A thousand words

Oct 23, 2017 | new work, thoughts

A thousand words Ever heard the expression “you look but do not see”? This got me thinking about what we see when we look at a painting. If you asked a dozen people to look at the same painting would they all see the same thing? Naturally they’d all...

Bales of Hay

Sep 26, 2017 | new work, thoughts

Bales of Hay Summer is gone! I’m not a farming expert and don’t pretend to be but at the end of each summer I see the fields of golden barley disappear to be replaced by fields of bales and they always remind me of big pillows. Like the fields are getting...

The Giving

Sep 20, 2017 | thoughts

The Giving The Giving I’ve been thinking lately about my paintings. Thinking about how yes I enjoy painting but like giving a present is it the giving? Or the present? Or the look on the persons face when they open the gift? I know I’m not giving stuff...

Forever Young

Aug 19, 2017 | new work, thoughts

Forever Young Forever Young I recently painted a picture called “forever young”. It was part of my sea breeze exhibition, or to be more precise it was the star of the exhibition!! It was my signature piece , a beech scene with two kids playing in the water...

Pink Candy Wrappers

Jul 28, 2017 | new work, thoughts

Pink Candy Wrappers Pink Candy Wrappers They say every cloud has a silver lining, for me the dark clouds and rain means time to catch up on correspondence. For this whole day of miserable weather I was working on catching up on social media, emails, pricing...

Small Pleasures

Jul 19, 2017 | new work, thoughts

Small Pleasures Small Pleasures   Today I thought I’d talk about my small acrylics. Over the last few weeks the weather has been a little better than the norm I’ve spent a lot of time at the beach. Now normally I’m a watercolour girl but...

Portrait bible

Jul 3, 2017 | thoughts

Portrait Revolution – The Portrait Bible I received this book today, and I’d like to share the story behind it. For those of you who have the book you might have noticed there is a small portrait done by me in this book, it is on page 32 (photo below) It...

Thoughts after Bloom and new exhibition news

Jun 15, 2017 | news, thoughts

Thoughts after Bloom and new exhibition news Bloom! Bloom!!! Where do I begin? I know it’s been two weeks but it feels longer and I’m only just getting back to normal!! The show itself was only 5 days but the preparation was months!! For those of you who...

Sea, waves, boat and painting

Mar 31, 2017 | new work, thoughts

Sea, waves, boat and painting Rhythm of the waves This painting is a commission I did recently. Now I always relish the challenge of  painting water, but this one I particularly enjoyed. A little history first, about two weeks or so before painting this I decided...

Mum’s Garden

Mar 19, 2017 | news, thoughts

Mum’s Garden Painting Roses I decided to name this new painting ‘Mum’s Garden’ . I didn’t have any recent pictures of her garden and my memories of our garden from my childhood is of vegetables and fruits rather than flowers. Different...