#ArtistAdventCalendar for Christmas 2025
December 7, 2025 at 9:33 AM
#ArtistAdventCalendar for Christmas 2025
Lantern Light with William Holman Hunt for day twenty-one of our #ArtistAdventCalendar and to celebrate the longest night of the year #WinterSolstice.
🖼️ ‘The Light of the World’, William Holman Hunt, 1851-52, @kebleoxford.bsky.social.
🖼️ ‘The Light of the World’, William Holman Hunt, 1851-52, @kebleoxford.bsky.social.
December 21, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Lantern Light with William Holman Hunt for day twenty-one of our #ArtistAdventCalendar and to celebrate the longest night of the year #WinterSolstice.
🖼️ ‘The Light of the World’, William Holman Hunt, 1851-52, @kebleoxford.bsky.social.
🖼️ ‘The Light of the World’, William Holman Hunt, 1851-52, @kebleoxford.bsky.social.
Art Advent Calendar day 14:
A Cage of Realised Mortality
Watercolour on paper
2020
#artadventcalendar
#artistadventcalendar
A Cage of Realised Mortality
Watercolour on paper
2020
#artadventcalendar
#artistadventcalendar
December 14, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Art Advent Calendar day 14:
A Cage of Realised Mortality
Watercolour on paper
2020
#artadventcalendar
#artistadventcalendar
A Cage of Realised Mortality
Watercolour on paper
2020
#artadventcalendar
#artistadventcalendar
Day twelve of our #ArtistAdventCalendar with an unfinished sketch of poverty, pathos and Christmas time. ‘The poor Actress’s Christmas Dinner’, Robert Braithwaite Martineau (1826–1869), @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social.
December 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Day twelve of our #ArtistAdventCalendar with an unfinished sketch of poverty, pathos and Christmas time. ‘The poor Actress’s Christmas Dinner’, Robert Braithwaite Martineau (1826–1869), @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social.
Edward Burne-Jones and a cast of his friends and fellow creatives depicted in ‘Adoration of the Magi’ for day fifteen of our #ArtistAdventCalendar.
December 16, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Edward Burne-Jones and a cast of his friends and fellow creatives depicted in ‘Adoration of the Magi’ for day fifteen of our #ArtistAdventCalendar.
Day sixteen of our #ArtistAdventCalendar with John Duncan and his depiction of ‘Saint Bride’ being escorted by angelic intervention to the site of the nativity.
🖼️ ‘Saint Bride’, John Duncan, 1913, @nationalgalleries.bsky.social.
🖼️ ‘Saint Bride’, John Duncan, 1913, @nationalgalleries.bsky.social.
December 16, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Day sixteen of our #ArtistAdventCalendar with John Duncan and his depiction of ‘Saint Bride’ being escorted by angelic intervention to the site of the nativity.
🖼️ ‘Saint Bride’, John Duncan, 1913, @nationalgalleries.bsky.social.
🖼️ ‘Saint Bride’, John Duncan, 1913, @nationalgalleries.bsky.social.
Turbulence Series, One, Two, and Three
Oil on board,
Framed
10cm x 15cm
Today's offering to the #ArtAdventCalendar
#artistadventcalendar #fluiddynamics #fluiddynamicsofart
Oil on board,
Framed
10cm x 15cm
Today's offering to the #ArtAdventCalendar
#artistadventcalendar #fluiddynamics #fluiddynamicsofart
December 19, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Turbulence Series, One, Two, and Three
Oil on board,
Framed
10cm x 15cm
Today's offering to the #ArtAdventCalendar
#artistadventcalendar #fluiddynamics #fluiddynamicsofart
Oil on board,
Framed
10cm x 15cm
Today's offering to the #ArtAdventCalendar
#artistadventcalendar #fluiddynamics #fluiddynamicsofart
For the fifth day of our #ArtistAdventCalendar, Edward Burne-Jones’ ‘The Summer Snow’, c.1863, @royalacademy.bsky.social.
This wood engraving appeared in the May, 1863 issue of the magazine ‘Good Words’ to illustrate a poem called ‘Summer Snow’:
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This wood engraving appeared in the May, 1863 issue of the magazine ‘Good Words’ to illustrate a poem called ‘Summer Snow’:
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December 5, 2025 at 8:25 AM
For the fifth day of our #ArtistAdventCalendar, Edward Burne-Jones’ ‘The Summer Snow’, c.1863, @royalacademy.bsky.social.
This wood engraving appeared in the May, 1863 issue of the magazine ‘Good Words’ to illustrate a poem called ‘Summer Snow’:
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This wood engraving appeared in the May, 1863 issue of the magazine ‘Good Words’ to illustrate a poem called ‘Summer Snow’:
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#artadventcalendar December 4th.
