A new home beside the forest - and a new lease on life and work!
What a year last year was, and it led to a massive life change in mny ways. I now find myself living with my three girls in a lovely little house right next door to Sence Valley Forest Park. I have been here for a month, and have a new workspace right at home here. The greatest sound here (apart from the girls barking) is birdsong. The morning chorus is tremendous and we all go out into the garden and listen, using the Merlin app to identify unknown voices. You can hear birdsong echoing through the forest next door.
I had already begun a new series of bird paintings before the move, and the inspiration here is helping things along! And the sky here is wide and such a deep startling shade of blue in the evenings. I’m trying to recreate that stunning blue in some of my pieces.
I have returned to my love, oil painting now too, as I have a space that I can close the door on, in case of fumes. I’m really excited about what Im going to produce this year.
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Wildlife Paintings for Sale UK
I have been working on some wildlife paintings, beginning with these new hare paintings. I enjoy the challenge of trying to capture their expressive faces. These most recent hare paintings will be available on my website in a few days. They are smaller pieces at 45 x 65 cm and 50 x 60 cm.
Wildlife Art Exhibition
This has been my first solo exhibition of work, taking place at The Green Man Gallery in Buxton. The Green Man is a collaborative venture operated by a group of local artists in residence. As such, the gallery is full of varied and very interesting work. I found the organisation to be faultless, leading to a really fun and enjoyable experience for my first show. Here are a few photos I took on the first day.
