Blog

  • Connecting Beach Rubbish to an Art Experience

    Last year I joined an art appreciation group. Affiliated with Tate St Ives, they have set up several groups in cornwall which run like book clubs, but instead of books, we discuss art. Last year we were approached Anna, exhibition...

  • Hunting out the Jubilee Rock on Bodmin Moor

    One of my ‘ideas of living’ is to make sure we get out and explore more. A beautiful morning after some pretty grim winter storms was the catalyst to getting the ‘Wild Guide’ out. I bought five of these brilliant...

  • Start the Year feeling like a Happy Bunny.

    It’s January, the start of a new year and I have a desire to create a bucket list, but there is just something about it that makes me feel uncomfortable. I couldn’t put my finger on it, so typed into...

  • Making friends with Aluminium, a new painting surface

    Aluminium is not the first painting surface that would naturally spring to mind, and had I not seen it painted on, would probably never have considered it. In fact, I have realised that most of my new directions have been...

  • Community, Art and the Media.

    This autumn winter has not been so much a time for painting as a time to put back into the community. I’ve been involved with the Bude Look Group, a local art appreciation group who with the Tate St Ives...

  • Exciting Times, Artwork to the Steins new restaurant at Porthleven.

    Three weeks ago I received an email from Jill Stein’s PA, with details of a new restaurant and request for information on prints and any originals I might have. Trying not to get too excited I sent all the information...