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So happy to have a class full of lovely talented people for one of my first classes of 2016, although they may not have been quite so happy with me as today everyone had to draw and paint with the opposite of their usual hand. The idea of it is always much worse than the […]
MoreWhy not come and paint-provence with me this year my websites will be up to date by the end of next week. So you will be able to see all the places we go and indeed some of the wonderful work by the wonderful students. Or just being sensible. I am in my studio and […]
MoreDear All, We have started our Christmas with a bigger splash, 20 dear friends here for a big Turkey lunch, followed by the best apple crumbles and pies ever. One was Swedish, another English and yet another Irish. There must be a joke in there somewhere. Then our friend Janet with her electric piano led […]
MoreI don’t know if any of you have noticed recently how confused nature is. Spring leaves are are bursting through their buds which are supposed to be their home over the winter months. Lavender is re flowering, the roses haven’t stopped blooming. The catkins on the hazelnut tree are as pretty and green as can […]
More‘Honey Bee’ by Japanese artist Nahoko Kojima, currently showing at Holbern House in Bath. This exquisite work of art is made from just one sheet of paper gold. I arrived in London on Monday 9th and went to my cousins in Clapham, I stayed two nights and caught up with quite a few of my […]
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Paint Provence and elsewhere with Tess 