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As I mentioned last month my entries for the Cork Street Open were my main concern this month. After being shortlisted for 2 paintings I was rewarded by having 1 of them hung in the exhibition a few weeks ago. This is the first painting I have had shown in a major...

July has been a bit of a waiting game - my on line entries are in for the Cork Street Open and I won't know how I have done until mid August. Our Insight@17 exhibition at the Tudor galley was a bit of a flop for all entrants - sales were virtually non existent and the...

Having just got entries for the Hertford Open sorted and taken to the Exhibition, there were other deadlines to cover. First the Threadneedle Prize at the Mall Galleries – I submitted two paintings on line and like my entries for Hertford got one of them into the...

April has been a busy month – not necessarily for painting! Another grandchild has arrived - Sam, and plenty of house jobs over the Easter period put creative output on hold a bit. Quite often while I am away from physical painting, ‘mental painting’ takes over and...

Painting had to be put on hold this month as I had a long-awaited visit to New York to be introduced to my latest grandaughter and spend some time exploring the environs of Brooklyn. Unfortunately not many gallery visits, but plenty of time to sketch and take in the...

January has been a month of setting goals and getting back into a regular painting regime. I have felt that concentrating on views of Borrowdale during most of last year has become a little repetitive, so I have looked at local views to see if the winter colours and...

  December already!  Christmas coming soon and the first year of working with my study group finished with our exhibition last month. A real success to crown all the work done this year and I feel that there is still plenty to go and develop for next year. Went...

November started with a very rewarding painting holiday in the Lake District with Jenny Wheatley and Mike Chaplin as tutors. Although this would normally be at the very end of Autumn the colours of the landscape were still vibrant this year and were the inspiration...

Working with 16 fellow artists this year under the name of the Level 4 group at the new studios in the Insight school of Art, has seen a dramatic change in the direction of my work . As you will have gathered from the latest work on this site and from other entries on...

Despite a disappointment with my submissions for the Cork Street Open, I am willing to have a go at the Discerning Eye Exhibition sponsored by ING Insurance which will display in the Mall galleries during November. The brief is a good because it will give me an...