Caroline Gormley: Last News

A Paisley artist set to travel to New York for a one-in-a-lifetime exhibition has been given the greenlight to travel to America after weeks of covid vaccine uncertainty.

Paisley art group was delighted to finally welcome creative youngsters back through its doors after months of closures due to the covid pandemic. Made In Paisley, based in the town’s High Street, was finally allowed to start classes up again at the weekend after being forced to close for months.The group – which is run by Caroline Gormley and her partner Sandy Guy – teaches art to young people and has become a popular fixture in the town since it opened.The studio offers young people and adults a space to come along and create their own paintings, with Caroline and Sandy teaching techniques and helping kids reach their artistic potential.

Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.Talented Paisley artist Caroline Gormley is on her way to the art history books as she marks one year of creating pandemic-inspired paintings on a roll of toilet paper.It was April last year that the creative mum-of-two was inspired to put a paintbrush to loo roll following the mania in supermarkets as the pandemic hit.Now with 200 paintings featuring memorable moments throughout the covid crisis, including portraits of Sir Captain Tom Moore, Nicola Sturgeon, Boris Johnson and even Donald Trump, Caroline is still hard at work on her pandemic masterpiece.She has hopes the clever artwork, which she spends hours working on every day during lockdown,