Rick Janson
@rickjanson.bsky.social
A re-emerging artist in the not quite dead yet medium of oil painting. Follow my BLOG at rickjansonartstudio.ca
At the Fireworks display on Barassie Beach for Guy Fawkes day. #Scotland #Fireworks #Barassie #Troon
November 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
At the Fireworks display on Barassie Beach for Guy Fawkes day. #Scotland #Fireworks #Barassie #Troon
Windsurfers today at Troon’s south beach amid a hoolie. Look the wrong way and you’ll get sand in your eye.
#Scotland #Troon #Windsurfing
#Scotland #Troon #Windsurfing
November 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Windsurfers today at Troon’s south beach amid a hoolie. Look the wrong way and you’ll get sand in your eye.
#Scotland #Troon #Windsurfing
#Scotland #Troon #Windsurfing
The rear view of the Scott monument, Edinburgh. #Scotland #Edinburgh
October 31, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The rear view of the Scott monument, Edinburgh. #Scotland #Edinburgh
When the Grand Hôtel opened in 1867, it had 365 guest rooms — one for every day of the year. 12 floors — one for each month. Four turrets — one for each season. It was built in the shape of a V for Queen Victoria. In Scarborough, UK. #UKtravel #Scarborough #Yorkshire
October 30, 2025 at 10:55 AM
When the Grand Hôtel opened in 1867, it had 365 guest rooms — one for every day of the year. 12 floors — one for each month. Four turrets — one for each season. It was built in the shape of a V for Queen Victoria. In Scarborough, UK. #UKtravel #Scarborough #Yorkshire
Pleased to learn I have been selected by the jury to participate in the 2026 Scugog Studio tour as a guest artist. #ScugogArts #VisualArts #RickJanson #OilPainting #BlueSkyArt
October 30, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Pleased to learn I have been selected by the jury to participate in the 2026 Scugog Studio tour as a guest artist. #ScugogArts #VisualArts #RickJanson #OilPainting #BlueSkyArt
October 30, 2025 at 10:29 AM
War and Remembrance: Knitted figure of Vera Lynn covering the top of a bollard in the old market town of Pickering, UK. #Pickering #veraLynn #UK #Travel #Yorkshire
October 30, 2025 at 10:26 AM
War and Remembrance: Knitted figure of Vera Lynn covering the top of a bollard in the old market town of Pickering, UK. #Pickering #veraLynn #UK #Travel #Yorkshire
High Street in Scarborough, UK. Walking around felt like time travel. Pic from early morning yesterday before the shops opened.
#Yorkshire #England #Scarborough
#Yorkshire #England #Scarborough
October 30, 2025 at 10:22 AM
High Street in Scarborough, UK. Walking around felt like time travel. Pic from early morning yesterday before the shops opened.
#Yorkshire #England #Scarborough
#Yorkshire #England #Scarborough
Taking a break in Glasgow.
October 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Taking a break in Glasgow.
October 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
View from Edinburgh Castle yesterday looking towards the Scottish National Gallery and the ‘poo’ building. #Scotland #Edinburgh
October 23, 2025 at 9:14 AM
View from Edinburgh Castle yesterday looking towards the Scottish National Gallery and the ‘poo’ building. #Scotland #Edinburgh
Jim Tribble speaks about and plays a variety of instruments that would have been used at the Royal Court in Scotland. We saw his delightful presentation in the Great Hall of Edinburgh Castle yesterday. #Scotland #ScottishHistory #Tribble
October 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Jim Tribble speaks about and plays a variety of instruments that would have been used at the Royal Court in Scotland. We saw his delightful presentation in the Great Hall of Edinburgh Castle yesterday. #Scotland #ScottishHistory #Tribble
Spent yesterday visiting Edinburgh Castle.
October 23, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Spent yesterday visiting Edinburgh Castle.
Vintage street in the Riverside Museum in Glasgow.
October 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Vintage street in the Riverside Museum in Glasgow.
The dress Audrey Hepburn wore in Two For The Road at the Riverside Museum in Glasgow.
October 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The dress Audrey Hepburn wore in Two For The Road at the Riverside Museum in Glasgow.
À 1924 Galloway at the Riverside Museum in Glasgow. Galloway was a car company run by Dorothy Pullinger who recruited and trained women automotive engineers. The cars were designed for women too.
October 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
À 1924 Galloway at the Riverside Museum in Glasgow. Galloway was a car company run by Dorothy Pullinger who recruited and trained women automotive engineers. The cars were designed for women too.
October 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Mary Queen of Scots official bed chamber at Stirling castle today. She normally would have slept in more modest quarters.
October 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Mary Queen of Scots official bed chamber at Stirling castle today. She normally would have slept in more modest quarters.
On board Discovery today in Dundee. After Scott returned from the Antarctic, the ship went into service for the Hudson’s Bay Company. Sad that it’s engines were scrapped for metal in WW1.
October 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
On board Discovery today in Dundee. After Scott returned from the Antarctic, the ship went into service for the Hudson’s Bay Company. Sad that it’s engines were scrapped for metal in WW1.
October 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Visited Cultybraggan today, one of three remaining WW2 POW camps in Britain. Initially it was Italian POWs, then Germans. Each one of these huts held 90 men, 4000 prisoners in this Scottish camp. #Scotland #Cultybraggan
October 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Visited Cultybraggan today, one of three remaining WW2 POW camps in Britain. Initially it was Italian POWs, then Germans. Each one of these huts held 90 men, 4000 prisoners in this Scottish camp. #Scotland #Cultybraggan
October 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
October 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The Williow designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, in Glasgow today.
October 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The Williow designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, in Glasgow today.