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Autumn Update
As we head towards October I can’t help but think where has this year gone? It’s less than 100 days until Christmas!!!!! We even had our first homemade pumpkin soup last week which was delicious. The Autumn Hampshire Art Fair Some news since my last blog. My brother kindly drove a load of my paintings…
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It’sssss Christmas! Well Almost
I love this time of year as we’re gearing up for Christmas. I know many people get irritated when you start to hear Christmas tracks on the radio or in stores weeks ahead of the actual event but I love it! If I could I’d put the tree up at the end of November to…
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Art Commissions
In April’s studio newsletter I talked about the fact that I had recently finished some commissions. Selling a piece of your art is always such a buzz. But commissions are very different from selling something you have already created. There is an element of risk that kicks in when you know you are creating art…
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Happy Christmas
I’m really pleased to say that I have come through the other end of my creative block. It has taken weeks. But, having played around with collage and completed a couple of paintings, things seem to be back on track. End of the Year As we head towards the end of the year its time…
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New Work
A few weeks ago I published a post about some new pieces I was working on which were a diversion from my abstracts. They started out as a bit of a distraction. I was working on a large painting (still unresolved), and after a few hours of painting I needed a break. We’re just about…
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Bank Holiday Weekend
The last few weeks I’ve been struggling to really throw myself back into painting. I have kept up the studio habit but haven’t really been making much progress on the pieces I had already started, or indeed starting new works. I used some of the time to finish off a few paintings – as I…
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Holiday Over – Normal Service Resumed
So my first official two week staycation is over and have to say I loved it. Usually we jet off somewhere hot. This year, with the prospect of mask wearing and potential traffic light status changing we stayed in the UK. Last year I didn’t manage to get a full two week break because of…
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Reflections
It has been a few months since completing CVP. Now I’m dipping in and out of the portal to re-watch content. I thought I’d reflect on my first pass to capture and remind myself of some of the key learnings. There was so much great content in the 3 month course I definitely need to…
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Studio Update
The collection of partially finished or just started work in my studio has been mounting up. Many of the paintings started as CVP boards but have taken different directions, changing with each layer of paint. I finished a few with a generous layer of gloss medium and finally a coat of cold wax. In the…
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Enjoying the Process
As we end a bizarre, scary and damn right destructive year, I wanted to take some time to reflect on what I’ve learnt. This may be a pretty desperate way to look for positives, but I’m generally a fairly optimistic person. Like so many others, however, I’ve struggled over the past few months. It’s an…
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