April Flowers

I took this picture in my parents garden-it was  so nice to have a sunny weekend!

Stencils and Collage

I have been experimenting with collage and pastel stencils lately and here are some of the results.

I've used this one for some new greetings cards available at Heart Gallery.

David Nash at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.

I went to the David Nash exhibition at Yorkshire Sculpture Park this week. It was so nice to get out in the fresh air after lots of hectic weeks! As well as the impressive wood sculptures outside, there were some beautiful charcoal drawings, some using stencils. This is something I have discovered recently and am experimenting with. Watch this space!

Autumn and Winter.

Phew! So I didn't leave any more Christmas up dates, too busy painting, teaching and working at the lovely Heart Gallery. I am a bad blogger.
There is new work to be seen at the Harrison Lord Gallery, Brighouse and the Design Shop, Dean Clough. As well as cards and a little canvas at the aforementioned Heart Gallery.


So here is a little bit of my Autumn and Winter....

I watched the fireworks..

I listened to Clem Leek in a very cold building in Hebden...

And Billy the kitten grew...












....and grew.

Here's to a happy, peaceful and rewarding 2011 for everyone xxx

Christmas Exhibitions

I've been preparing for lots of Christmas exhibitions lately. Yesterday I was at the Art Market in Holmfirth. It was a really great event, with a very high standard of work. I took my camera along only to discover the battery had run out, doesn't that always happen at the wrong time? Anyway check the link  to see this successful event.
I also completed paintings for the Portland Gallery in Richmond, London. Two of them are on the Christmas show invite-I was really pleased!
More Christmas Exhibition news to follow soon....

I've been so busy lately I've neglected my blog. Here is a little bit of what I have been up to. These images are from a monoprint teach I did using collage. Starting my teaching course has been brilliant but has led to a blog absence!
  I collected lots of seed heads to use for collage printing and as you can see I had help from Billy the kitten in the selection process! However my best practice prints were from feathers.

Sunny scenes for rainy days!

Its been pretty rainy in the valley these past few days, so I thought I would post some sunny pictures. It may have worked for this bank holiday, as there are no clouds at the moment!