Last year I took part in the #ArtistSupportPledge, and today I can finally show off the art we picked up in the Summer! These studies were created by the wonderfully talented painter Emma Lowres. We actually picked them up during the limited open studios in August. In all honesty we […]
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I’m back in the studio on a Monday morning for the first time in a long time today. I’ve not been able to start the week properly since the start of the year, mostly working evenings, so it’s been difficult to fit the work in around home commitments. But today […]
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Here we go again. The studio remains open and work has to continue… but all tentative plans for the new year have gone out of the window; as our eldest does her schooling from home. That’s now eating up many of my usual studio hours, leaving me no choice but […]
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It’s been quite a while since I enjoyed a good pint down the pub. If I’m honest it had become quite a rare event anyway (well before we were ordered to stay at home due to a global pandemic!). But I still enjoy the notion of an inviting public house. […]
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The Night Before Christmas is perhaps the most famous of all festive verses. Clement Clarke Moore (1779 – 1863) wrote the poem, also called “A Visit from St. Nicholas”, in 1822. It’s now a tradition in many families to read the poem on Christmas Eve. It still evokes a tremendous […]
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I love the idea of measuring the year in smaller seasons. Prior to the Gregorian calendar, farmers in China and Japan broke each year down into 24 sekki or “small seasons.” These seasons didn’t use dates to mark seasons, but instead, they divided up the year by natural phenomena. To […]
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