Scottish Artist and his Garden

Scottish artist John Stoa compiles notes and pictures of his painting projects and seasonal gardening activities in the flower, fruit and vegetable garden and greenhouse. website www.johnstoa.com

Friday, 29 January 2021

FARM IN GLENSHEE

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 Winter landscape paintings continue with this Scottish snow scene of a farm at the Spittal of Glenshee. This is painting number 1844. This ...
Monday, 25 January 2021

First flowers appear

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 Snowdrops and aconites are coming into flower despite a few frosty nights, but then we are in a short dry spell as snow bypasses Dundee aga...
Friday, 15 January 2021

Winter Landscape Paintings of Scotland

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 A new project to start 2021 is my plan to paint a series of Scottish landscapes in winter followed by a few allotment plots in winter. Thes...
Friday, 1 January 2021

End of a Turbulent year

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 Most folks will be glad to see the end of 2020, to be remembered as the year Covid virus emerged and infected people all around the world. ...
Monday, 21 December 2020

Three figure studies

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December was a very wet month so the garden got a rest and I spent some time at the easel. Three figure studies completed using the contrast...
Thursday, 10 December 2020

That Loving Feeling acrylc painting

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  John completes the painting, "That Loving Feeling". Rain arrived as forecast, so no gardening today. Time to relax, so after p...
Thursday, 5 November 2020

Art Exhibition in Dundee

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 Dundee Art Society are holding their winter exhibition, just in time for Christmas at their Roseangle Gallery.  Exhibition starts on Saturd...
Friday, 30 October 2020

Five Figure Studies

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 Five Figure Studies These five studies were started many years ago to enhance my creativity to produce several different paintings from one...
Saturday, 24 October 2020

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 A few days before Halloween is a perfect time to harvest this year's crop of pumpkins. I got 6 fruit from 4 plants and two of them are ...
Tuesday, 29 September 2020

PLANTS FOR SPRING

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                                                          PLANTS FOR SPRING  As the summer flowers begin to fade we look ahead to next year ...
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John Stoa
I was born in Scotland commencing working life as a gardener in Dundee Parks Dept. I studied crop science at The Scottish Crop Research Institute in Invergowrie Dundee. After getting married moved south to Sussex. Gained the National Diploma in Horticulture in 1969, then moved to Worcester to work as a manager on Fox Fruit Farm. In 1972 returned to parks work and outdoor leisure facilities in Dudley then onto Darlington, and Livingston before returning to Dundee in 2001. Became a full time artist in 1992. Interest in art was established in early childhood and am self taught. Subjects cover town to country, floral to figurative, snow scenes, summer landscapes, and Scottish castles. I run art classes in my studio and often publish limited edition prints, as well as luxury Christmas cards. My art and gardening and allotment activities can be seen on my ever expanding website www.johnstoa.com
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