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In February this year we enter the year of the Fire Horse, a year symbolizing self - expression, creativity and action amongst other things...I don't know about you, but I truly believe that I can feel it in my bones already. If you have followed my journey you may know that creativity and art is part of who I am, like many artists I have loved to draw, Illustrate, paint and take photographs, simply do something creative from a very early age. It has never left me, it's grown with me through various stages of my life...and now I can't explain it but I feel it's time for something different, as the singer Lukas Gonzalez says, it's "like the wind that whispers" and "fires roar" with the need to create art - abstract art.  So for 2026, I'm bringing my art home...back to me, stepping back from the world of Illustration and focusing on creating Artwork with soft brush strokes, mark making tools from nature and simple materials...raw stripped back, sensitive...human made.
I'll share more of what inspires me, my process and artwork over the coming weeks...I hope you'll follow along on my journey. Thank you as always for reading. If you would like to hear more lines from the song " Dirt Road" from the Album 'A Simple Man' by Lukas Gonzalez check it out here.
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Autumn is one of my favourite times of year, I love the colours and how the days are still warm with that little bit of a chill...misty mornings with dew on the ground and cobwebs highlighted in the morning sunshine. So inspired by the season and the following lines from the Cecil Frances Alexander Poem - The Four Seasons: Autumn's here, with corn, I created this whimsical children's illustration which I am calling The Forager's Tale. I mocked it up I would love to see it as a cover for a children's journal, or as part of a set of affirmation cards for children - let me know what you think?  As always thank you for reading this far...
On the studio playlist this week I have been listening to various new artists to me, one that I really like is a track called 'Homecoming' by Don Louis you can check it out here... If you don't happen to know it Clumber Park is a Country Park in the Dukeries, Nottinghamshire, England. Owned and cared for by the National Trust, it's a great place for a day out in Nature...
I love visiting and walking the four miles around the lake, this year the chestnuts and acorns were falling from the tree's onto the soft ground, at one point it felt like we might need a hard hat, as they fell in such numbers, somehow we managed to get round without getting hit, still not sure how we managed that! It was a lovely day out, helping to quiet the mind and nourish the soul...as well as offering a little illustration inspiration. Keeping our eyes peeled and looking in the undergrowth little gems could be found, some which later found their way onto the drawing board...see below. Thanks as always for reading...
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Hello!In this space which has no ceilings, walls or doors... I would like to invite you in, and share with you some of my work and a few things of interest which help to inspire my work including music to the places and spaces we call home...
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