A kind friend offered me the use of her house in the country for the summer and I have been inspired to paint the countryside in a new way. Have been getting up at 5am and painting until 8.30am …..have to stop then as it’s too hot. The country paintings are all done 90% from… Continue reading Summer in the country
inspired in pisticci
the inspiration actually began in scotland when I watched several series of SKY ARTS, PORTRAIT PAINTER OF THE YEAR. I’ve watched videos on youtube giving advice on how to paint portraits etc but it was so much more inspiring to watch all kinds of people with all different methods and styles and abilities actually… Continue reading inspired in pisticci
2017- NEW WORK (in Pisticci)
Due to no banging and assorted noises from upstairs this year have completed an impressive amount of work including some oil paintings ( a trial- and result of being stuck inside because of snow). As usual I think I could have done more and wonder why I don’t do more sketching in the evenings or… Continue reading 2017- NEW WORK (in Pisticci)
my life- more colourful and unusual
This last 2 weeks I have been working on some rather different surfaces. It’s been more for fun than money , but I was needing a bit of a boost and putting some colour in my house has helped. After a lovely long weekend with friends, staying near Lecce (in Puglia) in a lovely appartment… Continue reading my life- more colourful and unusual
Lots of work………………
Am sitting on the doorstep in my little arbour which I have created to give myself a pretty place with some privacy to sit and relax or read or just enjoy and think in. Apart from there not being so much sun this evening it is fairly idyllic. I finished another portrait today. Quite a… Continue reading Lots of work………………
Picking up speed……(back to work)
At last the scaffolding is gone and the building work seems to have more or less finished and my studio feels like my creative space again. I didn’t know how important it was until it was temporarily taken away. Now having re-organised it and gradually relaxing after having felt in a state of siege I… Continue reading Picking up speed……(back to work)
2016 . slow start ……
Has been a slow start to the year due to building work going on upstairs and a complete lack of soundproofing. It has been impossible to work some days and others its just possible to tune out banging and clattering from upstairs, but working has been a nightmare and my studio , which has always… Continue reading 2016 . slow start ……
