I’ve begun teaching textiles again & am full of the wonderous techniques & excited to be sharing them in my upcoming Wicker Basket Weaving for Beginners workshop.    I have 2 stitch collages to share with other new works including some scribes & another video of wet-on-wet painting.  I hope your inspired to spring into your … More Back to my Textile Roots

I’ve been playing with chalk pastels, placing a few colours on the page, and letting them play and speak to each other… I open to wondering how they want to interact and let them do ‘their’ thing without trying to get in the way, asking, how does the colour want to be on the page … More Working with colour…

HAPPY NEW YEAR Many people feel like their lives are lacking ‘creativity‘.  Let’s take the word ‘creativity’ back to ‘create’ & consider in what aspects of our lives we ‘create’.  Cooking, organising our homes or our sheds, gardening, the way we work or even dressing ourselves, just to name a few.  We create in all … More To Create & To Draw

Hindsight is a wise & wonderful thing as I reflect on my 2018 which has been full & rich & challenging.  Throughout it all there were bright treasures that helped guide my way, & I give thanks to their support & encouragement & light. For Christmas delights I’d like to offer you a new workshop … More Christmas Delights & Offerings + January Workshops

… an exhibition of works by Sharon D Clifford Jill Whitfield, long time friend, colleague & writer, opened my exhibition last Friday.  Her kind words painted an image of me working in duality; a driven depth delver with a surprising playfulness.  She told of my openness towards my work in relation to the viewer, encouraging … More Reflections on Creating Colour OPENING