Hi! I thought it was about time that I showed my face around here hence I've started the year off with a self-portrait and thought I'd share a few little facts about myself. I've always loved art since I can remember and consider myself an art addict! I can remember being given a handheld mirror as a child which had a Renoir print on the reverse called 'Two Sisters on the Terrace' which had a lasting impression on me and to this day I love. I am lucky to live on a beautiful

I couldn't seem to get Instagram to create my top 9 for some reason this year so I've assembled my own collage of my top eight paintings instead along with my art signature that I use for my paintings. I would like to wish you a healthy and happy New Year and to say a huge thank you to all of my new and existing followers and website subscribers and anyone who has bought art from me this year, your support means a lot. I'm excited about what the New Year will bring as I con

It feels like a lifetime since I last did any painting, in fact I feel more like a juggler than an artist at the moment trying to juggle so many different tasks in preparation for my art exhibition but I'm not complaining as I'm so excited to be participating in the 'Isle of Wight Open Studios' event again this year and thankful that at present it is still going ahead. Unfortunately though there seems to be a delay with the printing of the booklets this year so sadly I still

I have done a couple of quick watercolour paintings this month inspired by my morning dog walks along Shanklin seafront. It's not that I'm trying to rush things but more a case of fitting in some painting where I can, and more a case of not having as much patience as I used to, not only that but I seem to lose the momentum with bigger paintings and find it difficult sometimes to pick up where I left off, plus I don't really know where this month has gone again! I felt quite

Same reference photo, same board, same paint, same brushes, different outcome... My inspiration this month has come once again from one of my favourite spots on the Island Steephill Cove, Ventnor. These paintings were both created from the same reference photo which I took back on a very cold February afternoon this year, just after taking this photo it began to snow (sadly it didn't come to anything much to my daughter's disappointment!) I was attracted to the dramatic sky (

I considered it was about time that I created a painting from my home town of Shanklin where I live on the Isle of Wight. Most people know this view as Dunnose however my husband begs to differ and pointed out to me that the cliff is actually called 'Knock Cliff'. Well anyway I produced this painting and apparently broadly speaking the place-name element os in Dunnose can mean God (Celtic) the place-name element dun in Dunnose can mean fort (Scots Gaelic Irish) so I'm going