Dec 31, 2017 | news, thoughts
Cheers to a New Year 2017 Here we are at the end of another year and as is the norm time to look back on the year that was or in this case reflect on my artistic year. Another year as a professional artist and I have to say I’m happy I took the plunge into this...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
