The Windmills Of My Mind

Artist Residencies with a difference

Painting from a collector's holiday cottage in Devon - a mutually rewarding experience.

May 6 • Gail Reid

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April 2026

Dates for your diary

Upcoming shows and a demo

Apr 6 • Gail Reid

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March 2026

Instagram Livestream on Tuesday lunchtime

Talking with entomologist Erica McAlister about the connection between museum collections, art, and fieldwork.

Mar 29 • Gail Reid

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6 WAYS TO BOOST YOUR SKETCHING

For pressure-free sketching you need reliable materials that don’t cost the earth

Mar 27 • Gail Reid

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Rejections galore, meet the artists, and a takeover

Nice words help

Mar 16 • Gail Reid

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Do we need the Society of Women Artists?

It was such an honour to have the models from my painting visit the 164th SWA show last summer. A techno-political researcher, a pole dance instructor…

Mar 5 • Gail Reid

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February 2026

Swimming in the communal pool of ideas

Reflections after The Prado in Madrid - how artists engage with the canon.

Feb 23 • Gail Reid

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BTA art prize - please vote for my portrait of Amit Ghose

Voting closes on Sunday at 4pm

Feb 16 • Gail Reid

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Should we make art from photos?

If you want a convincing animal or person in your artwork, the time-honoured approach is to practice relentlessly from life, and to study anatomy. That…

Feb 9 • Gail Reid

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Exhibition catalogue: on location in the South West

Showing oil paintings and sketches in Bristol's North Street Gallery Feb-April

Feb 1 • Gail Reid

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January 2026

Painting in public

“People will judge you. You might obstruct pedestrians. What if it rains? What if you drop all your brushes?“

Jan 26 • Gail Reid

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Why paint from life?

However much an artist may change or evolve their conscious technique, the uniqueness of their visual observation underpins it

Jan 14 • Gail Reid

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