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Here you can find out a bit about what I have been doing in my arty life and sometimes see news about where you can see my work.
What is in store for 2024?
Finding out about the show has impacted on my practice, mainly because when I started to plan how to use the space I’ve been offered, I realised I had more wall available than I first realised. Luckily, I have time to make some more paintings and I have proceeded to work a bit differently than I have before to really have a cohesive body of work ready for the exhibition.
Realisations at the end of a series
I have finished my series of willow herb paintings and have named then Fireweed – you can see them here. Fireweed is another name for willow herb, because the plant loves to colonise ground where there has been a fire, or where the earth has been disturbed.
Scaling up….at last!
Since my last blog where I shared some photographs of willow herb, I have been painting those same plants over and over again. Actually, to be more accurate I have drawn the outlines then painted them. I have loved it. The mixture of line and painting is interesting.
New season, new work
I am always inspired by the seasons but mid-April to early June is my favourite time of year. Everything growing and expanding and becoming colourful. Its a joyous time and it makes me want to make lots of new things with abandon.
Does it ever become “not-scary” when you do something new?
An exploration of risk taking and learning new things.
Over the last month I have continued my exploration of painting close ups of hyacinths. I am interested in exactly how “close up” to get in the image composition, and the impact of the size of the painting itself. As I go along, for each of the paintings, I am playing with various colour palettes to suit the particular subject of that painting.