Oh my goodness, this exhibition "Creative Courage" is bringing some truly marvellous works of art and there are so many, we're crammed to the gunnals. "Creative Courage comes from the Henri Matisse quote 'Creativity takes Courage'. The inspiration for this has been taken in different directions by the artists. New artist, fine art painter, Jonathan Mitchell has used very different techniques to create his strong portrait of T.R.U.M.P. and in his collaboration with Laura Woods on the Eagle of the North. There's Seatree Argyll who took their courage into creating a wonderful woven platter in ceramics. We've got some wonderfully spooky paintings by Gail Stirling Robertson, including a couple inspired by the Psycho House.

The first 9 days of this exhibition coincide with Perthshire Open Studios and I'm taking that on board. I've been developing some new pieces just for this event, dip dyed candles er new proijects and brought back some cork and clay pieces as well as new scallop shell designs and new for this year scallop shell kits! On Monday I'll be making lamps and starting the reupholstery of a couple of wooden chairs, painting a gorgeous old cupboard and possibly a couple of other projects too! On Thursday we have Rochelle McConnachie joining us with her easel to create some birches, on Friday afternoon Gail Stirling Robertson will be in painting some of the wonky lines, but in what???

There is a wonderful selection of work from the artists regularly in the gallery, even if its not on display on the walls you can see it on our website or ask and we'll bring it out to show you...