First Snow Day in 2013!

Hello,

We had our first snow fall this year! It caused a lot of havoc yesterday in and around Swindon and other parts of England and Wales. They estimated we got around 4-6 inches of snow, not much but enough to close many schools, delay buses and trains. My son's school was one of the few schools  which were opened in the morning. To my son's horror- he wanted a snow day. But because it snowed throughout the morning, the head teacher thought it would be best to close at midday. It continued to snow all day and most of the night. I took some photos of our winter wonderland.

 This was my son when I turned up at his school with his sled. Was he happy or what?

Below are photos of our local park.

 My son pulling his sled.

He and a school friend are pulled along by his friend's dad. He had a blast.

Outside my studio at the back of our house.

Jack our dog, enjoying himself in our back garden. 

He's had enough-so he's coming inside.

 If you would like to see more photos of "Snowy Swindon", click on this link.

They say we will get more snow over the next couple of days. We just have to wait and see.

Bye for now.

Sixteen Collages for 16 January 2013

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I just realised I'm still writing 2012 in my sketchbook. Note to self-change those dates. 

So, we are half way through January so far, how has it been so far? I just got back to doing some art a couple of days ago. I had been very busy at home looking after my son and husband- my husband had knee surgery right before Christmas so was pretty immobile afterwards. Which meant doing all the cooking, cleaning and little time for art. Now that he is walking around in crutches and isn't in so much pain and can do more things for himself, I can be a bit more creative. I sat with my sketchbook and just cut up loads of magazine images and just went collage crazy. Here they are:

I used an app called TurboCollage to make a large collage of all of them.

Here they are individually.

Bye for now.

Welcome 2013!

Hello,

Happy New Year to you all! I hope 2013 brings us lots of peace, love, joy and happiness. It was only last year at this same time when I started this blog. A decision which I am glad to have made. I have enjoyed posting about my work and also sharing a bit about my creative process. I hope to have inspired you as I have been inspired by many other great artists whom I have met through this world wide web. I will continue doing so throughout the coming months and hopefully you will visit me to see what I am up to. Thanks for all you nice moments and support, I appreciate it.

Today, I hung the artwork for my solo exhibition at the Windows Gallery in Swindon. I could not have done it without the help of fellow artist and friend Tim Carroll. Thanks again Tim! Here are some photos I took of the exhibit. 

1-31 January 2013

Windows Gallery in the former Merlin Gallery

(Also known as) Number 9 Gallery

Theatre Square

Swindon, Wiltshire

SN1 1QN

Bye for now.

Merry Christmas

Hello,

I just wanted to wish you all a very

Merry Christmas.

Bye for now.

New Exhibition in 2013

Hello,

I will be exhibiting new artwork in the beginning of 2013.

1st - 31st January 2013

Window Gallery in the former Merlin Gallery

(Also know as) Number 9 Gallery

Theatre Square

Swindon, Wiltshire

SN1 1QN

Bye for now.

12/12/12

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Magazine collage

Bye for now.

Hello December

Hello,

So here we are...already in December. Have you started your Christmas shopping and decorating yet? We put our Christmas tree and decorations up at home over the weekend, we usually do it around the 1st or 2nd of December. It was nice to have Christmas songs playing in the background as we decorated.

This is an exhibition I'm participating in which will help The Salvation Army.

If you are in the area and still need Christmas gifts, you might want to check it out.

 If you go to the Swindon Open Studios blog, you will see the artworks in the window.

These are photos of my three pieces which I took at home.

There will be a few more pieces for sale on the 8th December at the gallery from 11-5pm. 

Bye for now.