I AM GIVING A ONE-DAY WORKSHOP (adults) IN THE LADY CHAPEL, ELY CATHEDRAL ON 12TH OCTOBER 2023: DESIGN AND PAINT AN ILLUMINATED LETTER. PRICE £40 Suitable for all levels, if you fancy a day’s creative painting in this beautiful chapel, tickets are available direct from the Box office at Ely: CLICK HERE TO BOOK YOUR […]
Read MoreI shall be holding a one-day workshop during the Iceni Botanical Artists annual exhibition in the Lady Chapel, Ely Cathedral on Thursday, 12th October 2023 10.00am to 3.30pm. So if you have a special alphabet letter that is dear to you personally, and would like to design and embellish it with simple, traditional floral and […]
Read MoreCALL FOR ENTRIES. Attention schools and colleges with budding botanical artists: please see my blog post about the Shirley Sherwood Young Botanical Artist competition at Kew Gardens 2023: I do not quite fit the age category (being 47 years over the limit) for this incredible opportunity for young artists who like painting plants: read and […]
Read MoreThe Christmas Fair at the Manor House, Cambourne to which I was invited by the Wildlife Trust was a very busy affair. Stallholders arrived from 1.00pm and had until 2.30pm to set up. The Fair opened to the public at 3.00pm and the four hours of opening flashed by in an instant – albeit with […]
Read MoreHope you can come to visit the Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs & Northants headquarters tomorrow, Friday 2nd December 2022 – it is their beautiful Christmas Fair and I shall be there with some cut-down price artworks, jigsaw puzzles and greetings cards. Free entry OPEN FROM 3.00PM TO 7.00PM.
Read MoreSaid goodbye to this one of a pair over the weekend (18-20 November 2022). The art and craft exhibition at St Mary’s Church, Comberton was the best yet. The standard of work was exceptionally good and the whole experience was such a pleasure. I would like to thank everyone who visited the exhibition, and an […]
Read MoreSent all my stuff up to the Church yesterday and look forward to seeing the Exhibition up and running from Friday 18th to Sunday 20th November 2022. Open from 10.00am to 4.00pm each day, the ambient atmosphere of the warm Church and its ancient pews, coupled with the sensitive exhibition boards nestled within, make a […]
Read MoreIt is not easy to be physically in two places at once, but it is easy for artwork to be so! It all started on Thursday evening: went to the Royston Town Hall with my artwork submissions and some cards and helped out with setting up the exhibition. I was assigned to checking in the […]
Read MoreWell, it was a wonderful afternoon at Challis House. I sold some of my new jigsaw puzzles and greetings cards, and met another artist, Fran Godwood (her stand was next to mine), who paints the most incredible garden scenes and exquisite plant landscapes. She also makes prints. I believe the Show and Fete were a […]
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