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Maybe I should call this painting “Une view sur un jardin a la francaise”. Last summer while I was staying in France at a home

It can take a while to finish a painting; I like to add lots of detail including depth of colour and sometimes I put in

Combining ideas from two paintings is an experimental and creative way to design new images. I have used the “Will-O-The-Wisp” painting and “Fairies in the

I love the seasons because the colours change and I can explore a new pallete; particularly these earthy Autumnal colours of browns, oranges and golds.

It’s very enjoyable to paint while I am exhibiting. The light is always better outside and it always gives me something to talk about when

Over the Summer I was lucky yo be invited to Honfleur to dance with Les Impromptues dance company. While I we was there, we danced

During the very hot weather over the Summer I enjoyed painting with these cool colours. I used a vintage 1950’s ballroom dress and some vintage

The sunlight can be particularly bright in the afternoons in this part of our walled garden and I try to use the light and shadows

It was a pleasure in the hot weather that we have had recently to paint in cool colours and reflect on time spent by the

Over this summer the weather has been warm enough to work outside in the garden. The light is lovely and the plants and flowers help

This painting is a progression from my earlier paintings of St. Ives. In the composition I am showing more of the interior but endeavouring to

I think the yellow ochres in the sand and turquoise from the sea at St. Ives make a subtle and delicate combination in this painting.

When I found a lovely vintage trug in a little shop, I thought it would make a very good prop for a still life. Then

Recently I did this small gouache painting which is a combination of a still life and memories of a Cornish village. I love the thatched

This painting began at the RHS Spring Garden show in Malvern and I finished it at Hever Castle and gardens in Kent. It’s a nostalgic

It was such a lovely morning I thought that I would go and draw outside by the river Severn near where we live. I used

Whilst I was exhibiting at Wisley RHS show with Craft in Focus last week and bank holiday Monday I was demonstrating painting and couldn’t resist

Much of my work involves looking back in time and memories. Many formative years were spent in holidays in Cornwall and when I revisit all

I have fond childhood memories of a Siamese cat that my Granny owned called Esmeralda and I thought I would put her into the interior

This month I have an exhibition of original paintings and framed giclee prints in my home town of Bewdley, which is running until the beginning

The ultramarine blues and turquoises of the Cornish Sea are in contrast to the soft sandy colours of the Sandpiper. I have popped a sandpiper

This new painting was inspired by the new flowers that are emerging and the washing on the line blowing in the wind. I have also

In this landscape you can see some Sidra trees which are also in the Yemeni illustration but the back drop is very a very different

This design includes the bright coloured Sainfoin flowers that have a beautiful pink blossom which attracts the bees and can be found in the meadows

This design for the “Healing Honey Forest” range is for Yemen. The design is asymmetrical with the mountains in the distance and flowers and trees