It seems that the whole country is in shock at the moment at the Referendum results. Even those who voted for the outcome I don’t think fully expected it to be that we would actually leave the European Union. We all know that we will be affected one way or another, and I know there […]
Although I can’t yet talk about what the subject matter is that I am drawing for the client, I will talk in more general terms about it, and although the subject matter is a number of subjects, they are all landscapes of one description or another. And it’s actually helped that there is a time […]
I’m loving doing this large commission for my current client. I’m loving doing black pen and ink drawings again on white cartridge paper. I’m loving seeing how the drawings evolve from nothing to a new illustration as the hours flow past. I’m loving seeing how I tackle the images without knowing exactly how they will […]
I love to hear where my paintings are hanging when they go off out into the world to their new owners, and occasionally I hear when they resurface in later years, like the “Man of mystery” one I did last year that has gone to live in China, I found out the other week. This week another one […]
I’m not sure if this is anything that you may be interested in but I though I’d mention it to you incase it was. I’ve been using The Organic Group for a number of years now and love my working relationship with them. I’ve always had a good working relationship with them, excellent customer service […]
I received a cheque in the post this morning. I was expecting it to come at some point this week. It was from a client who wants me to do a commission for them. But what I wasn’t expecting was the amount written on it. The accompanying message explained…. “Dear Jackie, it was inspiring to […]
As often happens in life, with my batch theory of things happening together, and also don’t happen together, I realise as I write this that I have actually had the same request from two different men this week. Neither are connected in the slightest. Both of them I have done artwork for in the last […]
Chatting over a drink at the weekend with a couple of friends, the guy mentioned a job he was offered some years ago that he really wanted to do but couldn’t as it required him working on railway tracks and since he was colour-blind they wouldn’t give him the job. I enquired why and he said it […]
