I decided to go to the big Mark Rothko retrospective at Fondation Louis Vuitton.  An early train to London, then caught the Eurostar

Last year I wanted to grow more flowers in my garden and supply myself with blooms all Summer

I ‘d taken Nicholas Wilton’s free workshop before on the recommendation of a friend, back in 2016 maybe 2017. I’d watched her take his paid course and seen the transformation in her and her work, and always felt that I would love to do it but to be honest, I could never see me paying what felt like a hefty fee.

Whenever I get outside like this, I think I must do this more….. It’s a real slowing down, noticing what you’re looking at, I find it quite meditative.

When I’ve completed a body of work or come to the end of an exhibition, I’m ready to give my studio a good clean and tidy and create space for something new to happen

For the last few years at the start of January, I have spent some time thinking about what I would like the next year to bring. Imagining, dreaming, visualising, manifesting, call it what you will. I have also thought about a word that encompasses this.

Over the Summer I have been working on three new paintings, I had two events planned and I wanted to have some big statement pieces. Two of them arrived at their final destination, the composition coming together quite quickly. The third one…. not so much.

I hired a gallery space for a week in Lincoln, for about 6 months I had been working on a collection that would make up most of the exhibition. I gave myself a month to frame all the paintings and get ready and publicise it.

I have been really enjoying my studio time and have taken a moment to think about why things feel so good.

At the end of January 2021 I started the 100 day project. I had thought about doing it before but hadn’t taken the plunge. This year seemed like a good time to try, especially as we were in another national lockdown and I find the dark days of January and February quite hard going.

At the end of January 2021 I started the 100 day project.

Over the past couple of weeks I have started some new 40 x40cm pieces in my studio. This is a bit bigger in scale for me and so far I have loved it.

The photo on the left was taken in August last year at the end of a course I had been taking, Nicholas Wilton’s Creative Visionary Program.

This is my studio in my garden, it really is my happy place.