Summer Magic
Aren’t paintings and music amazing? A friend and fellow artist emailed me a beautiful new painting that made me tingle – I could just...
You, me, my sister and Matisse
“If we were on the submissions panel for the Summer Exhibition it would be fabulous wouldn’t it? Just think of all the brightly coloured...
Reflections
When my great niece was due and her name-to-be much deliberated, I suggested to my niece she call her Bambelina Ballerina but for some...
My favourite month!
Every month is lovely of course - we are so luck to have our glorious ever changing seasons. But May is perhaps the most enchanting of...
When a painting sings . . .
We are so lucky that we have complete freedom to enjoy art. As a painter and as people who enjoy looking at paintings, every day we have...
The courage to change
Deciding ‘it’s not about the money’ (sorry to harp on, but I love that song!) has been a wonderful catalyst. I’ve been getting back to...
February and Fair!
February so far has been a delight - it's just bliss to be basking in dry and often sunny weather and with thoughts of Spring not far off...
New Year Wishes
A New Year - stretching ahead. Daunting? Inspirational? Full of promise? So many ways of looking at it and yes, it's all of those for me...
Mid-October 2014
I want to write something today. I feel it in my bones, my soul, my being. What I really want to write is universal but personal Remote...
September - Nearly Autumn!
I love this time of year so much. We've had a brilliant Summer - just like the summers we remember from childhood and it's lovely to know...