Oh poor blog – I do mean to love you more. I always intend to keep you full of what I’m currently up to, the things I’ve made, the events I want to remember and then (because you’re old fashioned and not a quick app on my phone) I put it off or forget to do it. I’m sorry.
Here’s some things from the last 6 months that I want to keep here:
I went to Bruges and looked at so much art that I came back bursting to paint again.
I took part in Birmingham Open Studios for the second year – lots of very supportive friends, neighbours and students came to visit and have tea and cake and all in all it was an enjoyable couple of weekends.
This cyanotype print on paper had been knocking about the studio for aaaages as I wasn’t quite sure what to do with it. Then one day inspiration struck like lightning and I realised it just needed filling in, in places with paint.
Went to Copenhagen in January and ate a lot of bakery products, walked miles and just happened upon my favourite Matisse painting ever- Pink Onions – delighted.
Again, looking at art made me want to make art. Also I resolved in 2024 to make more art and do less admin so I guess that brings me full circle to the dichotomy of keeping my blog up to date whilst also staying off the computer to paint more!
You can find me more often here and here (instagram and facebook respectively) but I do promise to try and be a better blogger because I do still value it – so see you again in less than 6 months 😉
