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how to Create the Perfect Bedroom Space
Before you get started on your next home improvement project, it's important to remember that the most important room in the house is...
The Traveling Artist -Roaming in Rome
An excerpt from my Italy travels on the way to seeing my art on exhibition in Bologna…. After Pompeii and Sorrento we head back to Rome...
The Echoing Sea
THE ECHOING SEA As the rain began to fall she sought shelter under the sandstone cliffs that ran along the ocean edge. . From her hiding...
Creating Abstract Art pt 1
I’m working into an abstract piece for an exhibition next month and exploring the concept of ‘passages’. Abstract art is a visual...
Using Abstracts to Loosen Up Your Creativity
above: An abstract in progress BE BOLD, BE BRAVE! For an artist, learning to paint abstract is a great way of teaching you how to paint...
Slowing the Ordinary, to see the Extraordinary
How many things do we do in our day, week or life without even noticing the extraordinary beauty in those things? It might be your daily...
Capturing the Emotion
Here’s one of my WIPs, short for Works in Progress. I have several on the go as I always work on more than one painting at a time. This...
Synesthesia - Painting Colour in Music.
Above: Colour Melodies 1 A New Series I’ve been exploring the emotional impact of music on the senses and how it can influence and...
Why We Need Artists
I read a quote this week by Edgar Degas which said, “Art is not what you see, it is what you make others see”. Wow how cool is that?...
I Am Ocean
If I was a landscape, what would I be? “I am Ocean. Flowing, ebbing, journeying. The rhythm is my heartbeat. The colours of my soul are...
In My Natural Habitat
Connecting With Nature Yesterday I was in my element. Talk about ‘the artist in her natural habitat’ lol! Climbing over rock pools,...
How to Turn a Garage into an Art Studio
In this video I share lots of tips on how I turned my single garage into a working art studio.
The Ugly Bit, in the Middle
Giving yourself permission to enjoy the process and recognising that ‘play’ is the link between an idea and creating great art.
Do You Have an Addiction to Art Supplies?
This week I had some new art materials arrive at the studio and that's always exciting ! Watch the video to see what's on the art table.
