Painting trees. Planting trees
I start out painting a landscape and end up painting trees. There isn’t a time when I don’t remember feeling a real affinity for trees. As soon as I could, I learned to climb a tree. My strongest childhood memories were of being as high…
Painting Autumn
Some years, the joy of painting autumn, like the season itself seems to creep in unnoticed. We all wait for spring and summer for their vibrant, fresh colours. Flowers are brilliant sunshine hues. They grow and bloom at increasing pace, giving us changes in the…
Painting Flowers for Inspiration
How lockdown chased my creative mojo away for a while, and how I got it back again by painting flowers for inspiration. Come and join me.
Cropping a Painting: a studio story
Cropping a painting involves some key aesthetic decisions for the artist. This week I shared my process as I cropped an abstract landscape
A Late-Blooming Artist – This is Me
Being a late-blooming artist is both rewarding and frustrating. The frustration comes from realising how much time you could have had to explore this fantastic visual creative world, if only you had started earlier. The rewarding bit is altogether different. I was once told by…
Use art to stay connected
It has been tough being out of touch with friends and family during lockdown but some of my friends have found ways to use art to stay connected. Most of us have realised that people are even more important than we ever thought they were…