On which I exploit the power of the tired hound to show off my latest giclée print.
Thank you to inlet leith for printing.
#artprint #gicleeprint #leithcreativetrail #artistadventcalendar #adventcalendar
On which I exploit the power of the tired hound to show off my latest giclée print.
Thank you to inlet leith for printing.
#artprint #gicleeprint #leithcreativetrail #artistadventcalendar #adventcalendar
December 4, 2025 at 8:49 PM
#artadventcalendar December 4th.
On which I exploit the power of the tired hound to show off my latest giclée print.
Thank you to inlet leith for printing.
#artprint #gicleeprint #leithcreativetrail #artistadventcalendar #adventcalendar
On which I exploit the power of the tired hound to show off my latest giclée print.
Thank you to inlet leith for printing.
#artprint #gicleeprint #leithcreativetrail #artistadventcalendar #adventcalendar
Day twenty four of our #ArtistAdventCalendar, and to celebrate all the hard work he will be doing later today,‘Old Father Christmas’, by Scottish artist, William Ewart Lockhart (1846–1900), in the collection of The Hunterian, University of Glasgow @hunterianmuseum.bsky.social
December 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Day twenty four of our #ArtistAdventCalendar, and to celebrate all the hard work he will be doing later today,‘Old Father Christmas’, by Scottish artist, William Ewart Lockhart (1846–1900), in the collection of The Hunterian, University of Glasgow @hunterianmuseum.bsky.social
Ann Macbeth for day twenty three of our #ArtistAdventCalendar.
🖼️ ‘Angels Garlanding the Infant Christ’, Ann Macbeth, watercolour heightened with gouache and gold paint.
Ann Macbeth was a British embroiderer, designer, teacher and author and a member of the Glasgow Movement.
🖼️ ‘Angels Garlanding the Infant Christ’, Ann Macbeth, watercolour heightened with gouache and gold paint.
Ann Macbeth was a British embroiderer, designer, teacher and author and a member of the Glasgow Movement.
December 23, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Ann Macbeth for day twenty three of our #ArtistAdventCalendar.
🖼️ ‘Angels Garlanding the Infant Christ’, Ann Macbeth, watercolour heightened with gouache and gold paint.
Ann Macbeth was a British embroiderer, designer, teacher and author and a member of the Glasgow Movement.
🖼️ ‘Angels Garlanding the Infant Christ’, Ann Macbeth, watercolour heightened with gouache and gold paint.
Ann Macbeth was a British embroiderer, designer, teacher and author and a member of the Glasgow Movement.
Christmas correspondence with Annie Swynnerton’s ‘The Letter’ @royalacademy.bsky.social, for day seventeen of our #ArtistAdventCalendar.
December 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Christmas correspondence with Annie Swynnerton’s ‘The Letter’ @royalacademy.bsky.social, for day seventeen of our #ArtistAdventCalendar.
We're nearly there folks. We're past the longest night, and nearly at the end of advent.
Here's #ArtAdventCalendar day 22. A painting from 2015 ish, a bunch of emotions contained in obsessive details.
Bereft
Oil on canvas
Framed
#oilpainting #artistadventcalendar
Here's #ArtAdventCalendar day 22. A painting from 2015 ish, a bunch of emotions contained in obsessive details.
Bereft
Oil on canvas
Framed
#oilpainting #artistadventcalendar
December 22, 2025 at 8:51 PM
We're nearly there folks. We're past the longest night, and nearly at the end of advent.
Here's #ArtAdventCalendar day 22. A painting from 2015 ish, a bunch of emotions contained in obsessive details.
Bereft
Oil on canvas
Framed
#oilpainting #artistadventcalendar
Here's #ArtAdventCalendar day 22. A painting from 2015 ish, a bunch of emotions contained in obsessive details.
Bereft
Oil on canvas
Framed
#oilpainting #artistadventcalendar
Day 8 of the #ArtAdventCalendar:
Breadcrumbs, Objects of Value
Oil on Canvas
90x90cm
Framed in cream wood
At nearly a square metre in size, this oil painting is the largest artwork I have framed in my studio, looking for a new owner.
#artistadventcalendar #oilpainting #Leithartist #Leith
Breadcrumbs, Objects of Value
Oil on Canvas
90x90cm
Framed in cream wood
At nearly a square metre in size, this oil painting is the largest artwork I have framed in my studio, looking for a new owner.
