Some pictures are simple to paint, others more difficult. Not difficult to paint them you understand, just more complex ideas to pull together and get right… Read More »Nature, nurture, and naked at seventy five
Isn’t life easier when you can let it all hang out, when there’s nothing to hide, nothing to worry about. Although, to be honest,  I think… Read More »Threes are fine and even better with a feathery touch
I’ve spent many years doing life drawing, and learnt quite early on that there are rules of etiquette about how the model is treated and… Read More »Hold it right there, and I’ll draw you
I was going to write another piece for my blog post – infact it is written already and will be my next blog post –… Read More »Love – pure and simple
The workshop was the adreniline shot in the arm I needed. I turned up at the village hall just before 10am, balancing art bag stuffed with watercolour… Read More »If it needs explaining it’s not art
Chatting with my spiritual healer friend earlier she talked of the book she is working on – as in writing, not as in reading, although… Read More »Oooh I need that jump start
I’ve had a very nice invitation recently, which caused a flurry of phone calls to see if I was able to accept. Well, I knew… Read More »Diamond sparkly venue
I love the beginning of a painting, when the sheet of paper has been stretched on a board, flat, crisp, even. Blank, and waiting. And then… Read More »Cut off in his prime
A peek behind the velvet curtain this week would show an awful lot of unpleasantness. A lot of it wet and sticky.  I try to keep away… Read More »What? Better than Gerard Butler without his shirt on?
Stuart is 75 and likes being naked around me. The fact that he’d never been naked infront of anyone other than his wife of 50… Read More »I didn’t promise you a rose garden
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… Read More »The new year starts with a bang not with a whimper
Well, 2011 has certainly brought some interesting aspects into my life and although I might have not created as much artwork as I would have ideally… Read More »Looking fondly back and stepping forward with alacrity
Christmas was all I hoped it would be. Perfect and tasty traditional fare prepared and cooked at a relaxed pace , a huge pile of chocolates to get… Read More »It may be cat heaven but
Talking to various friends over the course of this last week both sides enquiring about preparations for Christmas celebrations, who is away at expensive country hotels… Read More »Hold the Christmas spirit tight
One of the things I love, are the unexpected side effects. Â They give me as much of a high as the main aspect of it,… Read More »No sugar coated placebos