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Nov 172 min read
12 things worth sharing this November
If you receive my newsletter you'll know I've been gathering creative inspiration like a demon over the last few months. There's so much...
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Sep 185 min read
Exhibition Notes - Unravel
Unravel - The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art - Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam September 24 I learn so much from examining other...
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Aug 23 min read
My Sketching Practice - it's a 360 thing!
Exactitude is not truth - Henri Matisse In my June newsletter I wrote about the sketching materials I take out with me when I'm out in...
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Aug 13 min read
My Sketching Supplies
Link in some pics and insta posts. I have been immersed in sketching landscapes over the last few months, in preparation for my...
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Jul 81 min read
Welcome to North Worcestershire Art Trail August 23-26 2024
This year, as Worcestershire Open Studios takes a break, some of Clent Village artists and members of the North Worcs Artist Collective...
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Jun 51 min read
StormScapes
These stormy seascapes revisit places and memories of the Welsh coast. I never checked the weather forecast growing up in Pembrokeshire ....
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Dec 4, 20232 min read
Great Arty Gift Ideas for the Artist in your life
Give them a book of their favourite art/artist, or a novel about the art world Fill a small basket or box with a few art supplies in...
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Jun 27, 20234 min read
My Artist Diary - May Madness!
At the end of April I had a great trip to the Cheltenham Fresh - art fair. It was glorious meeting new artists and seeing so many...
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Jun 19, 20233 min read
Summer Loving Distraction
Staying creative in the crazy summer months! With the long days of summer I am squeezing in as much as I can, but at this time of year I...
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Apr 30, 20232 min read
The Story of Woodlands
Gloriously long, our last Autumn was uninterrupted by rain and gusty storms. Summer colours intensified and glowed for months before...
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Mar 24, 20234 min read
Art Notes - Great Women Artists Phyllida Barlow 1944-2023
March is International Women’s Month - Yeah we get a whole month! Did you know that here in the UK there are more statues named John than...
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Jan 2, 20235 min read
New Year Planning- 5 Key Steps
Welcome to my Splog! This is where a splurge of thought meets a blog, hence Splog! It could as easily have been a Thlog - thoughts mixed...
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Dec 25, 20227 min read
Twelve Days of Creativity
How to survive the Holidays, keep your artistic flow and feed your creative soul. I truly hope this message finds you well and enjoying...
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Apr 17, 20226 min read
Developing My Painting Style
You don't know how far you've come until you look back at where you've been! I started painting in January 2020. Initially, as I found my...
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Mar 13, 20223 min read
Studio Shenanigans - Fruitcake to Podcast!
Connection is the word that keeps coming back to me of late. Maybe world circumstances are triggering nostalgia but it's certainly a...
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Mar 7, 20223 min read
On the Hunt for Great Women Artists
Today, as I write this is International Women's day and it struck me as a feminist and a woman, I ought to mark the day with a little...
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Dec 27, 20213 min read
I Wonder What Would Happen If...........
January 2022 is going to be a month of exploration - a New Year’s gift to myself. No pressure to complete paintings and minimal time...
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Nov 10, 20214 min read
5 Things a collector needs to known when buying art
My Grandma once advised me to ‘try before you buy!’ I thought it quite racy at the time as she was referring to having a few boyfriends...
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Oct 3, 20214 min read
The Uncomfortable Power of Connection
In my previous professional life I did a tonne of leadership training and regularly completed questionnaires which professed to identify...
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Sep 24, 20212 min read
Abstracting the landscape - getting my paintings to say what I want them to?
Abstracting the landscape is my conundrum, it’s also my job. Translating the scene before me is a thrill when it goes well, but is not...
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