A dish of Damsons

We have had an amazing crop of Damsons this year, wich we have bottled, frozen, pickled and made into chutney. I have made sure that they have also been painted.........

Reading by lamp light

This one has posed more than a few problems; I thought it would be a good entry for the DPW challenge, 'painting the night'. At the moment, I have a certain amount of pressure to produce paintings to exhibit in an upcoming exhibition. This one felt good but the foreshortening made it pretty well a 'wiper'. Lesson learnt from this: keep to a small format to make sure it works before spending many more hours than necessary to produce a reject:(

Americano with milk on the side

An americano enjoyed whilst sitting in the sun, looks an inviting way to spend time people watching. Isn't it fun that a moment frozen in time can be made into a little painting:)

Veteran is on Parade

I managed to get a full page in our local newspaper yesterday which was hugely exciting. Sales peaked as friends and family got a copy and just in case I picked up some extras:)

Oil sketch of Gavin

This oil sketch of Gavin was painted from life in approx two hours. As the sketch began to take shape, I began to think how the model resembled of a young roman centurion; my friend, on the other hand felt that if we added two little horns he could be a faun... someone else felt a young Bob Dylan!

Damsons and daisies

These flowers are osteospernum but I decided to call them daisies in the title as it had a better ring to it. When I checked the spelling I see they are also known as cape daisies, so that's a bit of luck:) The damsons are beginning to fall off the tree outside, so they were asking to be included. I rather wish I had not put in two the same size, always tricky....

Unfurled and sliced

Transmitted light seen through fruit, is always a popular theme with artists. Although this is not a new piece of artwork, (I am busy working towards a forthcoming exhibition) it has returned to the studio before being sent forth again. As artists we have expectations for our creations to work very hard on our behalf:)