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I began this painting at the Spring show at Malvern and it has taken me some time to finish it. Every painting seems to have

My training in theatre design was good experience for this project. Painting on a large scale and designing the composition. I imagined the paintings as

Here are another three paintings from the Arts project in Worcester. The painting in the foreground is a roof top view of the city, the

Recently I was invited to create eight large canvases with a group of families and children in Worcester. The compositions are based on the architecture

This commissioned piece of work was created in between exhibiting at events and painting my own paintings. I enjoy the challenge of creating a painting

Here I am working in the garden on this painting; it takes time to build up the layers of paint but I have already planned

I have been developing this painting overlooking Mousehole Harbour in Cornwall and the hot weather is helping me to recreate the atmosphere! Hot pinks and

This painting depicts birds and rabbits in the undergrowth; a landscape of wild flowers, trees and shrubs. I think of this painting telling a story,

This little painting with bluebells in the foreground and a red fox running in the background is partly from a memory of a fox that

These two paintings of “bluebell woods” were created near where we live in some local woods. The light outside in our garden was bright and

The perspective in this painting is exaggerated to emphasise the shapes of the boats. I like to play around with the colours of the boats

It was great to be back again at the RHS Spring Garden Show. I was exhibiting with Boffy art Markets alongside the other craft people,

This painting began as a demonstration piece for an art society. I have to work quickly and more freely when the time that I have

Painting from memory helps to create expressive results. I avoid looking at photographs and try to work from my imagination. I like to use colour

Demonstrating on my stand always gives a talking point to any customers who happen to pass by. I can explain my painting techniques and subject

Here I am on my stand at Edgbaston Artisan Market. It was my first event of the year and I’m pleased to say that it

It was a delight to work on this commission of Aberaeron in Wales this spring. I was pleased with the result and the customer loved

I have recently finished this painting “View from a room” which I began creating, demonstrating at my recent exhibition in Ludlow with “The Artists’ Gallery”

I have fun setting up a still life and looking for “objet d’art” to help to tell a story. It’ll be interesting to set the

This Saturday 14th February at “The Artist’s Gallery in Ludlow I shall be demonstrating painting. I began preparing the composition today; I set up a

This small painting that I created recently, has just been sold at my present exhibition in Ludlow at “A gallery run by artists” and is

Christmas has just passed and the red and white costumes seem to fit very well with this season. An elf or one of of Santa’s

When I danced with Les Impromptues at an arts festival in Honfleur we danced in this street. There was even a red bicycle artistically placed

In this painting I have used warm colours and added tropical plants in the foreground to make it decorative and interesting. Again I have added

I am fortunate to dance with the French dance company “Les Impromptues” and I have created a series of four seasons design to help with