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New Year, Same Me
I’ve never been a huge fan of New Year celebrations. When I was younger there was the inevitable pressure to plan big nights out. They generally failed to meet expectations and required long walks home as taxis were always harder to fine. Now I’m older I don’t feel the need to cave into the hype.…
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Happy New Year
Happy new year! I hope everyone made the most of the Christmas break and whilst the festive season may have been a little different it was good to see family, even if on a very limited basis. 12 Day Christmas Art Challenge I was lucky and had a full two weeks off work so managed…
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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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Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
In my day job I have no issue in making decisions. In fact, I often have to remind myself to step back and take some time as I generally get an immediate gut feel on which way to go. When you’re managing large teams of people I find they are often looking for decisiveness. They…
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The Wisdom of Others
The Power of Community One of the things I like, or should say liked (past tense) prior to lockdown, was time to myself creating art. I spend much of my working day with members of my team or colleagues, so escaping to the studio always gave me a much needed break. Since March, however, the…
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Another Online Art Course
If you’ve read my previous updates you may have guessed I’m a bit of sucker for a workshop. As we seem to have been in lockdown forever this has meant switching from physical attendance to virtual learning. Benefits of Online Training On the plus side, virtual courses mean you get to work through at your…
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Explaining Paintings
Thank you to everyone who commented or DMed me. It seems that for most people they did really appreciate hearing a bit more about the rationale behind each painting. I do have some explanation on my website, if you click on the painting and scroll down to description you’ll find a bit more of an…
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When Will This End?
I think everyone agrees that the past year has been rather odd. I’ve read so many posts from people over the past few months talking about how much they were struggling with lockdown and then, once this was eased, the anxieties of getting back out into the community with the continued threat of infection. Throughout…
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“A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words”
Firstly, I’d just like to say a big “THANK YOU” for all the feedback on my new website. My husband did a great job creating this, and I’m really pleased with it, but it’s lovely to hear that others like it as well!
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A New Adventure
So today marks the start of a new venture for me. I started this website back in 2017 with the prime purpose of boosting my confidence and to get over my anxiety of sharing my work. I have drawn and sketched for years. Attended life drawing classes, various art workshops and a fair few…
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