Artist Sarah Gittins Celebrates Plums & Local Hospitality

Artist Sarah Gittins Celebrates Plums & Local Hospitality

I have now been at Studio Faire for a week, but have had far more than a week’s worth of rich experiences. I came here hoping to learn more about the history, cultivation and celebration of plum growing in the region and so far many of my enquiries have been...
The Lot et Garonne on Film

The Lot et Garonne on Film

Enjoy a cruise on the Garonne canal with historian and writer, Bertrand Soles, in this film made by TV channel France 3 Nouvelle-Aquitaine, passing ‘generous lands, conducive to agriculture, crisscrossed by an exceptional concentration of rivers and streams,...
The Scottish photographer and his lost love … photographie.

The Scottish photographer and his lost love … photographie.

I never fell out of love with my first love, I think I may have neglected it for a while though. Summer 2015 saw me diving head-first back into my original creative passion of photography and I have never been so energised or animated. Then… I moved to Edinburgh...
Shall We Play it Safe and Move to Condom?

Shall We Play it Safe and Move to Condom?

Image: Nérac not Condom! Last month we jumped on a plane from Edinburgh to Bordeaux to go on a mission to hone in on the areas we have been looking at online for the creative retreat. Everything looks amazing from Scotland, but we don’t want to risk choosing an...
Location, location, location

Location, location, location

In a couple of weeks Colin and I will be taking a trip across the Channel to visit some of the locations we have in mind for Studio Faire. What are the key crucial factors for location? Well, apart from lush green countryside, bright warm sunshine the majority of the...