Art by Vikki Hastings

A few years ago I had an experience that, at the time, was deeply disturbing, debilitating, and depressing, but with hindsight, was the...

The story of Bluebeard is essentially about a young lass who meets an older lad, who, despite not initially trusting, she marries and...

I tidied my studio last night, and most of the paintings I have in here are the ones that I’ve made over the past two years as a response...

Art - the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination. The way that I think about stuff often gets me into trouble,...

I’ve tried to write about these artworks several times, and each time, I feel it reads quite aggressively, but that doesn’t get us...

'Broken Rules' ‘Broken Compass’ I was lying in bed, and I couldn’t sleep because I felt so agitated. There was something burning in me,...

I’ve always felt incredibly lucky to be able to paint, and I’m not talking about being any good at it, because for a very long time, I...

I was talking to a Doctor the other day, and she asked me how I managed to turn painting into my job, and I had a similar conversation...

I’ve been painting for a long time, but I haven’t been a confident painter for very long at all. I wasn’t confident enough to just throw...

Artist, or Painter? What’s the difference? I used to be an artist. I used to make work that involved imagination and creative thinking....

I've been meaning to make a painting of the Old Man of Storr for quite a while. My partner, my dog, and I, went to Skye at the beginning...

50x120cm acrylic on canvas I'm having a lot of fun in the studio with some much larger canvasses at the moment, and I'm lucky to be able...

Back to the studio today after a week away enjoying some of the best bits of Scotland. I'm usually itching to get back to the easel, but...

I had such an amazing time working on this commissioned painting of two wee boys enjoying a walk in the woods at Eglinton Park. I have...

When you break a painting down, it starts to look a whole lot easier, and that's especially the case with my Highland Coo paintings....