I’m just back from two weeks painting in Provence – a mixture of good conversation, delicious food and HARD Â work! Every day we would be driven to a local site where we would spend the morning – over the two weeks we visited Murs, Joucas, Goult, Saturnin les Apt, Saignon, Viens and Simone la Rotunde, … Read more
I have had a painting selected by the Chelsea Art Society for an exhibition in Chelsea Town Hall. It is open from tomorrow Thursday June 13th – Saturday 15th (10am – 7pm), Sunday June 16th (10am-5pm) Monday June 17th (10am – 2pm). It is number 355!
Doing more paintings for the exhibition – that is one of the good things about having an exhibition – the deadline … Next week I’m going up to Scotland to do a course at the North-West Highland Art Centre with David Tress – not brilliant timing being so close to Aldeburgh – but something I … Read more
There’s so much to think about when getting an exhibition together – that is on top of doing the paintings which are of course the priority! Its also important to let as many people as possible know about it – especially since Aldeburgh is not my home territory. Most are now mounted – but I … Read more
Less than 2 months until my exhibition in Aldeburgh … apart from the paintings (kind of crucial) there are all the other admin things to do … fliers, price lists, calendars, mounting and/or framing, postcards and of course alerting people! This blog is a good place to keep track of what I have done and … Read more
Just back from a glorious 2 weeks painting in Provence – near Apt. Ten students, one tutor and delicious food and drink. I used a combination of gouache, watercolour, ink and pastel. I decided that I love pastels and must instantly invest in more colours. Unison in Northumberland seem to make the best…. To see … Read more
Don’t seem to be able to paint since the exhibition – horrible feeling. Good news that one of my paintings – the one that was on the flier and which didn’t sell – has been accepted into a competition at the Marsden. I have to take it along next week. Now I have a couple … Read more
I can’t believe that the exhibition which has taken up so much of my thought space for so long is finally over. It went really well – the Tabernacle is a great place to have  a show. Extremely friendly and nice staff – and a very good cafe and restaurant – so people coming to … Read more
September – always a positive if somewhat melancholy month for me – new beginnings and in my case this year a new website. With the old one I felt that the paintings were just an add on – with the new one I feel that they are integral to the site. Indeed the home page … Read more
Having found out where the hermit nun lives, I get up very early and walk to her chapel in the woods. I rather assumed she’d be an early riser but I think I arrive too early as the chapel is still locked. I ring a bell and she comes out and lets me in. A … Read more