I wanted to take a whole series of photos from around our home showing the amazing aray of autumnal colours. It’s been raining non-stop for several days now so I’ve not been able to go out armed with the camera. I still intend to do so, in the hope the trees won’t lose ALL their…

When selling online, I often come across fellow artisans who also work and live in France. It’s always lovely to make new acquaintances and see what people are making. It’s just a shame this is quite a large country so that we can’t just pop in for coffee and a chat. Here are some of…

I’ve always had a fascination for birds and bird houses. Ever since I was a small girl, my dad would take me to go bird watching at the estuary. I had a little seat on my dad’s cross bar of his bike and we would cycle to the coast. There we would have to climb…

I’ve been itching to get back in the studio lately to paint. I often have fairly long breaks between painting and find myself mentally taking a different road. Lately, I’ve been thinking more and more abstract. I’ve resisted this for a long time, I like realism and conditioning always told me that there was more…

I’ve not had much training as an artist but I did take a few courses over several years. My very first one was botanical watercolours and this totally sparked my interest in painting. I have been playing around with botanical subjects ever since. In botanical painting you literally spend hours staring at your subject and…