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Happy New Year!!

In 2011 I decided I was going to try out some of the prestigious open exhibitions held by the societies of the Federation of British Artists, held at the Mall Galleries on The Mall in London. It would boost my cv if I would get in one. My first try was the Pastel Society and I painted a portrait of my son. Alas, on the handing-in day I was ill and could not submit. So I submitted it to the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. And shock and behold! It got accepted. I am still very proud of that. My year was made.  2011 turned out to be my year as what followed was acceptance and an award at the Society of Women Artists, the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and The Royal West of England Academy of Art. I still cannot believe it all. To make the year complete I was recently informed that my submission for the 2012 Open Exhibition of the Pastel Society was accepted. Got there in the end. So 2011 was a fantastic year for me. I could not have wished for greater success. I will

Poll: Making A Mark Awards 2011: Which is the best artwork - portrait/figures - created by a blogger and posted on an art blog in 2011?

On the Making a Mark Blog there is the annual poll for best art works and the author, Katherine has nominated my painting Dream . You can vote for your favourite.... Poll: Making A Mark Awards 2011: Which is the best artwork - portrait/figures - created by a blogger and posted on an art blog in 2011?

Love Pastels 2012

Flowerbed, pastel, 65x45cm I am happy to share that my painting ‘Flowerbed’ has been selected to be exhibited at the annual exhibition of the Pastel Society. It went through two stages of selection by a panel of expert judges who saw hundreds of entries. The exhibition, Love Pastels 2012, will be on display at the Mall Galleries in London from 14-25 February 2012. Mall Galleries Pastel Society An image from the Pastel Society exhibition, with thanks to Making a Mark. My fellow pastelist Svetlana Cameron will also exhibit a wonderful piece

Highlights from the ROI Exhibition

Highlights from the Royal Institute of Oil Painters Exhibition On his blog, Adebanji Alade gives us his highlights from the exhibition at the Mall Galleries. I so wish I could have gone to see it. David Curtis, Nick Verrall, Combes...just some of my favourites. Happy to see Adebanji gave me a mention too! The exhibition is now finished, my painting sold and is off to the US, and I believe many paintings were shipped off to new homes. David Curtis, Deep Snow Mission 2011 Nicholas Verrall, Still Life on Slate Table For Verrall also check out his wonderful book Colour and Light in Oils, which is beautiful, interesting and useful. Detail of my painting Dream

Review: 124th Annual Exhibition of The Royal Institute of Oil Painters

A lovely review of the ROI Exhibition on the fabulous Making a Mark Blog. Review: 124th Annual Exhibition of The Royal Institute of Oil Painters                                       *Sold!

Still deliberating ‘Delicates'

Fixed a few issues, repainted some bits, this is probably going to be its frame.... Other blog posts involving painted lace: The Shawl Brabant Lace New works involving lace (2015 new blog!) An interview with me about how lace inspires me in my paintings. My current blog can be found on my website! See you there

Delicates

Delicates Oil on canvas, 60x40cm

Work in Progress - fabrics

Currently on the easel More fabrics in a pile. An exercise in whites or neutrals, a challenge of textures and a whole lot of fun to do! It hasn’t got a title yet, but its oil and 60x40cm.

Pastel Painting

After a long break I took out my pastels again. The last pastel painting I did was ‘In the Rainbow Underpass’ (the one that got in the Royal Society of Portrait Painters!) which was a while ago, back in the early part of the year. Now we’re already rushing towards Christmas! High time to get ‘dusty’ again. I wasn’t planning on doing such a big painting, but here we go: Flower Bed, pastel, 65x45 / 25x18” As good as finished, just a few tweaks here and there. 15 Nov: I have updated the image with the finished piece.

