Started a new commission over the weekend. Two wall panels both 48″ tall but varying widths, bringing the flowers of the garden into the dining room. Paintings in acrylic on canvas. Panel 1: Preliminary sketch for layout plan and flowers to include in the design. Centre right is the panel shape which will be pasted […]
Read MoreROYSTON ARTS SOCIETY Exhibition success & half-price membership offer Royston Arts Society held its Annual Autumn Exhibition in Royston Town Hall over the weekend of 29th September to 1st October as part of the Royston Arts Festival. From all points of view, the event was the most successful in a decade. We displayed a total of […]
Read MoreThank you so much to all those lovely people who voted for my Parrot painting as their favourite in show at Royston Arts Society Annual Exhibition in the Town Hall at Royston this last weekend. Wonderful – I am on “Cloud 9”! …UPDATE 1st October 2023: This painting was hung in Royston Town Hall as […]
Read MoreIn 2015, I composed 4 paintings onto stretched canvas all about the squirrels in the UK. We have our most beautiful Reds “The Native” red squirrel (Artist Code 1505); “The Albinos”, white with pink or black eyes (Artist Code 1502), “The Rogue Gene” Black, Brown and Ginger/Black squirrels (1503), and “The Forced Immigrant”, the imported […]
Read MoreI 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 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 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 MoreThe Iceni Botanical Artists are doing a Group project to paint a year of Fullers Mill Garden (Flora and Fauna), one of Perennial’s gardens which won the RHS “Garden of the Year” in 2021. Each participating IBA member has decided which plants/fauna etc. to depict and we are all busy beavering away on our choices. […]
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