#artistadventcalendar #oilpainting #Leithartist #Leith
December 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Day 8 of the #ArtAdventCalendar:
Breadcrumbs, Objects of Value
Oil on Canvas
90x90cm
Framed in cream wood
At nearly a square metre in size, this oil painting is the largest artwork I have framed in my studio, looking for a new owner.
#artistadventcalendar #oilpainting #Leithartist #Leith
Breadcrumbs, Objects of Value
Oil on Canvas
90x90cm
Framed in cream wood
At nearly a square metre in size, this oil painting is the largest artwork I have framed in my studio, looking for a new owner.
#artistadventcalendar #oilpainting #Leithartist #Leith
Golden Gotch for day eighteen of our #ArtistAdventCalendar.
🖼️ ‘Alleluia’, Thomas Cooper Gotch, exhibited 1896, Tate.
His daughter, Phyllis Marian Gotch, often modelled for her father. She is here seen as the central figure, arms raised in prayer.
🖼️ ‘Alleluia’, Thomas Cooper Gotch, exhibited 1896, Tate.
His daughter, Phyllis Marian Gotch, often modelled for her father. She is here seen as the central figure, arms raised in prayer.
December 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Golden Gotch for day eighteen of our #ArtistAdventCalendar.
🖼️ ‘Alleluia’, Thomas Cooper Gotch, exhibited 1896, Tate.
His daughter, Phyllis Marian Gotch, often modelled for her father. She is here seen as the central figure, arms raised in prayer.
🖼️ ‘Alleluia’, Thomas Cooper Gotch, exhibited 1896, Tate.
His daughter, Phyllis Marian Gotch, often modelled for her father. She is here seen as the central figure, arms raised in prayer.
Day six of our #ArtistAdventCalendar with Julia Margaret Cameron’s ‘Light & Love’, 1865, @V&AMuseum.
A photographic interpretation of the nativity scene, the nest-like bed of straw suggests the manger in which the baby Jesus was lain.
A photographic interpretation of the nativity scene, the nest-like bed of straw suggests the manger in which the baby Jesus was lain.
December 6, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Day six of our #ArtistAdventCalendar with Julia Margaret Cameron’s ‘Light & Love’, 1865, @V&AMuseum.
A photographic interpretation of the nativity scene, the nest-like bed of straw suggests the manger in which the baby Jesus was lain.
A photographic interpretation of the nativity scene, the nest-like bed of straw suggests the manger in which the baby Jesus was lain.
From Edward Burne-Jones to John Duncan, Annie Swynnerton, Thomas Cooper Gotch, Phoebe Anna Traquair, Anna Lea Merritt and William Holman Hunt, which was your favourite advent picture last week? #ArtistAdventCalendar
December 22, 2025 at 10:42 AM
From Edward Burne-Jones to John Duncan, Annie Swynnerton, Thomas Cooper Gotch, Phoebe Anna Traquair, Anna Lea Merritt and William Holman Hunt, which was your favourite advent picture last week? #ArtistAdventCalendar
Day 9 of the #ArtAdventCalendar
Bees in Cornfield
Oil on canvas
80x30cm
Framed
This painting has been one of my most exhibited, and I definitely should have got more prints made, but i prefer to keep my print editions limited.
#Bees #bee #oilpainting #art #artistadventcalendar
Bees in Cornfield
Oil on canvas
80x30cm
Framed
This painting has been one of my most exhibited, and I definitely should have got more prints made, but i prefer to keep my print editions limited.
#Bees #bee #oilpainting #art #artistadventcalendar
December 9, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Day 9 of the #ArtAdventCalendar
Bees in Cornfield
Oil on canvas
80x30cm
Framed
This painting has been one of my most exhibited, and I definitely should have got more prints made, but i prefer to keep my print editions limited.
#Bees #bee #oilpainting #art #artistadventcalendar
Bees in Cornfield
Oil on canvas
80x30cm
Framed
This painting has been one of my most exhibited, and I definitely should have got more prints made, but i prefer to keep my print editions limited.
#Bees #bee #oilpainting #art #artistadventcalendar
For day nine of our #ArtistAdventCalendar, Marie Spartali Stillman’s ‘The Enchanted Garden’, 1889. Inspired by Boccaccio’s Decameron, despite the distant, snowy scenes, within the walls of Ansaldo’s garden spring is conjured to woo his beloved Dianora.
December 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
For day nine of our #ArtistAdventCalendar, Marie Spartali Stillman’s ‘The Enchanted Garden’, 1889. Inspired by Boccaccio’s Decameron, despite the distant, snowy scenes, within the walls of Ansaldo’s garden spring is conjured to woo his beloved Dianora.
