Art making and The Big Silence

I have been art making all week…tired, happy and frustrated as I always think I can achieve more in a day than I actually can (why is that? anyone else have this weird perception of time?!) As I work, I normally flit between listening to music on the iPod to talk radio (BBC Radio 2,  […] Read more...

Mosaic art from the heart

You Catch My Tears and Keep Them in  a Bottle Again she cries alone Tears fall like diamonds Into the nothingness Her heart lost, unknown She cannot see The veil that surrounds her Tears of others also bent over, sobbing Connecting the broken-ones in their alone-ness And the great Other… Catching every precious drop  Nothing […] Read more...

What is it about art?

When did the creativity bug get you? Or are you an onlooker, seeing ‘arty’ people and wondering if the creativity gift has passed you by? Is art elitist, only for those who have the time and money to buy it, learn it and do it? Or is it a universal language of communication, celebration, protest, […] Read more...

Mummy, I found a rainbow!

The evening sun, pouring into the house, catching glass… “Mummy, I found a rainbow!”  A reflection onto the cupboard door in the hallway…  Twenty minutes exploring colour and light with my little ones. Light transforming the mundane into something glorious….  So easy to walk past the little rainbows shining into the day… Read more...

How to be an entrepreneur

This poster has followed me around all my workplaces for the last 10 years and is now on the door of my studio. I bought it in Haight Ashbury, the most wonderfully hippy district of San Francisco, from the Red Victorian Peace Centre where they produce a range of inspirational arts posters (you can order […] Read more...

Carve out your bliss

We were at ‘our’ farm again on Saturday (yes, it now feels like ourfarm, owned by the community of people who are working the soil and loving this patch of land back into abundance). There is a greengage tree, bowing with the heaviness of the most delicious, sweet fruits. There are blackberry bushes with enormous, […] Read more...

On tiredness & motivation…

Moonscape – ready for grouting I am realising that how I feel internally is not necessarily related to how much I achieved (or didn’t) or how many steps forward I took (or didn’t take). I actually achieved a fair amount this week…my commission is finished, just needs grouting (and I am really, really pleased with […] Read more...

What blogging means to me…

In November 2004, I read an article in a Sunday supplement about the new world of blogging. Being a keen writer and thinker on life & the universe, I jumped straight onto blogger and wrote my first post – not with any great purpose in mind – but just because I could. For a few […] Read more...