As I am artist for the park I was asked to run a children’s activity tent for the two-days of the country fair. I have survived today’s steady stream of young artists covering sheets of paper with lurid paints and having a wonderful time. My back aches, my feet are killing me and I’m girding…
I took this picture of Hotham’s conservation pond yesterday. It is really impossible to see this and not think,Monet.
I sketched in the park today making a study of this old Cork Oak which was planted by William Fletcher on the occasion of his marriage. The Fletchers have long gone but this wonderful tree is still there.
Never mind the marathon in the Commonwealth games, I’m engaged in my very own paintathon but at last I can see the finishing tape! I have been getting into my studio before 6 each day before it gets too hot for the acrylic paint to function. I’m dying to get on with something else but…
I am drawn to wild untidy things and I find thistles hard to resist. They have interesting shapes at all stages of development and have that added connotation of suffering associated with prickles. When they tidied this part of the Park for the Bognor in bloom competition I was pleased they left these for the…
I have a bad case of Hirst envy: not his success, originality and market savvy,(well those too), but the fact that he is rich enough to pay someone else to fill in his dots.
Driving myself dotty today!
William Fletcher, resident of Hotham park House travelled around the world collecting plants for his garden. Looking at his planting scheme he might have benefitted from a few lessons from Capability Brown.
Got into my studio at 5 this morning and worked until 11 with a breakfast break. Getting there slowly!
I spent at least 7 hours on this yesterday still working at 10 in the evening when it was cool. This is a very long way from where I want it to be and before it reaches that distant place I can see a few more long and heavies coming up. As the saying goes,…
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