My wife and I have spent the last 2 years renovating our 1800c cottage in the Dalveen Pass and beginning to establish a wildlife garden out of this 3 acre piece of bog land. We have planted around 2000 trees and shrubs in the hope of attracting the wildlife into our life. The work on the ponds and the rest of the garden is ongoing and hopefully never-ending and hopefully it is this experience with the land and the area surrounding us that will be my main influence in my artistic endeavours, coupled with my wife Lindas amazing faith and encouragement. P S. The experience of life itself is the connection. Regards E. Slater I was born in Ayr in 1947 and after serving my apprenticeship as a carpet weaver then 22 years in the Royal Marines I Worked for the Post Office and retired in 2003. I now live in an 1800c renovated shepherds cottage at the Dalveen Pass with my wife Linda and two Labradors, Maisie and Tinker. My studio is the old damp and badly lit cow-shed but all are welcomed. I was awarded my diploma and B.A. Hons . from the Open University after six years part time study; I am inspired by Vincent Van Gogh and Jackson Pollock. I am a self-taught artist and I have been painting for six years, I have one non- paying pupil. I am an experimental abstract artist in mixed media and I call my style Contemporary Cave. Memberships Primera Fine Arts Association- Renfrewshire. Dumfries & Galloway Fine Arts Moniaive & District Arts Association. Friend of Maclaurin Art Gallery- Ayr SAA. EXHIBITIONS2008. Spring Fling Open Studio Event. Ruby Orange Gallery. Thomas Tosh Gallery. Exhibitions 2007 The Russian State Library Exhibition Halls,. St Petersburg, Russia. Days of Scotland Celebrations St Petersburg, Russia, 2007 In Celebration of Scottish Art, 4th Annual Exhibition. Imagination Art Gallery Dundas St. Edinburgh. Dagfas Annual Open Exhibition Gracefields, Dumfries. North Ayrshire Open. Moniaive Annual. Stableyard Drumlanrig castle .. Pennal gallery Peebles. Whithouse Gallery Kirkudbright. Exhibitions 2006 Drumlanrig Stableyard Studios 2005& 2006. Ruby/Orange Gallery - 2005& 2006. Herons Moon Gallery Guest Artist of the month 2005. Articles Published. Thornhill- Art & Times, issue 1. The Scotsman. DGB Magazine, issue 6 Places exhibited work. The Whitehouse Gallery- Kirkudbright. St Petersburg Imagination Art Dundas St. Edinburgh. Peter Potter Gallery -Haddington. Maclaurin Gallery Ayr Save the Children. Order of St. John - Stranraer. Waverly Gallery - Prestwick. Courtyard Restaurant Thornhill. Penpont Post Office. Green Tea Room Moniaive. Bellsisle Country House Hotel Ayr. Gracefields Art Centre Dumfries. St. Thomas Cathedral Portsmouth. Primera Paisley. Galloway Gems Castle Douglas. Down South Art Gallery Fareham Portsmouth. Gunwharf Harbour Portsmouth. Works In Private Collections. 2007. Kingscroft Logistics Ltd. Euan Adamson Photographer. Nichola Hunter Freelance Journalist.
