Highland Flings!

Trying to get a few Highland paintings 'flung together' before I go to US....there's a few galleries needing a changeover of work, so it's great to keep on my toes and produce new work!  Better too, to be refreshing work wherever it goes as one painting can sometimes sit for ages in one gallery, then get snapped up in the next - I live in hope!!!! Plus it's always exciting to get a new piece out and hope the public approve with their feet...and chequebooks!!

Amalfi IS a go-go!

Just heard this week that our Amalfi Paintaway in September is definitely on....a good group forming and it means I am returning to one of my favourite places...such drama, beauty & inspiration all in one tiny area!

Scotch Mists

Working on some new Scottish paintings for some of the galleries, and feel like doing a few dramatic Scottish scenes to capture the mists we love in this country.  So much more atmospheric than a bright sunny day, though we DO appreciate blue skies here as they are so few and far between!

The Big Sleep - Winter ends - Spring awaits

BIG apologies for not blogging for a while but I lost patience with the bullying tactics of having to load Google Chrome before I could open my blog again - what a cheek!  Be it known to all - I understand the basic computer skills I need to get by, but change the rules and you confuse me - easily!  January slipped by in a flurry of organising and rescheduling workshops for this year, and now some of the uS workshops will be scheduled later in the year ie August.  however the march US trip is ON and I will be teaching in Pittsburgh, York PA then Palm Key SC   Try and catch up with me if you can!!!  Spring is here, winter is slowly leaving us, and we are coming out of 'The Big Sleep'   Which coincidentally is the title of my painting!

MARCH 2012

 

Pittsburgh Pastel Group PA   - Gail Sorace - gsds@consolidated.net     March 12-14th 

 

York Art Association PA    -   Kay Koehler - klkstudio@yahoo.com       March  16-18th

 

Palm Key   SC                 - Michael Hargraves - michael-hargraves@nc.rr.com         March 21 - 25th

 

AUGUST 2012

 

Debarry Studio NJ    -       Christina Debarry PSA - debarrystudio@gmail.com    Aug 11-13th

 

Green Darke Gallery Millheim PA   -  Karl Leitzel  -greendrakeart@gmail.com    Aug 15 - 17th

 

Hudson River Valley Workshops NY -  Kim La Polla -  klapolla@artworkshops.com   Aug 18 - 21st

 

Terry Ludwig Workshops CO  -  

customerservice@terryludwig.com   Aug 23 - 26th

 

Pastel Society of America   -  PSA Office

psaoffice@pastelsocietyofamerica.org   Aug 28-29th 

Looking to sunshine in Italy in MAY!

Anyone feel like a painting experience with me in Italy this MAY?
May in Venice - 5 – 12th Details from www.shinafoot.co.uk
Discover the quiet corners of Venice, as well as the islands of the Lagoon..
This trip can be added to Cortona & travel advice available from Margaret
May in Cortona Tuscany - 12-19th Book with info@tuscanyintheframe.com
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For anyone who wants inspiration to paint paint paint..... whether you even need tuition, or just ambience of great company!! Contact me on the web or email
Ciao amici!

Sorry for the Neglect!!

Well, I am humbly sorry to all who have been following the blog! Between internet connections being difficult to access over the last 3 months' travels, I have been a bad girl! But here are a few paintings just off the easel this week and off to various Xmas Shows this week...hopefully to cheer someone else's wall space!!!

Baking batches....working in themes...

I usually find if I have a bee in my bonnet about a certain theme to paint, ie Scottish landscapes, or Venetian cityscpaes, I do a 'set' of them at once. I find it helps to keep a unity through the work if it is going off together to an exhibition. My latest 'batch' are Little People ie children doing things on beaches. Maybe it is the summer theme that is catching on to me, but i am often inspired by what is around me at a particular time.... going to Venice, then Tuscany soon so watch out for the next 'batch'!