Since I went to see the lovely primary school pupils in Hartlip in Kent, in May 2018, and had such an uplifting and happy day with them talking to them about my painting “The way through the woods” answering questions, signing autographs and loving their excitement about their joint creative efforts, I was delighted when […]
I presume by now you’ve read the previous blog posts about the primary school children at Hartlip Endowed school near Sittingbourne in Kent who recreated their wonderful version of my acrylic painting “The way through the woods” – so you won’t be surprised to hear that when their teacher (who is a friend of mine) […]
I was most touched to be asked by my Primary School teacher friend this week if I would be happy to give my permission for her to get her 7/8 year old pupils to re-create my “The way through the woods” acrylic painting on a large sheet using small amounts of powder paint sprayed with […]
Even when the weather is as uninspiring as it has been recently I try to get some good out of it. Its not always easy though, when its gloomy grey and miserable weather – I started to wonder last week if it would ever be sunny with blue skies ever again as I looked out […]
I had planned on painting the second of the new paintings today. There wasn’t going to be much to stop me, except…. the weather turned out to be exactly what I needed it to be, and time is running out. Time to take any decent photos of the subject matter I wanted, I have about […]
The old year certainly ended with a bang, at the masked ball (well more of a disco really but who am I to argue) I went to on new years eve. I’ve always always always wanted to go to a masked ball (they’re sooooo sexy to me, even though I knew it wasn’t going to be […]
I’ve been struggling for a while to think what image I want for my Christmas cards this year. In previous years I’ve done tigers, a snarling snow leopard, unicorns. I could do another animal, I have considered that, but I know I want to do something a bit different this year. I have had the […]
Sometimes you build things up in your head. And when you get the chance to check them out properly, they aren’t what you expected. The disappointment sits heavily on your shoulders, and you wonder how you could have been so stupid to have expected things to be any different. But, I like to look at […]
Talking to a good friend from foreign shores yesterday, he mentioned in passing that when he first started reading my blog a couple of years ago, that it seemed that everytime I wrote there was a new drawing or painting of mine to view and comment on. And he was right, there was. But there […]
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 […]
