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2020 year ending

1 January 2021

This pandemic year 2020 has been unlike any other I’ve known ever in my lifetime and I find myself wanting to record it here because it’s been hard to remember events that have happened without the usual rhythms of life to mark them. I’m sure one day I’ll think back on this year and not remember it all. […]

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Picking & painting

10 November 2020

The garden still has some treasures to be found worth painting – I have left flowers to go to seed so that there are interesting seed heads, the ornamental quince has fruited and the Marigolds soldier on regardless and all of these make lovely things to paint on this sunny day.

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My first online painting project is live!

4 November 2020

Here it is My first online painting project for you to do at home in your own time – handy for another Lockdown. And the great news is that I’m offering an Early Bird discount – the first 12 people get access for just £12 A couple of people suggested I give digital teaching a […]

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Coming soon…an online class

3 November 2020

Exciting news coming soon… an online painting project from yours truly: A step-by-step, at-your-pace, video-based painting class for just £15 (with a special price of £12 for the first 12 sign ups) – that’s less than £1 per video. And you’ll have access to it forever. 13 separate YouTube videos, each one explaining every step […]

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Hand printed scarves

18 October 2020

I feel like I took a deep breath back in March to brace for what the pandemic might mean for me as a self-employed artist who gets her kicks (and most of my income) from face-to-face collaboration and teaching. And I think I’ve been holding it ever since, which can’t go on, so as part […]

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Studio for two

2 October 2020

It’s been hard to ease back into a working pace this week because: 1) I have a post holiday, slow vibe, 2) My daughter Lucy has taken over my studio to do a print project of her own – which I love! – the project and accommodating her 😉 3) I’ve been shoved up in […]

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West Wales

1 October 2020

Just back from a lovely break surrounded by nature in West Wales. We enjoyed lots of slow time – I love how waiting 10 mins for a kettle to boil on a gas stove really stops you in your tracks and makes you breathe. We walked a lot – fields, beaches and nature reserves. Lottie […]

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Film exhibition of Artist in Residency work at Winterbourne House & Gardens

10 September 2020

Back in May I finished my Artist in Residency at Winterbourne House & Gardens but was unable to hold an exhibition of all the work I’d completed due to the pandemic. Life is moving on and although Winterbourne is now open again, it has been reorganised and any possible exhibition still looks a long way […]

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Eleri Mills @ Ruskin Craft Center

6 September 2020

Eleri Mills is one of wales most successful artists. We swung by the Ruskin Craft Center on our home from Port Merion – I’ve got to say that seeing some real art in a real art gallery was so soul-filling after these many months of Lockdown. I didn’t realise how much I respond to seeing […]

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