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

Saturday, 29 October 2022

Lady in Red visits Dundee

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Lady in Red visits Dundee   I was born in Dundee, but moved south for 30 odd years following my horticultural career before returning to my...
Saturday, 24 September 2022

Evening art class in Dundee

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The Autumn Art Class is starting on Monday 26th September 2022 at 7pm in John's studio in Dundee. New students of any age and artistic a...
Monday, 2 May 2022

Spring Flowers and Scottish paintings

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Tuesday, 26 April 2022

Art classes in Dundee

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John is starting a new ten week session of art classes in his Dundee Studio starting 2nd May. Classes run from 7 to 9 pm with a break at 8pm...
Monday, 4 April 2022

Spring Flowers

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As we are now in April the garden flowers start with Camellias, daffodils, Anemone blanda and the first early tulips Scarlet Baby and Red Em...
Thursday, 3 February 2022

Looking for summer flowers

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While waiting for winter to arrive I got on with several winter landscape paintings, but all from memory as there has been no snow anywhere ...
Tuesday, 18 January 2022

Winter landscape paintings

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Life can be hard for an artist that just loves to paint snow scenes and winter landscapes. We are in mid January, half way thru winter and t...
Friday, 14 January 2022

A Sunny January Day

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Brilliant day today. Sun came out all day, and you could feel the heat, so had a day in the garden and allotment. January is the best time t...
Monday, 10 January 2022

Art Classes in Dundee Winter session

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The winter session of art classes in Dundee starts Monday 17th January 2022 at 7pm in my Studio. This session lasts for 12 weeks ending just...
Friday, 7 January 2022

Back to work after the festive holidays

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Christmas and New Year have gone and its back to the day job at the easel. As we make an early start to the new year the paint brush has bee...
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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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