Home from the garden

After 9 lovely days in my temporary studio in the gardens of Harlow Carr, it is back to my own garden studio for reflection and gathering my thoughts. It was so nice to meet so many enthusiastic people who enjoyed watching me work and who had a chance to skim through my sketch books and learn about how my work has evolved over the years since I studied in Cheltenham. My quirky leaning houses are a development of the paintings made in allotments close the Art College where old sheds leaned precariously this way and that, hanging on for just one more season and little characters worked amongst the vegetables. My pencil and water colour sketch books made on my journeys around the country and around the world were a real hit and I shall be adding some of them to my blog over the next couple of days as was suggested by one or two of my visitors, for those who couldn't attend to take a peek at. Must go as I have a car load of 'stuff' to unpack !