I'm really excited and I'm feeling really inspired at the moment. I'm just going to leave that there and sit with it for a moment. The funny thing is, is that there is still a lot of uncertainty tied up with the excitement. What's my next project, what do I write on my new website, how do I put my messaging across so that it makes the impact and the change that I believe it can? The changes feel like they are coming thick and fast. You may see things that are out of place or don't quite look...

Notes on curiosity. I have started thinking about what curiosity means to me and why it feels like such an important avenue to explore. There are sides to curiosity, and we have expressions like 'curiosity called the cat' when are curiosity goes too far, but I'm talking about the side of curiosity that I would link to wonder. The side of curiosity that makes us see things in a different light. The side of curiosity that says, 'wow, I had no idea!". Curiosity, among other things opens the door...

Back in my March 2026 blog post I mentioned my connection with Scottish Action for Mental Health (SAMH). The connection began after I donated money to the charity through raffles of my artwork. I'm currently creating a piece of artwork to celebrate 100 years of the charity. This is an ongoing project that combines the portrait of Dr Kate Fraser, the original founder of the charity and the map of Scotland. As it is an open-ended project without time pressure I have allowed myself space to...