Artists Blog – Joe Hendry

Wee White Dug

Painting on a Saturday?

Well, I had to finalise this “wee dug” for my Kiltie painting. I really like being in the studio on a Saturday, it feels so different to during the week: much quieter.

July has been a quiet month for me traditionally but 2009 seems to be different for some reason and I really am rushed off my feet. Although I don’t particularly like intense pressure, like a lot of people, I think a little pressure is ok to work under. In fact, I think thi sis the cutest wee dug I have painted!

After a bit of a “press explosion” last year with the Kilt Art, I tried to take these paintings in a different direction. However with the “Homecoming Scotland” event this year there seems to be interest in all things Scottish .

To this end, I have been invited by the fantastic Radisson Hotel on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh to put on an exhibition of Kilt Art from June until September. I have revisited some of the model shots which I took almost two years ago and created new painting sfrom them for this and it really has been interesting for me to see the difference in the painting.

Just finalising insurance and other such nasty details that the artistic side of me just wants to “go away” but when that is sorted in the next few days I will get the full details on the Art News Page.

Well, this is my first blog on WordPress.

Forgive me for all the messing around but there have been a few website disasters lately but hopefully things will settle down a bit now. Last week, my painting which some people think looks a bit like Andy Murray scratching his bum like the girl in the 70′s poster, appeared in the national press. Jo Whiley very kindly mentioned it on Radio 1 at 12pm on Monday. Joehendry.com

promptly melted after over 500 hits in 30 seconds or so.

On Tuesday, I was  interviewed live on Talk Sport and when I was asked if all Scots were dour or was it just Andy Murray, I answered that it depended wether you came from Edinburgh or Glasgow.

Roll on Wednesday and a nasty email calling me a “bitter weegie” and saying that people from Edinburgh did indeed have a sense of humour. I had actually been in Edinburgh that day (see photographic proof!). In my reply, I told the writer of this and not only that, but that I loved the city, had worked there for 11 years and was looking forward to my first exhibition there which would be soon.

Perhaps when he wrote his email he just wanted to underline my point