Knowing it was the long Easter weekend coming up and that I was having a nice break away with friends I wanted to get on with my latest painting as much as I could last week to keep the strong momentum going for this week when I was home again. When I have an idea for a […]
I’m a tidy person, although not to the degree of obsession. Everything in the house has a place and I can lay my hands on even the stuff I don’t use that often, easily, if need be. I have a tidy and methodical mind that means when I do something it’s done in the best […]
Last week I took along three more paintings to be hung at the Moonstone Gallery as I had arranged with the owner the day before. It was a glorious bright sunny morning with the welcome hint of spring in the air and as I walked towards the shop two very intriguing looking people walked in through the door […]
Little did I think nine years ago that I would still be writing my blog, happily chatting about art, life and how they are intertwined… so many years later. I’ve written about so many things, introduced my paintings as I’ve created them, and shared the important and sometimes funny conversations I’ve had. I still love […]
Over the weekend I wanted to finish off a painting that was important for me. It’s one that was almost done in a way but I was fine tuning it to get the best out of it. Until it was done, I wasn’t going to rest. My man was happily involved with photo editing some photographs […]
Artists learn that they can paint, or maybe, like in my case, they never put down the paints and crayons from when first picked up as a small child. Then the first urges to create, to copy, to capture, to make art starts and it doesn’t go away that urge. The art changes. The ability to create, the technical abilities […]
