Musselburgh
- 2001 Alison Blythe Gallery shared show Knaresborough Yorkshire
- 2001 ‘Refugees’ solo show No 21 Arts Centre
- 2002 ‘In Search of The Good Object’ shared show Benet’s Gallery, Edinburgh
- 2003 ‘Back to Back They Faced Each Other’ solo show Marie Curie House, David Young Gallery
- 2003 ‘Painting the Spirit’ shared show Netherbow Arts Centre
- 2004 ‘Song of Songs’ solo show Jewish Museum, Krakow, Poland
- 2004 Commission for Quartier Vert Restaurant Bristol
- 2005 ‘Reflections of the Soul’, Benet’s Gallery . Solo show
- 2007 Café des Arts solo show, Edinburgh
- 2007 Amber Arts, shared show Edinburgh
- 2007 Demarco Gallery Edinburgh art fair
- 2008 Demarco Gallery Glasgow art fair
- 2009 Demarco Gallery Glasgow art fair
- 2012 Portobello Old Parish church shared show
- 2013 Arusha Gallery, Edinburgh solo show
- 2015 St Marys Cathedral solo show for Thomas Merton Colloquium
- 2016 Benet’s Gallery solo show ‘Inland Soul to Sea’
- 2017 108 Gallery, Harrogate solo show ‘Heading Home’
- 2018 ‘Homecoming’ solo show at ‘Cornucopia’ Gallery, Hawick
- 2019 Margaret House solo show. ‘Re-membering’
- 2020 4 months in Greece beginning working in wood and found objects ‘assemblages’. New show planned for 2021.
- 2021 COVID has led to postponement of ‘The Protecting Veil’ Easter 2022 at St Mary’s Episcopalian Cathedral.
- 2022 ‘The Protecting Veil’ Easter 2022 at St Mary’s Episcopalian Cathedral - 8th-27th April
- 2023 ‘Correspondences’ at Benet’s Gallery - 12th-26th August
- 2024 ‘Small Dialogues’ at The Art and Design Library - 2nd-28th February
- 2024 ‘Placeme(a)nt’ at St Peter's, Redlynch - 18th-30th May

All pieces on this page are for sale. If you would like to make a purchase please use the contact form to send your name and the number of the work you would like. Filler words.

FOR SALE

All pieces on this page are for sale. If you would like to make a purchase please use the contact form to send your name and the number of the work you would like.

All pieces on this page are for sale. If you would like to make a purchase please use the contact form to send your name and the number of the work you would like. Filler words.

I have no active shows, but I am currently working on a show that will be held in my home 'Benet's Gallery' from August 1st - 15th.

As my work deepens (painting full time is very different from painting in moments between psychotherapy work) I am doing much more drawing and learning much more about painting as technique. I am trying to slow right down, not easy, but as I get more skilled paradoxically speeding up. I feel I am going back to the beginning and learning all over again how to paint and how sensuous oil paint and water colour mediums are.

NORTHLIGHT GARDEN

Oil on canvas. 2023

SIZE: 123 x 92cm

ROSE GARDEN

Oil on canvas. 2023

SIZE: 110 x 90cm

ARCHIVE

placeme(a)nt

small dialogues

the protecting veil

correspondences

pre 2000s

INTAKE AND BREATH

Oil on Canvas. 2022

SIZE: 1m x 1m

SOLWAY STUDY

Mixed Media. 2022

SIZE: 61 x 35cm

FULLSPATE

Mixed Media. 2022

SIZE: 52 x 27cm

CLIMATE CHANGE

Miex Media. 2022

SIZE: 68 x 46cm

TRELLISPLANT

Mixed Media on Paper. 2022

SIZE: 37 x 32cm

SPLITFLOW

Mixed Media. 2022

SIZE: 52 x 47cm

LADDERTREES

Moxed Media. 2022

SIZE: 50 x 44cm

LADDERS IN FOILAGE

Mixed Media. 2022

SIZE: 50 x 42cm

PLANTINGSKY

Mixed Media. 2022

SIZE: 40 x 28cm

PLANTINGS

Mixed Media. 2022

SIZE: 54 x 35cm

AHH!

Mixed Media on Paper. 2023

SIZE: 47.5 x 25cm

CROSSOVER

Mixed Media on Paper. 2023

SIZE: 47.5 x 25cm

COLLECTING MY SOUL

Mixed Media on Paper. 2023

SIZE: 84.5 x 30cm

HELLO DAY

Oil Pastel on Tracing Paper. 2023

SIZE: 21.5 x 21cm

HELLO TWICE!

