Apr 176 minDeveloping My Painting StyleYou 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...
Mar 133 minStudio 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...
Mar 73 minOn the Hunt for Great Women ArtistsToday, 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...
Dec 27, 20213 minI 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...
Nov 10, 20214 min5 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...
Oct 3, 20214 minThe Uncomfortable Power of ConnectionIn my previous professional life I did a tonne of leadership training and regularly completed questionnaires which professed to identify...
Sep 24, 20212 minAbstracting 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...
Sep 16, 20212 minA 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...
Sep 5, 20216 minHow 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...
Jul 6, 20212 minFancy 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...
Mar 29, 20213 minLiterary 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...
Feb 10, 20217 minCheating 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...
Jan 24, 20214 minMind the Gap25th Jan 2021 Lewis Noble is a prolific abstract and expressive UK artist who regularly posts videos of his art making on Youtube,...
Jan 18, 20213 minDon't judge a book by its cover - Old book, new tricksJanuary 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...
Jan 3, 20213 minWhy 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...
Dec 30, 20203 minThe 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...