Here are a couple of pictures from the show…Sadly Gertie did not get to hold the pens for the comments book (there were a lot of lovely children who wanted to meet her, but she felt it was safer to sit and watch from above!). Continue reading
Gertrude gets ready for the show
Well, I have done it – my journey of the Master’s is almost over, my work is back and its lovely being reunited with it all after such a long time. I have passed, and am now looking forward to the final show and the future.
I’ve been busy selecting work, and mounting some on foamboard (Thankfully I found a company that prints onto the foamboard for you, as that was one job I was not looking forward to…….), and the rest are framed up ready to be shipped off to the show in their gleaming white frames. It’s all rather exciting! Continue reading
After the Party
Well…. it’s almost halfway through the month and I finally have the time to wish you all a HAPPY NEW YEAR. I hope it was wonderful and that the new year brings you all great adventures and happiness. Continue reading
Happy Yule – a card for you all
Happy Yule! It is now less that a week to Christmas, but for me, the most important date is the Winter Solstice (this year its on 21st December) where the days are their shortest in the Northern Hemisphere. From Tuesday, slowly at first then ever faster, the days get longer and longer until the Summer Solstice, and then the days retreat.
My Catalogue page – Mermaid
Hello there! How time is still flying past….
I am still working away on a few projects as ‘ the end of the Ma. Today I want to share the image I created for the design for my page for the Ma show catalogue. Initially I looked at all my images that I loved, but none sang out to me as ‘the one’. And as mermaids are close to my heart I decided to make a special image for this occasion – after all it was going to go out to some exciting places (publishers, our show, reviewers, past and current students).
Cover Art and Owls
It been a busy week since my last post, as I have been manically working on pieces for hand in, but also I was brave and put work into the competition for the front page of our Ma graduation catalogue for the London show (I submitted 2 in the end). They were not selected, but the image chosen is beautiful (more on that nearer the time).
So, for this week’s post I thought I would take you through the hundreds of choices I made to get to the final covers.
And now for some Cats…..
Cats surround me at the moment, from this delicious little chap (Mog’s doppelganger) who sits at my desk keeping me company whilst I work, to the numerous ones that live around me, many of whom were happy to sit on their front lawns in the late Autumn sun whist I sketched them. Now, there is only one little cat that braves the cold, sitting on the many sheds watching over his territory. Continue reading
An inspiring trip to South Wales, and Sketching.
The year is marching on apace…..and now winter is certainly upon us. I am writing warmly curled up in my studio, watching the tree outside dance to the wind’s musical howl. But to backtrack a bit – last month we went to Wales for an inspiring break away. Our cottage was down a mile of track and up the side of a deep ravine. Whilst I was anticipating wonderful sketching daytrips, I did not expect our little cottage to be quite so inspirational….. Continue reading
Our Final show in London, and Kickstarter Campaign
Its getting nearer the end of our Masters now (I daren’t count the weeks to hand in, but inspiration has found me, so I am very excited indeed), and after the Hand in in January we have a show in London at the wonderful Candid Gallery (in the downstairs gallery which is accesible). The dates are Tuesday 9th Feb to Saturday 13th Feb 2016. Continue reading
