October art

October was an extremely busy month - leaving very little time to do my own work, although I did dabble with starting festive paper and other such fripperies

catch up

Although I have been quiet on the blogging front, I have been far from quiet else where!

My art facebook page is easier to update - so I tend to do that rather than the more laborious blogging. However, I thought I better show willing! (Link to facebook page HERE)

I will not inflict upon you a retrospective novella of my arty happenings since August last year however I will share a just few commissions and paintings that have now been collected or sold.

SEPTEMBER

OCTOBER

NOVEMBER

DECEMBER

Then suddenly 2018 became 2019....

JANUARY

FEBRUARY

MARCH

Painting not painting

Continuing on my quest to practice my rusty landscapes,

I started another one.

I chose a field system above Malham,

to make me concentrate

on stone walls and grasses 

However, after a rather damp and dreary autumn,

the summerhouse developed rather wet corner.

So, after a quick shuffle of the desk and workbench

and an intense investigation to find the offending weak point,

all potential rain ingress has been halted!

But painting tomorrow might be at home rather than in the studio.

Hope your Monday

is a little less damp that mine!!

Going a little (happily) nuts

From the windows of my studio,

I overlook a bird table.

I keep a list of the birds that visit 

and they tend to be the normal garden birds

(not that I am complaining!)

However, when a nuthatch

graced my garden

I did a little dance of joy

Which, of course made it fly off.

Silly me.

Any hoo, the temptation of food

made it return,

and return and return and return.

Often enough to take photos

and

for me to paint. 

Happy happy x 

Just need finish it,

get it mounted,

then it is ready for it's forever home :)