News
blog posts and events, bits of writing, slightly informal, hopefully interesting (-_-)
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Fit to create – an ongoing blog
I’m going to write down my thoughts as I try out papers…
Nico Utuk – portraits
Portraits of Marianne Hazlewood by Nico Utuk
October 2023
What are you doing with my fabric? (or surface design application)
What are you doing with my fabric?
Trying out different packaging options – an ongoing blog
I’m going to write down my thoughts as I try out papers…
CreativeMornings Edinburgh – Born Creative?
Online Panel Discussion – from CreativeMornings Edinburgh
26 Feb 2021
Trying out different hot press watercolour papers – an ongoing blog
I’m going to write down my thoughts as I try out papers…
The Bean Bag – Artist Spotlight
The Bean Bag – Artist Spotlight
Spirit of Rory McEwen
Spirit of Rory McEwen
Marchmont House, 30 April 2022
Shop Small Love Indie – Online Market 28 & 29 Jan 2022
Shop Small Love Indie – Online Market
28 & 29 Jan 22 – www.shopsmallloveindie.co.uk
Just a card
Just a card @justacard #Indieweek
Getting out and about again…
Two gallery visits and an excursion
Herbology News – The Energy Issue
I am super chuffed to be Artist of the Month in the November edition of Herbology News…
Monotone 2020
Monotone 2020 – a year working on botanical illustrations for my VAS 2019 Open Eye Gallery Award Exhibition during lockdown!
Our garden featured on BBC’s Gardeners’ World – June 2020
It was so exciting to get the call saying that we had been picked for inclusion…
‘Fine hair, Soft Nibs’ exhibition at the Open Eye Gallery – October 2020
Fine Hair, Soft nibs, depictions from a shady bed – Open Eye Gallery 6th – 24th October 2020
This show was awarded to me at the VAS show in 2019, I am currently preparing for it and working out what’s what!
BBC’s Gardeners’ World and other stuff – June 2020
We submitted some videos of our garden and the part it plays in my work process…
BISCOT reviewed in The Caledonian Gardener, January 2020
A friend kindly let me know that he had seen a bit about my BISCOT entry…
Article in The Botanical Artist, ASBA publication Dec 2019
I have an article in the latest journal of the ASBA’s the Botanical Artist…
Fun times – Winter 2019
Screenprinting at Edinburgh Printmakers & Small things prints, originals and cards available in the shop
The Pittenweem Arts Festival… August 2019
I had a great second year at the festival, partially because I knew what I was letting myself in for this time, and partially because I made friends last year and I was really pleased to be spending 10 days with my gals and guys (Fergus!) in venue 64! Awesome to be...
Gold at RHS 2019
I got a gold… at the RHS London Botanical Art and Photography Show 2019
Gold at BISCOT 2019 and my summer so far…
I got a gold…
Exhibitions and Awards… December & January 2018/19
Open Eye Gallery solo show award at VAS ALIGHT 2019
Christmas cards
I have designed Christmas cards for many years to give to friends and family with the notion that one day I might sell them, finally I am doing it! If you are interested please visit my Etsy shop.
Scottish Plant Lore – an Illustrated Flora
Greg Kenicer’s book on Scottish Plant Lore – an Illustrated Flora, launched at the Edinburgh Book Festival on the 16th August, is now available to buy in all good book stores and would make a lovely xmas gift for those in love with Scottish flora or botanical...
The Pittenweem Arts Festival… August 2018
I got a generous review from Katherine Tyrrell of the Botanical Art and Artists website on my show at the Pittenweem Arts Festival. "The occasion of a first solo exhibition for a botanical artist is very special - and I like to try and highlight those who are trying...
Getting ready for the Pittenweem Arts Festival… June & July 2018
So this has been a very busy couple of months... I finished up all my current paintings and illustrations in June in time to hand them over to the very diligent and clever James Potter for photography and to produce giclée prints (which are so good, I have to be very...
Flora Scotia and other stuff… April & May 2018
The Flora Scotia exhibition opened on the 31st March, I foolishly didn't take any photos at the opening, I was too busy catching up with folk and generally gabbing, I wanted to say thanks so much to Sarah Roberts and her team who put so much work into the exhibition...
Educational… March 2018
This month has been very educational! Last night I attended a talk organised by the Friends of the RSA at ECA, Let’s Talk About … establishing a career in the Visual Arts – challenges and rewards. This involved a 5 strong panel of emerging and established artists in...
What to do… & SSA & VAS TOGETHER Open February 2018
I've just come back from the SSA & VAS TOGETHER show (Society Of Scottish Artists and Visual Arts Society), at the RSA Buildings on the mound which also has the Winter Flowers exhibition and Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour! So much to digest. I...
Getting back to work… January 2018
I wondered about adding a post now and then which isn't exactly news but lists a few of the botanical art thingys that I have been thinking about... I've been painting again after my post diploma r&r requirement. I am finishing up on my diploma pieces, which is...
What’s on the cards for 2018?
A belated Happy New Year to everyone! I have two exhibitions lined up for 2018 so far. The first is the very exciting worldwide Day of Botanical Art, aiming to raise the profile of botanical art, artists, institutions and organisations around the world. The second, I...
Worldwide Day of Botanical Art 2018
April & May 2018 Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Further details in location and times to come... A worldwide Day of Botanical Art will be held on May 18, 2018 Botanical Art Worldwide is an international collaboration of botanical artists, organisations, and...
Interview for Botanic Stories @RBGE
During the recent ESBA show, Roger Hyam of the RBGE, interviewed me for his Blog & Podcast Botanic Stories, about botanical illustration. The interview is about 12 mins, and if you want to hear my dulcet tones (I challenge Henry Higgens to place me!) then you can...