For day thirteen of our #ArtistAdventCalendar, a festive scene from the genius mind and gilded hand of Evelyn De Morgan.
🖼️ ‘Glora in Excelsis’, @demorganfoundation.bsky.social , depicts the nativity scene when angels appear to the shepherds to announce Christ’s birth.
🖼️ ‘Glora in Excelsis’, @demorganfoundation.bsky.social , depicts the nativity scene when angels appear to the shepherds to announce Christ’s birth.
December 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
For day thirteen of our #ArtistAdventCalendar, a festive scene from the genius mind and gilded hand of Evelyn De Morgan.
🖼️ ‘Glora in Excelsis’, @demorganfoundation.bsky.social , depicts the nativity scene when angels appear to the shepherds to announce Christ’s birth.
🖼️ ‘Glora in Excelsis’, @demorganfoundation.bsky.social , depicts the nativity scene when angels appear to the shepherds to announce Christ’s birth.
Marianne Stokes for day 10 of our #ArtistAdventCalendar, with ‘Angels Entertaining the Holy Child’, 1893.
Stokes depicts a new mother’s sheer exhaustion, giving the Virgin Mary the same lived experience as other mothers.
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Stokes depicts a new mother’s sheer exhaustion, giving the Virgin Mary the same lived experience as other mothers.
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December 10, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Marianne Stokes for day 10 of our #ArtistAdventCalendar, with ‘Angels Entertaining the Holy Child’, 1893.
Stokes depicts a new mother’s sheer exhaustion, giving the Virgin Mary the same lived experience as other mothers.
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Stokes depicts a new mother’s sheer exhaustion, giving the Virgin Mary the same lived experience as other mothers.
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Day 8 of our #ArtistAdventCalendar with Simeon Solomon and ‘The Annunication’. An intimate view of Gabriel staring in awe at Mary while she has her eyes closed, contemplating this unexpected gift, and her future life. …
December 8, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Day 8 of our #ArtistAdventCalendar with Simeon Solomon and ‘The Annunication’. An intimate view of Gabriel staring in awe at Mary while she has her eyes closed, contemplating this unexpected gift, and her future life. …
A design by May Morris for day twenty-two of our #ArtistAdventCalendar.
🖼️ Design for ‘Amis and Amile’ silk book pouch, May Morris, 1905, @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social.
🖼️ Design for ‘Amis and Amile’ silk book pouch, May Morris, 1905, @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social.
December 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
A design by May Morris for day twenty-two of our #ArtistAdventCalendar.
🖼️ Design for ‘Amis and Amile’ silk book pouch, May Morris, 1905, @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social.
🖼️ Design for ‘Amis and Amile’ silk book pouch, May Morris, 1905, @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social.
A Merry Musical Rossetti Christmas.
We hope you liked our 2025 #ArtistAdventCalendar.
We are taking a break from social media till the new year. See you in 2026, when we will have more lectures, events, podcast episodes, journal articles and magazines, and more social media content, of course.
We hope you liked our 2025 #ArtistAdventCalendar.
We are taking a break from social media till the new year. See you in 2026, when we will have more lectures, events, podcast episodes, journal articles and magazines, and more social media content, of course.
December 25, 2025 at 12:56 AM
A Merry Musical Rossetti Christmas.
We hope you liked our 2025 #ArtistAdventCalendar.
We are taking a break from social media till the new year. See you in 2026, when we will have more lectures, events, podcast episodes, journal articles and magazines, and more social media content, of course.
We hope you liked our 2025 #ArtistAdventCalendar.
We are taking a break from social media till the new year. See you in 2026, when we will have more lectures, events, podcast episodes, journal articles and magazines, and more social media content, of course.
An Annunciation by Phoebe Anna Traquair for day nineteen of our #ArtistAdventCalendar.
Like many artists of the Arts and Crafts era Traquair worked in a variety of mediums, from embroideries, manuscript illumination, bookbinding, enamelwork, furniture decoration, and mural decoration.
Like many artists of the Arts and Crafts era Traquair worked in a variety of mediums, from embroideries, manuscript illumination, bookbinding, enamelwork, furniture decoration, and mural decoration.
December 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
An Annunciation by Phoebe Anna Traquair for day nineteen of our #ArtistAdventCalendar.
Like many artists of the Arts and Crafts era Traquair worked in a variety of mediums, from embroideries, manuscript illumination, bookbinding, enamelwork, furniture decoration, and mural decoration.
Like many artists of the Arts and Crafts era Traquair worked in a variety of mediums, from embroideries, manuscript illumination, bookbinding, enamelwork, furniture decoration, and mural decoration.