Jamie Collingbourne

Over the past few years I’ve come to realise that my painting process follows a familiar pattern, and I can’t decide whether realising its predictability is reassuring or disturbing. Whichever way, this is inevitably what happens: Usually while outside walking, I get wildly excited about an idea for a new painting. Back in my studio I approach a new canvas with great gusto and enthusiasm thinking “this is going to be brilliant!”. After a while (sometimes hours, occasionally days) the...

For many collectors, commissioning a painting marks a confident shift in their sense of style and taste. Buying finished artwork is often instinctive: you fall in love with something that already exists. C ommissioning a painting, by contrast, is an act of collaboration . It is deliberate, intentional, personal, and planned. An art commission begins not with a canvas, but with either a desire for a thoughtful gift to celebrate a significant birthday/anniversary or (more usually) a view: a...

The Scottish Landscape Inside the Home Image from Homes & Interiors Scotland Walk into almost any Scottish home and you’ll notice something subtle but consistent: a deep connection to the land. Not just in the materials (the stone fireplaces, the wooden floors, the wool throws) but in the art on the walls. Landscape painting has long been a quiet thread running through Scottish home decor , reflecting where we live, where we’re from, or where we want to return. This is more than decoration....