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Our Shop, The Square Peg, is in Argyll - on the West Coast of Scotland. We talk about our wonderful location rather a lot in our blogs and in our social media – but we thought it might be useful for those who don’t know Argyll so well to hear a little bit more about where we are and why it’s such a great place to work and to live. So firstly, a little geography lesson – all credit goes...

  In Jolomo, a love of art was fostered at a young age by his family and most notably by his mother’s father, Henry, who was an accomplished water-colourist. His country, too, pushed him toward his craft. The history of Scottish art boasts a rich roster of landscape artists – perhaps unsurprising, when one considers that the nation boasts such a plethora of suitable scenery to paint. His passion brought him to the Glasgow School of Art in 1967, where...