Late Summer and early Autunm brings out a tangle of seed heads in the wild areas of the parK which I find hard to resist. I take reference photos but I like to draw too as this keeps the memory much more powerfully than if I just snapped the shot. Others may not be able…
Today was so sunny that I decided to venture into the Park to do some sketching. I was delighted to see this wonderful wildflower meadow.
Last year this area was a dry pond except during the awful storms during the first half of 2014. The water drained away through holes in the membrane and left a desert. Now to my delight, a new smaller pond and gravel garden has been created in the area.
Over the last two years and especially this last few months, much of my time has been dedicated to helping to run a small gallery in Bognor Regis. I am still artist for Hotham Park which is what this blog is really about. The little gallery is now closed, which is sad but the upside…
Woke early and failed to get back to sleep so up at 5 am, went into my studio to paint the edges of my paintings and two hours later I had still not finished. There are always so many hidden things to get done before a show, things which people viewing will not notice or…
This is the Last of my trio of thistle paintings I have done for my exhibition. .
Yesterday I worked all day on my three thistle paintings here is the second one, done in time for my little Exhibition next week.
After the art trail, time to start painting again. Today I worked on three paintings all still with a lot to do. Two of them were part of the thistle series I’m doing.
My studio is now ready to face the Chichester Art trail and I have unwrapped those works I want to show but there are still paintings stacked randomly about the house. Note the lovely new shelves in my studio, a birthday gift from my lovely husband.
Number 3 of my thistle paintings, stage 1. It’s great to work on several painting together one can get a real creative flow going, stopping and starting can be so counter productive.
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