Mixed Media on Paper. 2023

SIZE: 42 x 20cm

SIMULTANEOUS MOMENT

Mixed Media on Paper. 2023

SIZE: 84.5 x 30cm

SOUNDED

Mixed Media on Paper. 2023

SIZE: 47.5 x 24cm

RISING

Oil Pastel on Tracing Paper. 2023

SIZE: 24.5 x 24cm

LORD MY DEAR

Oil Pastel on Tracing Paper. 2023

SIZE: 24 x 24cm

BENEATH A WOOD

Oil Pastel on Tracing Paper. 2023

SIZE: 21.5 x 21cm

SOMEHOW

Oil on Canvas. 2023

SIZE: 100 x 100cm

WITHIN WITHOUT

Oil on Canvas. 2023

SIZE: 120 x 90cm

GARDEN HAA

Oil on Canvas. 2023

SIZE: 120 x 80cm

FLOWERFIX

Oil and Collage on Board. 2023

SIZE: 80 x 54cm

ROSE GARDEN

Oil on Canvas. 2023

SIZE: 110 x 90cm

IN OUT

Oil on Canvas. 2023

SIZE: 80 x 60cm

CHROME SPIRIT

Oil on Canvas. 2023

SIZE: 50 x 50cm

WINDOW WITH TURQUOISE CURTAIN

Oil on Canvas. 2023

SIZE: 60 x 60cm

SEEING THROUGH

Oil on Canvas. 2022

SIZE: 100 x 90cm

GOLDEN GARDEN

Oil on Canvas. 2022

SIZE: 100 x 100cm

GOLDEN GARDEN (DETAIL)

Oil on Canvas. 2022

SIZE: 100 x 100cm

ARISING

Oil on Canvas. 2021

SIZE: 150 x 120cm

ARISING (DETAIL)

Oil on Canvas. 2021

SIZE: 150 x 120cm

VEIL OVER GARDEN WITH BEAM

Oil on Canvas. 2021

SIZE: 180 x 150cm

VEIL OVER GARDEN WITH BEAM (DETAIL)

Oil on Canvas. 2021

SIZE: 180 x 150cm

SEEING THROUGH [DETAIL]

Oil on Canvas. 2021

SIZE: 100 x 90cm

LOOKING THROUGH (DETAIL)

Oil on Canvas. 2021

SIZE: 100 x 90cm

VEIL OVER CROSS

Oil on Canvas. 2021

SIZE: 120 x 120cm

VEIL OVER CROSS (DETAIL 1)

Oil on Canvas. 2021

SIZE: 120 x 120cm

WHITE VEIL OVER CROSS

Oil on Canvas. 2021

SIZE: 100 x 90cm

WHITE VEIL OVER CROSS (DETAIL)

Oil on Canvas. 2021

SIZE: 100 x 90cm

THE PROTECTING VEIL

Oil on Canvas. 2022

SIZE: 180 x 150cm

THE PROTECTING VEIL (DETAIL)

Oil on Canvas. 2022

SIZE: 180 x 150cm

FLOWERS IN THE RAIN

Oil on Canvas. 2022

SIZE: 150 x 120cm

FLOWERS IN THE RAIN (DETAIL)

Oil on Canvas. 2022

SIZE: 150 x 120cm

BOW DOWN

Oil on Canvas. 2021

SIZE: 130 x 120cm

BOW DOWN (DETAIL)

Oil on Canvas. 2021

SIZE: 130 x 120cm

DARKSCAPE

Oil Pastel on Paper.

