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  • Mordros

    Mordros is a Cornish word for the sound of the sea. It is thought that such a word only exists in Cornish and Polynesian. Given the shape of cornwall, the fact that it has 300 miles of coastline and you...

  • Winter Bonus in the Bongo

    Between painting days, there are the usual jobs to be done, housework, shopping etc. Todays list included helping a friend with a decorating dilema, a spot of shopping for my mother and collecting some logs from the farm to keep...

  • Beach sketch and coffee

    Blessed with another beautiful January day, I remembered my camera and sketch book this time on my return to Northcott Mouth. Early morning January at Northcott. Don had a day off, so came to and got the gas fire going....

  • Has January ever been so beautiful

    The weather has a profound effect on how most people feel. January is usually the month of being shut indoors with the fire roaring, while the wind blows and the grey skies are here all day. The past few days...

  • 2012 will be a Painting Sensation

    With thoughts of making the New Year resolutions, my head is full of fresh ideas for paintings. With the festive season now done, I can focus on the future and my mind is very much on a solo exhibition (my...

  • Finding colour in the winter hedge

    I have written about the brilliance of gorse before. It really is the emblem of Cornwall, as it seems to be in flower all year around. The leaves were late falling this year, and now that the hedgerows are bare,...