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Time to chill. It’s too hot to paint, the paint dries too quickly for me! So I chose a cooling, calming image of a pitcher of water and have been working early mornings. This painting will be in the Dorking Group of Artists Exhibition at Denbies Vineyard. 8th-11th October.

I know that not everyone gets what still life paintings are about. I realise that the name, for some, can carry a slightly old fashioned vibe due the justly famous renditions from the golden years of Dutch and Spanish still life paintings. Beautifully and meticulously painted, often crowded depictions of memento mori, full of symbolismContinue reading “Still life in the 21st century”

There is something about summer that is relaxing and contemplative, the heat is one thing of course, but also for me there is a natural break from classes and workshops, and the lovely exhibitions I take part in are over until the autumn. This means I can get on with my own projects and findContinue reading “Sublime Summer”

When I make my paintings I know what I mean to convey, but that is probably not what other people see. We all have a host of background experiences in our heads which affect how we have developed as individuals. it affects what holds our attention, our likes and dislikes and how we view theContinue reading “Who’s art is it anyway?”

It is not a great time of year, still a way to go until summer, so a perfect time to celebrate all things lemony! I am just finishing a still life with a lovely knobbly Sorrento Lemon. To me they are like little spheres of condensed sunshine, perfect to paint on a dull rainy dayContinue reading “Lemons!”

It’s cold outside but bright, making me think about longer warmer days to look forward to. I have enjoyed doing this out of season watercolour of Lavender flowers, they are such elegant flowers and delightful to paint into an arrangement that reflects their delicate nature. I have also just finished an oil painting using aContinue reading “Happy New Year Everyone!”

I have just finished a little watercolour of a beautiful Jersey Tiger Moth. It was on a friend of mine’s window, so perhaps it is straying further north these days. It reminded me to appreciate how beautiful the odd wildlife visitor is in the garden and how they are so wide ranging in form andContinue reading “Winter Wonder”

I will be exhibiting in the following exhibitions this month. The Dorking Group of Artists is exhibiting at Denbies Wine Estate with about 150 framed paintings on show plus unframed work and beautiful original greetings cards for sale. I do hope you can make it. It starts on Friday 10th and runs until Sunday. IfContinue reading “October Exhibitions News”

I can’t believe it’s September already! Time to get out the sweaters again and enjoy the warm autumnal colours on my palette as well as in the garden. I have been exploring reflections over the summer and how they describe the forms of objects and the surfaces that the light bounces off. These two terracottaContinue reading “Autumn approaches”

I have just visited this years Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy. I go every year and it is always a very varied display of art at it’s modern end of the spectrum. Always some very good and inspirational works, some bad and some of questionable artistic quality. In my view! But it’s worth itContinue reading “Modern Still Life”