Starting the new year with shiny happy people
I started the new year in the best way possible as far as I am concerned – surrounded with good friends, happy faces, laughter, jollity,… Read More »Starting the new year with shiny happy people
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Looking back at 2014 drawing in and drawing on
Looking back at the year I can see its been one of change. Most years are for me, as a good friend of mine told… Read More »Looking back at 2014 drawing in and drawing on
Happy Christmas wishes
Well after the hectic rush of photographing, drawing, and finishing last week’s commission, its gone off today to its recipient at one end of the… Read More »Happy Christmas wishes
Make full eye contact, smile brightly and bluff
I wasn’t expecting any callers when the phone rang at 9.30 on Monday night. Wondering who it was I answered it and a man I didn’t… Read More »Make full eye contact, smile brightly and bluff
Friends old and new celebrated through Christmas cards
I do love Christmas as a time for getting in touch with friends. I write a lot of Christmas cards and love the communication of… Read More »Friends old and new celebrated through Christmas cards
You know exactly where you are with true friends
Over the weekend I saw my best friend and it reminded me again how natural a good friendship should be. She and I chat easily… Read More »You know exactly where you are with true friends
Forget it in December
Its that time of year again when I have an important painting to finish but think that with the best will in the world, its… Read More »Forget it in December
Deluge
Sometimes you just have to accept that no matter what your best efforts are, there is something that you cannot get around. Some things are… Read More »Deluge
Why I like reality TV on my terms
Whilst watching one of my favourite programmes the other night, my fella said omminously that he couldn’t understand at all why I enjoyed it, or… Read More »Why I like reality TV on my terms
At what point do you say its what it is
At what point do you say a picture is complete? At the first thought, when its just a concept? At the first working drawings when… Read More »At what point do you say its what it is
The short cuts are the long way round
Artists never start at the point at which you meet them. Who ever the artist is, when you find them and wow over the work… Read More »The short cuts are the long way round
Seven months in the planning
After seven months, he finally arrived on my doorstep. I welcomed him in with a smile and a “At last, we meet!” comment which he… Read More »Seven months in the planning
Another exciting painting on the go
A week ago it was summer, this week its winter. A shock to the system as the greyness of the soddenly wet day lashes against… Read More »Another exciting painting on the go
Worth the wait
When he first rang to arrange a life drawing sitting with me we discussed his ideas and he said he would ring me after Easter… Read More »Worth the wait