Month: March 2025

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Super excited: my first time in the Torrance Gallery

It’s been a busy year and I’m just catching up with posts here so bear with me; earlier this year I showed some paintings to Fiona at The Torrance Gallery and was delighted to be given the opportunity to show them in her lovely gallery (Home | Torrance Gallery | Scotland)

As I understand it they were well received and had lots of lovely comments and admirers – always a plus for us sensitive artists!

Here are the three pieces that were shown in Dundas Street. From left to right – Soulmates, Still and Girders No.! Soulmates captures 2 boats from North Berwick Harbour and has an ethereal feel to it. Still captures little row boats from Threipmuir Reservoir in the Pentland Hills Regional Park Threipmuir Reservoir – Wikipedia. Girders No.1 is, hopefully, easily recognisable as the Forth Bridge stretching across the Forth between North and South Queensferry and is painted on steel.

Look out for some of my new pieces in The Torrance later this year!

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Spring Light and Colour – New Paintings by Tess Dunlop

In Spring I was fortunate to exhibit for the first time in Jane’s lovely gallery The Velvet Easel in Portobello. It was great to meet Jane and super lovely to have the opportunity to showcase some pieces there. I’ve posted a couple below: –

The one above is called Home for Supper and is painted over a red canvas. Boat lovers will likely recognise this is as Newhaven Harbour (Lighthouse and Beacon – Newhaven : A Stravaig through time) and it you don’t drive, you can reach this easily enough on the Edinburgh Tram Homepage | Edinburgh Trams

It’s painted on archival canvas and measures 70cm x 70cm – the image continues around the sides – no need for hanging

This one (above) is from my Girders series. Featuring the Forth Bridge at sunrise on mid-summer’s day. Again, painted over a red canvas, it measures 70cm x 70cm