The Story of Woodlands
Gloriously long, our last Autumn was uninterrupted by rain and gusty storms. Summer colours intensified and glowed for months before...
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- Mar 24
- 4 min
Art Notes - Great Women Artists Phyllida Barlow 1944-2023
March is International Women’s Month - Yeah we get a whole month! Did you know that here in the UK there are more statues named John than...
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- Jan 2
- 5 min
New Year Planning- 5 Key Steps
Welcome to my Splog! This is where a splurge of thought meets a blog, hence Splog! It could as easily have been a Thlog - thoughts mixed...
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- Dec 25, 2022
- 7 min
Twelve Days of Creativity
How to survive the Holidays, keep your artistic flow and feed your creative soul. I truly hope this message finds you well and enjoying...
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- Apr 17, 2022
- 6 min
Developing My Painting Style
You don't know how far you've come until you look back at where you've been! I started painting in January 2020. Initially, as I found my...
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- Mar 14, 2022
- 3 min
Studio Shenanigans - Fruitcake to Podcast!
Connection is the word that keeps coming back to me of late. Maybe world circumstances are triggering nostalgia but it's certainly a...
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- Mar 7, 2022
- 3 min
On the Hunt for Great Women Artists
Today, as I write this is International Women's day and it struck me as a feminist and a woman, I ought to mark the day with a little...
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- Dec 27, 2021
- 3 min
I Wonder What Would Happen If...........
January 2022 is going to be a month of exploration - a New Year’s gift to myself. No pressure to complete paintings and minimal time...
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- Nov 10, 2021
- 4 min
5 Things a collector needs to known when buying art
My Grandma once advised me to ‘try before you buy!’ I thought it quite racy at the time as she was referring to having a few boyfriends...
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- Oct 3, 2021
- 4 min
The Uncomfortable Power of Connection
In my previous professional life I did a tonne of leadership training and regularly completed questionnaires which professed to identify...
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- Sep 24, 2021
- 2 min
Abstracting the landscape - getting my paintings to say what I want them to?
Abstracting the landscape is my conundrum, it’s also my job. Translating the scene before me is a thrill when it goes well, but is not...
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- Sep 16, 2021
- 2 min
A Most Unusual Artist Tool- Using a note book to develop my artist voice!
I spend a lot of time thinking about translating the landscape in ‘my way’. What I mean by that is that as a developing artist the...
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- Sep 5, 2021
- 6 min
How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time! Lessons from an Open Studio
I can't quite believe it’s only just over a year since I decided to make painting my full time job. I had just finished my access course...
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- Jul 7, 2021
- 2 min
Fancy a cuppa? The art of the teabag
I love a good cuppa and I am the first to admit that I am a rather fussy tea drinker. I insist on it being strong but not stewed, the bag...
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- Mar 29, 2021
- 3 min
Literary Collage - I’m a poet and I didn’t have to try too hard!
This morning I gave myself permission to go down an artistic rabbit hole. As our movements are restricted at the moment a virtual...
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- Feb 10, 2021
- 6 min
Cheating discipline - I’d rather cheat than sit in a basement in my undies!
You won’t always be motivated, so you have to be disciplined - Leanne Hainsby Certain words can make me uncomfortable and discipline is...
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- Jan 24, 2021
- 4 min
Mind the Gap
25th Jan 2021 Lewis Noble is a prolific abstract and expressive UK artist who regularly posts videos of his art making on Youtube,...
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- Jan 18, 2021
- 3 min
Don't judge a book by its cover - Old book, new tricks
January 17th 2021 Who doesn’t love the crisp white pages of a new note book? That start of Term feeling you get from a pristine cover and...
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- Jan 3, 2021
- 3 min
Why do I bother? Its happened - I sound like my mother!
4th January2021 Its happened - I sound like my mother! I’m not quite at the stage of ‘you treat this place like a hotel’ but when faced...
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- Dec 30, 2020
- 3 min
The most important blog post!
29th December 2020 Funny old thing the universe! This morning I opened my daily email from @sethgodin.com and this is how he started: The...
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