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 […]
When I finished the last realm painting it was suggested to me that there should be a third one, to accompany the other two, so that the three of them could be hung together. Not a small request at all to achieve! I had a think about it and decided that for me the best […]
I knew when I finished the other quirky fire and water mystical creatures painting the other month that I would want to paint another…so now that I have finished commissions for the moment I got on and painted this one….I love the fact that other people will see things in it that I haven’t planned…. […]
I found a gold frame that I’ve always liked and decided that I would paint a picture for a one particular place in my lounge that it would fit perfectly.. the frame had a blue mount and glass, so all I had to do was think of the right picture for it. The space was […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
As you know I love a challenge in creating artwork and painting pictures. I had a thought a few weeks ago about how much I love painting water, and I love painting quirky animals, so what about putting them together in a painting with fire as well, I liked the idea of the animals being […]
Last week I started a painting that I knew was going to be quirky when I finished it…but its turned out even better than I expected… Its dramatic, and quirky, and has power in it. It is the sort of painting that other people will see things in it that I haven’t planned…but I love […]
This week I had an email from someone whose name I didn’t recognise who explained that a few years ago I did a pencil sketch of his sisters house in Repton for him as a gift and he saw the drawing recently in her house and he is soon moving to a new house in […]
Every so often I see a place I absolutely adore regardless of the time of year, and West Malling is one of those places! Its a village in Kent, and one I first visited whilst on holiday a few years ago. My husband and I did consider it as one of the places we could […]
I was asked by the client to paint a contemporary painting of Repton (the famous village in South Derbyshire that has the famous public school), with the specific buildings that were important for the painting to be silhouettes. And the colours had to be specific too, for the painting. Normally silhouette paintings are just one […]
