I happened to be in Quorn this week on a day out to celebrate my birthday. I had only decided last minute the night before that it might be a nice place to visit for the day since I had never been there before, and its not far from where I live. My man and […]
I know that I see things that others don’t see. And also know that sometimes I have to explain things so that the others can visualise the same things that I do. Brains don’t work in the same ways, and maybe its down to me being an artist, or maybe its just experience at doing […]
When I first finished the black and white pen and ink drawings for Repton Parish Council, I knew I’d have to wait a bit before talking more about them due to holidays (both mine and the contact I had with the Parish Council). In the meantime since I had a bit of free time, and […]
I was asked a question yesterday whilst I was teaching an art class, that I didn’t know the answer to. I felt though that it was one that was so simple, and so important to an artist that I SHOULD know the answer to it and which puzzled me slightly as to what would be the […]
I was asked at the weekend to give a price for a commission for a client. I’m asked all the time to do that for clients so I am very used to working a price out relating to the complexity of the painting and how many hours it will take me. But this particular time […]
I was first asked a year ago if I would be able to do the illustrations for Repton Parish Councils Neighbourhood Development Plan and responded that I could do as they requested, although we hadn’t discussed what the images would be exactly. But it helped that I have spent 22 years being brought up and […]
