I’m really enjoying doing some paintings for me at the moment, as I know how much I’ve improved in my art in the last few years I wanted to paint things that bring me pleasure (knowing that I could sell prints of them if need be but having the original to look at on a […]
The client who commissioned me to paint the picture of ‘Wooster’ came to see it in real life yesterday. He had viewed it online but hadn’t had the chance to see it in real life until yesterday, and loves it as much as I did painting it for him. He said that a photograph of […]
I was asked a few weeks ago to do a painting of a dog for a client. He sent me various photos of the dog and we discussed the best one for me to do the painting from, and finalised it down to two, the photo of the dog sitting down but change the setting […]
I’ve got a lovely new commission to do this week…. Totally different to the one I finished last week.. Its in acrylics on board…. And is of a dog… And acrylics is the perfect medium to paint the dog in.. getting all those fine hairs of light over dark, dark over light that makes up […]
This week I sold a watercolour of mine… called ‘Refreshing greens’ …it was a painting I painted last year and loved the peaceful and calm aspect of it, with the stream and small foot bridge over it, the ford, and country lane disappearing off into the distance.. showing the best of early spring in English […]
Yesterday a guy came to see me from Northamptonshire, a two hour journey to Kent, and I hadn’t met him before. He brought with him a good friend of mine, Jo, who is a mutual friend of ours. It was nice to meet him face to face, we had spoken on the phone a couple […]
A few weeks ago I realised I wanted a ‘wow painting for my lounge wall, and mentioned it to my husband, since the choice would affect him as much as me, as we’d both be looking at it! I came up with a few ideas and told him my suggestions, and then decided on one, […]
The acrylic painting I did a few weeks ago ‘Realm of the fire bellied water baboon’ has been collected today… the woman who bought it loves my artwork and I love the conversations we have about art. We both share a love of art and find that our creativity bounces off each other with ideas. […]
