jo thomson - orkney artist

I see I had started a post in December called "winter working" but that clearly fell by the wayside. We're now in April the fo...

After finishing "tidal traces" in June I've mostly been busy with visitors at the gallery so haven't had much creative ti...

I thought I had finished all the admin that comes with finishing a new artwork until I realised I hadn't posted about it here. Better la...

I thought it was about time for an update. Here's what I've been working on over May/June:     Unsurprisingly, it's another sho...

Following on from my tapestries last December and oil paintings in January/February, I continued exploring light, reflections and patterns o...

In the latter half of last year I had a quiet itch to return to oil painting but kept encountering a mental block with it. I couldn't te...

You'd be forgiven for thinking I had dropped off the face of the planet judging by my lack of activity on the gallery's social medi...