Happy Days

It was a great week last week in more ways than one……don't you just love it when things that you have had in the pipe line for a while come together so nicely.
Firstly I had an article about little old me published in Homes & Antiques magazine and it was beyond my expectations and looks really really good!
Secondly I had my painting excepted in 'Summer Exhibition in the Royal Academy….I will find out if it gets hung on 22nd May so my fingers are crossed.
Thirdly I went away to Whitstable for the weekend and the weather was great which meant we could sit in the sunshine…open up the beach hut…..eat outside……a little bit of heaven………..

Blog Block and other Stories......

It feels like a really long time since I got down to writing a blog, I think I have avoided it quite blatantly. I have been working though so that is the most important thing and reacquainting myself with the lovely Whitstable and have had a visit from a great friend with her baby. We had a glorious afternoon in the garden catching up with each other and cooing over her beautiful baby. I am working on a project that I will reveal all later in the year and this has bought a new energy to my work, I can't quite put my finger on it but maybe its just because I'm excited by it...not sure.
Screen printing has been fun too and I am becoming more confident with this new skill....Oh and not forgetting my ma and pa have been married fifty years this month and that is an incredible accomplishment!!!!Here are some pictures which tell all.......

Thoughts on August

We are now coming to the end of the month of August and I am aware of the yearly cycle thats present especially with regards to the production of work. Although things do not come to a complete stand still there is a need for a good rest for the mind as well as the body.
My senses have been resting but still observing and now as I make plans for paintings they are full of sea longing.
There are so many sails full of wind, the beach I frequent is full of flora which adds a natural line to the composition that is dominated by the line of the horizon, the mast and the sea wall.
I have got lots of paintings to make and the task in hand fills me with contentment because I can take myself back to the sea from my London studio.