Summer 2024 Round-up
It has been a bit of a whirlwind. Summer 2024 kicked off with a guest appearance at the first Thornton Open Studios and Art Trail. I had the pleasure of showing artwork in good […]
How I challenged my art with creative constraints
During the Covid lockdown times, my personal artwork got a little stale. This was just one more thing to deal with during an already tough time. It seemed like the restrictions brought out new creativity for lots of people, whether it was baking or sewing or starting a new business. I just wanted to express […]
Saltaire Arts Trail 2023
I’m excited to share that from May 27-29, I’ll be exhibiting new paintings and prints at The Little Craft House for the Saltaire Art Trail 2023!
I’m just back […]
How to tell the difference between original paintings and giclée art prints
Is this an original or a print?
You want to purchase a special artwork but you aren’t sure whether you should buy the ‘original’ or a ‘giclée art print’ of it. Here’s my […]
How I created my new mixed media still lives
My new mixed media paintings have been through quite a process! They started out last summer as six squares on a sheet of 100% rag art paper (the good quality archival stuff used by professionals). I used only three acrylic paint colours (a blue, a red and a yellow), made some big swooshing brush marks […]
Art Exhibition at Fountains Hall
A few months ago I joined forces with four fellow artists to explore the idea of making new artwork in response to historic locations around Yorkshire. This was a bold experiment for me but I couldn’t resist because Lorna Barrowclough, Hondartza Fraga, […]
What I’m Working on Now #5
Here’s the way I paint in acrylics..
Things are flying here in the studio, even horses. I am busy writing the Next Book, but over the weekend I took a few hours off to work on some exclusive and top […]
What I’m Working On Now #2
More Magic Mirrors
I’ve been busy this past few days with new mirrors, and here are the fruits of my labours. Mariposa is the Spanish word for butterfly and I thought it made a nice motif and name for this lady. As with […]
What I’m Working On Now
Magic Mirrors
One of the themes I love working with is “enchantment”, both in my writing and artwork. One tends to feed the other. While I am painting something, bits of story ideas float around somewhere in my unconscious mind. Sometimes I just have […]