This week I was delighted to sell a small watercolour painting I painted last year in celebration of the joyful village in France of Gerberoy. I love old French villages, I especially love them when they are full of flowers, and in summer sunshine, which was the case on the day I went, with my […]
I’m just back from a wonderful relaxing holiday in France, and am so enamoured with the colours of the holiday and their impact on me… There’s the pale greeny turquoise of the sea on the cross channel ferry crossing… as the ferry arrives in Dieppe. Theres the bright blue of the sky Theres the white […]
A few years ago my husband and I were returning from a holiday in the south of France, having driven the length of that delightful country, and on the last day before we were due to catch the ferry at Dieppe back to Newhaven we had a few hours to spare but didn’t want to […]
Its very rare for me to want to go to exactly the same place twice on holiday, not when there is so much of the world I haven’t seen, I’ve been to thirty two countries so far and still have more on my wish list. However, the holiday my man and I had in June […]
Its been seven years since I last had a holiday in France and I’d forgotten what a wonderful country it is. My fella and I have just come back from almost three weeks in France – we went by Ferry from Newhaven to Dieppe a four hour ferry journey on calm waters and as we […]
I knew there were a lot of them, but I didn’t think there would be quite as many as there were, in the end. 799 to be exact. Tis a pity I didn’t make it to the 800 but nevermind……. It’s still a lot of photos. Of one holiday! It must have been a good […]
I spent nearly all day yesterday sorting out paintings for an exhibiton at the end of August. It doesn’t sound a lot, to sort out some paintings and fill out a form. But the problem is that I’ve not painted much new stuff for exhibitions this year as I’ve been working on commissions. I’d far […]
This is my 222nd blog post! A pretty number, I think………… if you can have pretty numbers! LOL I saw the bride and groom over the weekend. It was good to see them again, as the last time was on their actual wedding day. Two years ago. My wedding present to them at that time, […]
Before I show you all of my many faceted fannies I’ll just tell you about my holiday! I’ve just had a much well deserved week in the South of France and I just fell totally in love with the beautiful colours there. Such purity! Such lovely bright pastel shades. And the Cote d’Azure is so […]
I’m just back from a few days in southern France and after the misery of this years cold and depressingly wet English summer, it was a joy to be in hot sunshine again! Everything looks so much better in bright sunshine, the natural colours shine and purple shadows dress the landscape. Its rare for me […]
Having spent the last two weekends gallery sitting I’ve had time to sit and surreptitiously watch the viewing public in an art gallery setting, and what surprised me most was how short a time people spend actually looking at art. Some people were taking two to four SECONDS to look at each painting! Now, I […]
