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I signed up to be part of Herts Open Studios a couple of years ago and this year I will be taking part by showing new work and work in progress along with six other HVAF members in Broadway Chambers opposite the station. The exhibition will run from 18th September to 10th October.

I'll be showing some drawings that are part of a graphic memoir I'm currently working on, and will have a new edition of tiny books, some small recent paintings and some new cards for sale. 

Some of us will be running workshops at the venue - mine will be a gentle couple of hours exploring drawing freshly picked flowers and foliage with different media and then creating a hand bound book from the pictures. Have a look here for more information and to book a place:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/arthive7-workshops-blooms-and-books-tickets-167748080023?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

And here is the HVAF website with information about open studios throughout Hertfordshire: https://www.hvaf.org.uk

28th August 2018

Upcoming Exhibition:

Very pleased that I'll be showing some of my visual diary work at the wonderful new St Albans Museum and Gallery in November, alongside the beautiful work of Suman Gujral.  More details to follow - below is a picture clipped from the UH Arts Programme for 18/19.  You can see all of the exciting upcoming UH Arts events here

Saturday 14th July: Create Together, St Albans Museum and Gallery

Create Together, St Albans

Enjoying working on a collaborative project with groups of visitors at St Alban's Museum and Gallery.  Inspired by a wonderful installation by Susie MacMurray we are creating elements for a large scale piece using velvets, silks, sticks, bark and herbs.
Here are some pics of our work in progress:

And here is a detail of some of Susie MacMurray's work at St Albans Museum and Gallery; this is made from silk velvet and wire:

This Saturday 14th July I'll be inviting families visiting the museum to come and help with our collaborative response to Susie MacMurray's work.  Very much looking forward to it.

Tuesday 2nd January 2018

We have entered 2018.  Here's the last of the monthly flower paintings: December 2017

Looking forward to this year - hope you are too!

19th July 2017

Here's another oil painting of flowers from our garden.  Making one painting a month as part of a 2017 diary - you can see all the pictures and buy limited edition prints here:

Flower Print Shop 2017

Friday 23rd June 2017

Family Garden

Been a long time since I posted anything here.  This is a picture I painted today of roses from our garden.

I'm making a painting for each month of this year of flowers picked from the garden.

I'm also writing/drawing daily about my childhood and my children's early lives - I like the way different memories pop up, partly because of family anniversaries and seasonal reminders, but also because of my ever changing personal preoccupations - I am allowing myself to write whatever comes to mind - I hope to find some patterns later and expect it to fall neatly into chapters when I analyse it at the end of the year!

Here is a picture of a pull string strawberry music box that our daughter Bronwen played with when she was a toddler.  She could hum the song before she could talk: the verse of "It's a Small World" by the Sherman Brothers.  I have no idea what happened to it - it was very popular in 1983.

Friday 21st April 2017

Digswell Arts Trust has been in existence for 60 years, supporting Hertfordshire artists in the first few years of their practice.  I am now nearing the end of my time with Digswell and am very grateful for all their support first at Fenners in Letchworth and now at the Forge in Digswell.  I'm delighted that we'll be opening our studios at the Forge again on the 6th and 7th May.  There will be exciting work from all the artists and printmakers currently working at the Forge and I am very pleased to be part of this years celebrations.
I'll be showing some of the work in progress of my visual and written diaries and memories.