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I have just been notified that my painting “Doughnut Treats” has been selected for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. This is something I have had on my Bucket List for a while so I am delighted! It will be such fun to attend the Varnishing Day reception and Private view in London. What a realContinue reading “Summer Exhibition News”

I am fascinated by the uplifting Japanese philosophy of Kintsugi at present. Literally meaning to join with gold. It is a reminder to remain optimistic when things break, be it something physical like a pot or something non-physical like a relationship. It is about the acceptance of imperfections and flaws and the beauty to beContinue reading “Kintsugi”

My favourite time of year, it’s been a slow start but there is lots going on in the next month or two with fast approaching exhibitions in my mind. I have had a painting accepted in the first round of the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition so I am hopeful that it doesn’t get culled inContinue reading “Spring!”

Happy New Year! Last year was a rather frustrating year for most of us I think, after all those stops and starts during Covid we expected to get on with life with new enthusiasm in 2022. However the news put paid to a lot of that. But all things change…. hopefully for the better thisContinue reading “2023”

The Dorking Group of Artists winter exhibition, which finished on 4th December, looked particularly good this year and I was lucky enough to sell a few paintings. It is always gratifying to know that they have passed on to a new home with an appreciative new owner. December could be quite dreary if it wasn’tContinue reading “Seasonal vibes”

Time to hunker down and enjoy your own home. I am beginning to think about how I will decorate the house this year for the festive season. I am usually temped to buy a nice new decoration of some sort, but this year I would like it to be something that will give me someContinue reading “Winter”

This is such a rich time of year in terms of a positive bounty of new things to paint. Everywhere you look there are gorgeous autumn leaves and fruits which are beautifully complex when you look closely. The way that leaves furl and curl once dropped from the tree as the structure of the treeContinue reading “Beautiful things”

I can’t believe it’s autumn again and so much has changed in recent months. To have some familiar routine has been a real bonus. I can get lost in painting and researching new subjects to enjoy and inspire me. Both the art groups I belong to have annual autumn exhibitions coming up. Surrey Hills artistsContinue reading “All change Autumn”

Well it’s certainly been summery weather here! Now it’s a bit cooler I can get out and enjoy the amazing botanical creations that are in full bloom at the moment. Pale pink Cosmos is such an elegant plant with translucent and papery petals that are smartly crimped and pleated as though cut with pinking shears.Continue reading “High Summer Treats”

I came across an interesting remark in a a book recently (What are you looking at, 100 years of modern art. by Will Gompertz) David Hockney said “A camera cannot see what a human can see, there is always something missing”. If several people took a photo of the same view or object from theContinue reading “In the minds eye”