Quotes have been a regular feature of this blog and I am feeling the desire to find and mull on wisdom regularly – to use it as an anchor and guidepost. So here is a new blog series of once a week ‘art and soul quotes. Feel free to add your own in the comments. […] Read more...
Mosaic & that special something….an opportunity for you!
There is something special about making mosaic art. If you have already been captivated, you will know what I am talking about. If you have not come under its spell, let me explain. Mosaic making has some (almost mystical) ability to take us beyond ourselves and into ourselves, both at the same time. In connecting […] Read more...
Art, hearts & giveaways!
Welcome to my new online home! This is a huge moment (anyone who has developed a creative website will understand). This site – the window from my home and studio into the world – has been brewing in my head and heart for years. It has taken endless hours of hard, hard work to envision, […] Read more...
Call yourself an artist?
Picture this. I am exhibiting at the weekend. My mosaic art is on display as part of the annual “Artsists Open House”. The sun is pouring in, catching the edges of tiles and glass, making it gleam. My daughter, Isabella, comes for a visit. After a while of hanging around, she takes a piece of […] Read more...
On autumn resolutions…
“It seems to me that January resolutions are about will; September resolutions are about authentic wants…. The beauty of autumnal resolutions is that no one else knows we’re making them. Autumnal resolutions don’t require horns, confetti and champagne. September resolutions ask only that we open to positive change.” Sarah Ban Breathnach Read more...
Being absurdly delighted…
A quick little pit stop to say hello as we are in the midst of washing piles of laundry after a beautiful week camping on the Norfolk coast… and getting ready to go to the Greenbelt Arts festival. We have been relishing beaches, waves, woodland walks and some of the traditions of a British […] Read more...
Summer in the City
This week, being a tourist in our beloved London. Houses of Parliament from the Abbey Gardens (free to enter, very quiet and peaceful place) Despite recent events just up the road from us, scary and unnerving, we keep …our eyes locked on the overwhelmingly bigger amount of good (see here and here and here) ..our […] Read more...
Flying Lessons for artists….reflections one year on
Its just over a year since I took Kelly Rae’s amazing “Flying Lessons” e-course on developing your creative business (with a big focus on being an artist online). This post is a reflection on the last year- what I learnt and what I have achieved. Its been a full-on and amazing year for me and […] Read more...
One fabulous launch and an amazing work of the heart
The Hospital Mosaic Project was launched last Thursday – unveiled by internationally renowned mosaic artist, Martin Cheek (photo left) and Philip Holmes (photo right) to reveal a wall of over 100 mosaics by artists from all around the world (including yours truly). Everyone gasped – and rightly so. My mosaic is bottom row, second in […] Read more...
Our Father’s Day gift tradition (& our new venture!)
It was a whim of an idea three years ago that is now a solid tradition. Just before Father’s Day, the kids draw a picture of daddy then I transfer them to a t-shirt. Daddy t-shirt 2011 (kids aged 5 and 4) Yesterday we unveiled Daddy t-shirt Number 3 and he just loves it – […] Read more...