NEWS
2026 Show: Friday 20th – Sunday 22nd November
I am delighted to have been one of the artists selected to take part in the Edinburgh Macmillan Art Show 2026. Now in its 24th year, the brings together work from over a hundred local artists, from established names to emerging creatives, to showcase local talent and...
Albion Open Studios November 2026
Saturday 7th – Sunday 8th November 2026Albion Road Studios, 78 Albion Road Edinburgh EH7 5QZ 11am-5pm DailyFree Entry Discover the ‘Beating Heart of Edinburgh Art’ as Albion Road Studios once again throws open its doors… Many of its artists and makers will be throwing...
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2026
It was an incredible honour to have been invited as a speaker, with poet Christine De Luca, at what was a sell-out event at this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival - a truly wonderful and exciting festival of ideas and a celebration of the power of books and...
The Edinburgh International Book Festival 2026
That the programme for this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival went live in June and tickets for my event with poet Christine De Luca and Dr. Kitty Wheater, Mindfulness Chaplain at The University of Edinburgh sold out within 24 hours is a measure of the...
Albion Open Studios
Saturday 8th – Sunday 9th November 2025Albion Road Studios, 78 Albion Road Edinburgh EH7 5QZ10am-5pm DailyFree Entry Discover the ‘Beating Heart of Edinburgh Art’ as Albion Road Studios throws open its doors… Many of its artists and makers will be throwing open their...
Felt Sense
Drawings, Paintings and Artist’s Books made in response to being in Dr. Neil’s Garden Saturday 6th – Sunday 14th September 2025At Thomson’s Tower in Dr. Neil’s Garden11am-4.30pm DailyFree Entry In a world in which sustained attention feels to be constantly under...
Meet the Authors Free Event and Book Launch
Such Fragile Futures An Artist and a Poet Reflect in a Garden Brigid Collins and Christine De Luca Dr. Neil’s Garden in Edinburgh is an urban haven, a place that has something to tell us about all places. With delicacy and tender attention, artist Brigid Collins and...
The Art of Looking
With Artist, Brigid Collins Dr. Neil's Garden Saturday 13th September 2 - 4pm / £40 Book Tickets on Eventbrite » Most of us are constantly bombarded with undifferentiated noise and visual stimulii which looking - truly seeing - by drawing and reflecting, acts as a...
‘Sparkle Returns’: An Exhibition at Thomson’s Tower in Dr. Neil’s Garden, Edinburgh
'Sparkle Returns': An Exhibition at Thomson's Tower in Dr. Neil's Garden, EdinburghSaturday 29th June - Friday, 5th July (10am-4pm) I'll be showing a not previously exhibited small series of soft pastel drawings - with original artworks, cards and limited edition...
Wintering Out…Meaning-Making in Nature
Days of Drawing, Reading and Reflection at Dr. Neil’s Garden Saturdays 20th January, 17th February and 16th March from 10am to 3pm Fee: £250 for all of the days(Includes a donation to the garden) “O Wind, If winter comes, can spring be far behind” So ends the poem Ode...
Such Fragile Futures (Film)
This short film acts as an introduction to a collaboration I had with poet Christine De Luca, during my time as Artist in Residence at Dr Neil’s Garden in Duddingston and is an attempt to create a distillation of our experience into something easily accessible by...
Of Mutual Things… Exhibition in Thomson’s Tower at Dr. Neil’s Garden
As my time as Artist in Residence at Dr. Neil’s Garden in Edinburgh unfolded and against a backdrop of a rapidly changing world, richly deep conversations - between plants and plants, between plants and us artists, between time and space - began to emerge and, in...