SIZE: 63 x 50cm

GARDEN CURTAIN

Oil Pastel on Paper. 2020

SIZE: 33 x 29cm

GREEN GOLDEN CURTAIN

Oil on Paper. 2021

SIZE: 31 x 26cm

LAND IN FRONT

Oil Pastel on Paper. 2020

SIZE: 38 x 38cm

PALIMPSEST 1

Mixed Media. 2019

SIZE: 20 x 20cm

PALIMPSEST 2

Mixed Media. 2019

SIZE: 20 x 20cm

PALIMPSEST 3

Mixed Media. 2019

SIZE: 20 x 20cm

THE GREEN TRIANGLE

Oil Pater on Paper. 2020

SIZE: 44 x 38cm

SINGING TIME

Oil Pastel on Paper. 2021

SIZE: 60 x 45cm

SINGING TIME DETAIL

Oil Pastel on Paper. 2021

SIZE: 60 x 45cm

RED OVER BLUE

Oil Pastel on Paper. 2021

SIZE: 34 x 30cm

ORCHESTRAL BRIDGE

Oil Pastel on Paper. 2021

SIZE: 58 x 44cm

ABSTRACT STUDY

Oil Pastel on Paper. 2021

SIZE: 29 x 28cm

ELEMENTS OF ASCENSION

Mixed Media. 2019

SIZE: 41 x 29.5cm

BOOKSTAND

Mixed Media. 2018

SIZE: 42 x 28cm

UNTITLED HEAD

Mixed Media. 2019

SIZE: 40 x 39cm

FALLING VEGETATION

Mixed Media. 2021

SIZE: 52 x 38cm

FLOWERS IN THE RAIN

Mixed Media. 2016

SIZE: 34 x 27cm

GREEN CURTAIN

Mixed Media. 2019

SIZE: 20 x 20cm

RECEDING REQUEST

Mixed Media on Paper. 2020

SIZE: 40 x 33cm

ORCHESTRATION 1

Oil Pastel on Paper. 2021

SIZE: 60 x 43.5cm

ORCHESTRATION 2

Oil Pastel on Paper. 2021

SIZE: 74 x 49cm

ORCHESTRATION 3

Oil Pastel on Paper. 2021

SIZE: 64 x 45cm

BLACK AND BLUE BIRD (1)

Mixed Media. 2019

SIZE: 65 x 60 x 11cm

BLACK AND BLUE BIRD (2)

Mixed Media. 2019

SIZE: 65 x 60 x 11cm

CONFRONTATION

Mixed Media. 2019

SIZE: 62 x 17.5 x 15.5cm

BLACK AND BLUE BIRD DETAIL (1)

Mixed Media. 2019

SIZE: 65 x 60 x 11cm

BLACK AND BLUE BIRD DETAIL (2)

Mixed Media. 2019

SIZE: 65 x 60 x 11cm

THINE IN GATHERING DETAIL

Mixed Media including Gold Leaf. 2020

SIZE: 116 x 39cm

THINE IN GATHERING

Mixed Media including Gold Leaf. 2020

SIZE: 116 x 39cm

CONFRONTATION DETAIL

Mixed Media. 2019

SIZE: 44 x 31 x 10cm

FLAG FRONT

Mixed Media. 2019

SIZE: 44 x 31 x 10cm

FLAG REVERSE

Mixed Media. 2019

SIZE: 44 x 31 x 10cm

MOON OVERHEAD

Mixed Media. 2019

SIZE: 63 x 20.5 x 18.5cm

SAINT

Mixed Media. 2019

SIZE: 32 x 21cm

SAINT (BACKVIEW)

Mixed Media. 2019

SIZE: 32 x 21cm

WARRIOR

Mixed Media. 2019

SIZE: 35 x 35cm

SELF

Mixed Media. 2019

SIZE: 33 x 33cm

VEIL (UNVEILED) OVER CROSS

Mixed Media. 2020

SIZE: 85 x 75cm

VEIL OVER CROSS 1

Mixed Media. 2020

SIZE: 106 x 89cm

VEIL OVER CROSS 2

Mixed Media. 2020

SIZE: 85 x 75cm

SELF PORTRAIT

Acrylic on Paper. 1990

SIZE: 30 x 23cm

THREE FINGERS

Oil on Canvas. 2001

SIZE: 60 x 45cm

GOING HOME

Mixed Media on Paper. 2005

SIZE: 24 x 20cm

PAINTING THE BINDI ON JESUS

Oil on Prepared Paper. 2005

SIZE: 100 x 95cm

THE SEDUCTION

Oil on Canvas. 2004

SIZE: 100 x 65cm

FIGURE WITH TABLE AND FLOWERS

Oil on Canvas. 2010

SIZE: 85 x 75cm

PASSING THE FLOWERS

Oil on Canvas. 2008

SIZE: 80 x 80cm

DISEMBARKATION

Oil on Board. 2009

SIZE: 28 x 25cm

HOLY FAMILY

Oil on Canvas. 2010

SIZE: 80 x 50cm

RIVER WALK

Oil on Board. 2010

SIZE: 20 x 18cm

FAMILY AT NIGHT

Oil on Canvas. 1997

SIZE: 110 x 93cm

FAMILY WITH PROPHET

Oil on Canvas. 1998

SIZE: 110 x 90cm

LEAVING THE GARDEN

Oil on Canvas. 2004

SIZE: 90 x 75cm

GIRL IN TURQUOISE

Oil on Canvas. 2014

SIZE: 65 x 48cm

MOTHER AND CHILD

Oil Pastel on Paper. 2014

SIZE: 33 x 30cm

AND NOW!

Oil on Canvas. 2015

SIZE: 60 x 70cm

SOLO

Oil on Board. 2018

SIZE: 120 x 100cm

ELEMENTS OF ASCENSION

Mixed Media on Paper. 2019

SIZE: 41 x 29.5cm

ONCE UPON A TIME

Oil on Canvas. 2019

SIZE: 100 x 100cm

SUMMER

Oil on Canvas. 2016

SIZE: 124 x 110cm

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