Bill very flatteringly asked if he could use some of my blog entries to feed onto the site,  The ARTISTS Center.  Naturally I accepted and I am honoured.  He has chosen to feature a short write up I did recently about why people give up art when they leave school, and the importance of drawing as therapy. Not only that, but he gave me a sterling ( Read more... )

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Last last year Bill Weaver creator of The Artists Center approached me with a view to being a featured artist for the site. I was naturally thrilled and jumped at the chance. He sent me quite an impressive list of questions for an interview, which would be spaced out over the period of January 2010. I got to work, and despite one or two delays due ( Read more... )

Recently inished another painting. One of my favourite themes and colour palettes. Tribal and ethnic inspired art and colour. Acrylic on 10x10 deep edges canvas. The pattern goes all round the sides. Terrible light at the moment, so have only taken a couple of shots of it on my drawing board. I will take better pictures when we have good light. It ( Read more... )

   January SALE Buster!!

I am currenly offering 25% everything in my shop Art4sale, which includes original art and Prints, and FREE shipping until the end of January!


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Late last year I bought a Gocco printer. I had wanted one for ages and when the rather talented Mel from Inkmeup bought one and blogged about it, I decided to get one. I bought a second hand PG10 from the lovely Liz at  Dreaming Spirals. However, as with most things in my life, it took a while to get around to actually designing some art and ( Read more... )

Firstly, I would like to wish everyone I know a truly wonderful Happy New Year to all of you. I hope it is peaceful, joyous, harmonious, loving, giving, generous, prosperous and all that you hoped for.

I am not going to make this blog a retrospective of the past year and all my thoughts and views. I have read too many of them already. Suffice to say ( Read more... )

Yep. Since I closed my Etsy shop, getting  a lot more work done. Two finished paintings, about three nearly done and a plethora of drawings, aceo's and sketchbook work.  Despite the shocking light I managed to get some reasonably decent shots of two paintings. Scans of my finished drawings and aceos will have to wait a bit though. My new wide ( Read more... )

Were some FABULOUS things. Too many to list all, especially from my lovely hubby who tells me every year that ‘he didn’t get me much’  and then outdoes himself.  Bless him he bought me some great dvds; ‘Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince’ collectors edition complete with ‘Death Eater’ mask, ‘Hello Dello’ and ‘Night at the Museum I & II’.  Here ( Read more... )

You know, over the years I have lost count of the people who have said to me, when having told them I am an artist, or  that I had studied art at University, how much they loved art at and painting at school. How much they loved drawing or painting as children. I would then ask if they still drew or painted, and invariably their response would be ( Read more... )