31 March 2017
The latest in my Gaia series is Kamali. This is a very old name and the origin is not quite clear - it could be Arabian, Hindu, Sanskrit or even Zimbawean. But the meaning really spoke to me - it mean...
21 March 2017
Summer finally arrived in February. Rather lazy of it to wake up so late, but never mind, we made the most of it. 6 trips in 6 weeks! The mornings and evenings are getting cooler now, and the leaves a...
21 March 2017
While painting 'Abundance', one the mixed media portraits in my Gaia Series, I took a few in progress photos. You can follow the process below. (Of course, the reality is that there aren't really just...
12 March 2017
New in my Gaia series this this lovely goddess surrounded and dressed in an abundance of flowers. My first blue-eyed beauty too :-) "Abundance" Mixed media on exhibition canvas Acrylics, collage and i...
26 February 2017
I think it's now official, with portrait no.5, that I have started a new series. This series I'm calling 'Gaia' after the Greek goddess, the ancestral mother of all life, the Mother Earth goddess. I a...
3 February 2017
Lovingly protecting our earth, this angel rests with her head on the world. She is gazing at the viewer, sending us her message. Lots of layers of colour and texture in this painting with a slightly a...
30 January 2017
Although my sketchbook is never far away on pretty much every trip outdoors, I do also have a new SLR camera, a Nikon D5500, that has become my constant companion. I've had to start using a bigger day...
28 January 2017
Recently completed... Windswept. Mixed media painting on exhibition canvas Acrylics and collage Size 45 x 45 cm (4cm deep) Side of the canvas are painted black. Ready to hang. No need to frame. Initia...
15 January 2017
After completing the last portrait 'Reflection' (see previous post), Heidi and I decided we should quickly dive into another to prove to ourselves that it wasn't beginners luck! Not to be faint-hearte...