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It is at least another two months before I hear whether or not my application for an artist’s working grant has been successful and I have promised myself that I am not going to make any rash decisions until I […]

Reaching, arching and lifting sweet faces as the spring light glows. All colours bolder and brighter with new season energy. Sweet Faces (mixed media painting on canvas) available Here are my finished canvases in the nine-piece composition so far:

(I should have kept my mouth firmly closed! One of the parcels got lost along the way… fortunately it was found. It arrived safely in Jamestown NC, rather than Jamestown NY. I’ve been informed that is, at last, in a […]

Buds of promise stretch and unfurl. No-one can foresee their true potential until they decide to bask their petals under those sunny rays. Buds of Promise (mixed media painting on canvas) available Here are the finished canvases in the nine-piece […]

You’re all invited.   The Stryx Studio Holders show opens this evening (3rd February) from 6-9pm. It’s open until the 28th February, from 12-4pm Wednesdays-Saturdays after Digbeth First Friday. The show is curated by Magdalena Jasiak. She is also a […]

Every bud, petal and leaf is posing in their best sun-attracting angle, colours brilliant in the light. Captivating as the white petals maybe, it’s the yolk-yellow masses that steal the sunbeds around this pool. Yolk Yellows (mixed media on canvas) […]

The first 30 Day Creative Gathering of 2023 has commenced! This tiny painting is one of a series of nine that make up a whole image. Watch the next eight blog posts to see how they all come together… Here’s […]

You know the feeling when you get an idea in your head about something you have the urge to create at 3 am, but no idea how to physically accomplish it?  I needed to have more space on the canvas, […]

I’ve decided to restart this blog. It used to be for MA Fine Art, but I think it has potential to track my art practice further.   Update (What I did since MA) I started working full-time again (half my […]

Last week, I took part in the National Centre for Creative Health Creative Health Review Roundtable. There were some very inspiring examples of how arts in social care can be used to improve wellbeing, although within the discussion, it was […]

I decided to try creating a series of backgrounds and letting them dictate to me what I painted on them.

I thought that I would feel emotional about leaving the studio in Enköping … but I didn’t, I guess that means that it was the right thing to do … and the right time to do it. As I gathered […]