Such a beautiful time of year. I love spring flowers, sunny weather, and the light of the day. Before the bold bright contrasting colour of summer flowers there is the blossoms and wild flowers. Often neutral, pastel shades. The forget-me-nots and the lilacs, hawthorn and cherry blossoms. Tulips bloom, and then slip away. New leaves grow and the spring greens and sunlight rejuvinate me. Winter rest is put to rest and as spring is sprung, I am sprung into a more enegergetic, h

Pretty busy month, I wanted to get ready and get everything done before I went on holiday to Egypt. I didn't want to have any guilt around not getting things done while I was on holiday! It was a great month, just a lot more busy squeezing in a week off and turning on holiday mode. Aside from holiday prep there was still work and lots of art work I wanted to get done. My focus was on springtime art and a re-stock of supplies and my products. Spring things! With blossom bloomi

Love month. A whole lot of self care and self growth focus. Valentines day, my dads birthday, work and time with friends and family mostly. Though I still spent plenty of time painting and on art sales. Love is all around and within us, my greatest love is and always will be, creativity. The weather was quite difficult, the few sunny days showed the power of brighter days. Now it is March is is still cold, but I am glad to see some bright colour from spring flowers. They have

I'm a little late posting this blog post for January. I think we can all agree it is the toughest month. Those short cold days and lengthy dark nights. It takes more effort to be strong, positive and healthy. I can't complain too much, but despite my efforts to remain healthy mentally and physically, January was challenging. Colds and flu, difficulty sleeping. I struggled to be as productive as I needed or would like to be. But it is over now and I am looking forward to going

This month I decided to keep plans to a minimum and aimed at spending as much time possible realxing. However, fairly last minute plans fit around my work schedule making it rather jam packed. Shorter daylight hours meant more of a focus on relaxing at home and self care. These are a selection of images of things I do to take care of myself, physically and emotionally. From inside and out. Due to past difficulties, I know how important it is for my mental health to do things

November... Today is the 20th, and the temperature has dropped right down but there is bright sunshine this morning It has been a fairly good month for me. Ballanced and a focus on good health. There has been a few birthdays and I have enjoyed spending time with people I love where possible. I feel settled at work now and I still make time to relax and focus on creating around the different shifts. Having a stable income gives me peace about my future. I am looking forward to

Time flies. The leaves quickly turn to their autumnal colour displays and then the october winds scatter them around. I have been enjoying the colours and delights of autumn, while making the most of the last remaining flowers. I have really enjoyed making some Autumnal art. I will have some mushroom lino-cut prints added to my online sale sites soon. Print making is something I spent a lot of time doing at college so though I love painting I find it nice to use other mediums

It's starting to feel autumnal and I have said goodbye to summer. I like to make sure I adjust to the change in season, I love the energy...

July is when roses, to me, really shine. I am current working on a painting of roses, a rose called the pilgrim. A David Austin breed...

The last month of my 20's! I turned 30 on the 29th June! I decided to finish and sign my mixed media, self portrait collage painting....

Quite a challenging month for me. I said goodbye to my cat, Binka who died at the grand age of 18. I also had to say goodbye to my...

I hope everyone had a lovely Easter. I spent time with family and friends, enjoying live music and gardening whilst still doing art too....

So far so good! I got out yesterday for some plein-air painting with some other inspirational artists! Thankful for their company and...

As an artist, good light is a big part of creating art! Good light, inspires, uplifts, rejuvenates and motivates. I have been using a lot...

December, I don't want to say much in this blog post. I'm busy reflecting, hoping and dreaming. Here's my top 9 paintings 🖼 the first...

This month has gone by quickly, it's December. Here is an update on some of the paintings/projects I've been working on. Mostly I am...

I have decided I'm finished painting this autumn tree line. It's going to be varnished and then framed soon. I will photograph for prints...

It's been super. With Openartfolke24 festival finishing yesterday I'm reflecting on how well that went and how great September has been...

Saying goodbye to summer. Reflecting on August and the creativity and inspiration during this month. I've been working on a few different...

I recently painted this piece which is now varnished and ready to frame. I enjoyed the process and the knowledge and experience I gained...