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 #4
A new odyssey.
The sun is out. The 48 hour squall that passed over us, dropping snow, sleet and rain has moved out. Back to spring dreams.
I am ensconced in the Next Book and feeling how far I have come since I started writing The Blackhope Enigma. The learning curve was very steep but the rewards […]
Ideas Within Ideas Within Ideas…
Why my writing is a bit like a nesting Matryoshka doll.
Yesterday I found this battered little Matryoshka doll on the pavement. A lady at the bus stop looked at me oddly when I picked it up, but I didn’t much care because I like to […]
WASPS Open Studios
On October 3 and 4, we’ll throw open our doors so you can see where we work and what we’ve been doing.
This is your annual chance to visit me in my lair, see the new miniature paintings and decorated mirrors I am working […]
Art For Hearts
I’m supporting this good cause.
I have just finished an acrylic painting for a charitable online auction to be held in aid of research by the transplant unit at Great Ormond Street Hospital. You can see it and other artists’ submissions on the Art for Hearts blog – and I’ll let you know […]
What I’m Working On Now #3
Forgive my recent absence from the blogosphere, but I have been preoccupied with homely matters and also busy on new projects. I needed to make a fresh image for my crib over on the Picture Book Artists Association website. I decided I’d […]
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 […]