PHOTOS
Dad with "Flake"
when we lived in "Grange Cottage" West Wynd, Pittenweem, Fife.
Dad's Studio
at "Grange Cottage" West Wynd, Pittenweem, Fife.
Dad, Mum & Me
Grange Cottage, West Wynd, Pittenweem
This was our home between 1956 and 1968.I have many happy memories living here.
George Davidson Medal
My father was awarded this medal for his "Portrait of a Lady" Maria...my grandmother which was gifted to Inverness Museum & Art Gallery.
Dad and Mario
Mario Messina came from Italy in 1975 as an Italian assistant at Inverness Royal Academy.
Their friendship blossomed and continued when Mario returned to Italy. They corresponded by exchanging cassette tapes. Mario had luckily retained the tapes and has kindly digitally enhanced and converted them to mp3's.I am so fortunate to be able to listen to my dad's voice from as far back as 40 years ago..... Thanks Mario.
Their friendship blossomed and continued when Mario returned to Italy. They corresponded by exchanging cassette tapes. Mario had luckily retained the tapes and has kindly digitally enhanced and converted them to mp3's.I am so fortunate to be able to listen to my dad's voice from as far back as 40 years ago..... Thanks Mario.
Dad painting Portsoy Harbour
Does anybody know where this painting is today?
UPDATE!! - (Sept.'14)
I have just been contacted by the paintings owner who has kindly sent me a photo (see it in HARBOUR SCENES)
UPDATE!! - (Sept.'14)
I have just been contacted by the paintings owner who has kindly sent me a photo (see it in HARBOUR SCENES)
Dad & Mum
in Italy when dad won a travelling scholarship
Dad with his painting of Cullen
which hung in our livingroom in Balloch, Inverness until it was sold/gifted.......I often wonder who owns it now.........being of Cullen, it was one of my favourites.
UPDATE!! (June'14)…pleased to discover this painting is much appreciated and admired in a Cullen home! (see it in COASTAL SCENES)
UPDATE!! (June'14)…pleased to discover this painting is much appreciated and admired in a Cullen home! (see it in COASTAL SCENES)
Fit for a Queen
Helping dad carry his painting of Findochty Harbour which is owned by The Queen at Balmoral….
…..view it at the bottom of "HARBOUR SCENES"
…..view it at the bottom of "HARBOUR SCENES"
This was dad’s easel.....please read the story!
A friend of my father recently visited the new “Inverness Creative Academy” which is located in the original Inverness Royal Academy building at Midmills.
He was talking to one of the artists there and it emerged that the easel the artist was using once belonged to my father!
After my father’s death in 1984, my mother sold some of his art equipment and the easel was bought by this local artist and art teacher who lived in the same village.
I was so pleased when my father’s friend contacted me recently to share his discovery,
I was invited to come and see the easel and was delighted to find it was now in a good home and still being used....... and unbelievably in the actual classroom which my father taught art for many years.
As 16th May 1984 is 35 years ago today.....I am uploading the photo of the easel to mark the day I lost such a talented dad.
He was talking to one of the artists there and it emerged that the easel the artist was using once belonged to my father!
After my father’s death in 1984, my mother sold some of his art equipment and the easel was bought by this local artist and art teacher who lived in the same village.
I was so pleased when my father’s friend contacted me recently to share his discovery,
I was invited to come and see the easel and was delighted to find it was now in a good home and still being used....... and unbelievably in the actual classroom which my father taught art for many years.
As 16th May 1984 is 35 years ago today.....I am uploading the photo of the easel to mark the day I lost such a talented dad.
A young artist at work - my 17 year old dad!
A gentleman kindly sent me this photo in Jan.’23 I wonder whose portrait dad was painting in 1937?
My father enjoyed taking cine film. One of his films, "The Golden Fringe" (a film about The East Neuk of Fife in days gone by) has been uploaded by the Scottish Fisheries Museum. If you would like to view it, please go to my "Links" button.
Does anyone have photos or information about a mural by my dad which was in a restaurant/pub in St Andrews around the 1960's?
For more details please see MURALS/MOSAICS (1)