ROI Exhibition

ROYAL INSTITUTE OF OIL PAINTERS ANNUAL EXHIBITION My painting Dream has been selected for the annual exhibition of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters. I am delighted to be included in this great show. I hope you can go and visit to enjoy the world of oil painting. The only major national art society that is devoted exclusively to oil painting, featuring a wide variety of contemporary landscape, figurative and still-life paintings by some of the finest established artists working in oil today, alongside work by non-members. During the annual exhibition a number of prizes and awards are on offer, including the Phyllis Roberts Award of £2,000 for a promising young painter. Other highlights include the Winsor & Newton Under-35 Oil Painting Awards. The Royal Institute of Oil Painters, also known as the ROI, is an association of painters in London and is the only major art society which features work done only in oil. It is one of the 9 member societies that form the Federati

RWA Autumn Exhibition

RWA 159th Autumn Exhibition Queens Road, Clifton, Bristol My self portrait has an excellent spot right beneath an amazing painting by Alan Kingsbury The show features 500+ works by Academicians, other established artists as well as emerging talent. The variety is enormous and it is a great show. I still hope to go back soon and take photos of all the works that stand out to me. Other posts on the RWA Open exhibitions: RWA 163d Open Exhibition 2015 RWA 162d Open Exhibition 2014 RWA 161st Open Exhibition 2013 RWA 160th Open Exhibition 2012 RWA 159th Open Exhibition 2011 You are reading my old blog, please find my new blog on my website here

Blenheim Palace Painting

** NEW WORK ** Drama at Blenheim , oil on canvas, 80x40cm/32x16” in black frame.

RWA Autumn Exhibition

159th Autumn Exhibition My pastel  Self Portrait  has been selected for the autumn exhibition at the  Royal West of England Academy of Art  in Bristol. The show features a huge variety of the best of contemporary art and I am proud to be part of it. All works will be for sale and I hope you can visit to have a look! The Exhibition runs from 30 October - 31 December 2011. Royal West of England Academy Queen's Road, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 1PX,  0117 973 5129,  info@rwa.org.uk ,   www.rwa.org.uk Opening Times:  09:30 - 5:30pm Monday - Saturday. 11:00 - 5:00pm Sunday Last admission half an hour before closing

New Work: Dream

Dream, oil, 30x40cm

Art at Client’s Home

Always nice to see one of my paintings on someone’s wall! Big Hat, oil on linen, 50x40cm / 20x18" More blog posts about this painting can be found here .

Why do I paint?

A lot of people ask this question...why do artists paint? Some have the feeling they ‘must’, some do it for relaxation, others just because they enjoy it. Why do I paint, I wondered.....of course because I enjoy it, and t o add a little bit of beauty to our lives and make it more tangible than just the fleeting moments it usually appears in. Detail of a work in progress. Dream, oil, 30x40cm

The Veil

The Veil, oil on linen, 70x60cm A very big work for my standards, but such fun to do. Got the frame ready, just need it to sit for a bit and to dry... This one piece of lace is providing me with quite a few paintings! More to come!

The Veil in Progress

Its been a while since I posted here, I am sorry! I’ve been busy with this one, fairly large for my standards: Work in progress, 70x60cm, oil

SWA images

Here are a couple of images taken at the SWA exhibition in London. Thank you Claire, for sending me some pictures.

Winsor & Newton Choice Award

I am happy to announce my painting ‘Yellow Scarf’ has won the Winsor & Newton Choice Award at the Society of Women Artists 150th Exhibition at The Mall Galleries in London ! Thank you SWA! Yellow Scarf, oil on linen, 40x50cm www.society-women-artists.org.uk www.mallgalleries.org.uk

SWA

SWA Society of Women Artists 2011 150th Celebratory Exhibition Thursday 30 June - Saturday 9 July 2011 Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1 www.society-women-artists.org.uk

The Big Hat

The old lace I got from a friend was too good to resist. As soon as I had it in the house I started playing with it. It is just beautiful. I try to evoke nostalgia and beauty in my fabric paintings. A hint of cultural things past. A timeless beauty that can easily delight in the 21st century. Feminine but not too pink, female but without the cleavage. It is a technical challenge to paint lace and silk but the technical aspect is always inferior to the vision I want to portray.

The Big Hat

Oil on linen, 40x50cm finished for now. will post details soon.

ART GIVES SAME LEVEL OF PLEASURE AS BEING IN LOVE - NATIONAL ART PASS

For anyone who had doubt about why we create and enjoy art...

The Big Hat

A friend’s mum has lent me some gorgeous ancient lace to paint.  Work in Progress, currently on the easel: oil on linen, 40x50cm