Save the date!

A quick post about a couple of events I will be a part of:

"Three Wessex Sktechers"

Valérie Pirlot - Andrew Taylor (click here for website) - Bob Child (click here for website)

The West Barn, Barton Farm, Bradford on Avon, BA15 1LF (click here for map)

Friday 29th June - Sunday 1st July 2012 - 10am-6pm - free entry

Three artists including myself are running a show the last week-end of June in Bradford on Avon with a collection of oil and watercolour landscapes of the South West of England and beyond. We all have a spontaneous style and mostly work in plein air and are inspired by light, nature and architecture. All work will be on sale and also a great range of affordable prints, postcards and catalogues. Do come along if you are in the area, the three of us will be there to welcome you. There will be a special opening night on Friday the 29th of June with music and nibbles. More info to follow... 

Newbridge Arts Trail

Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th of May 2012

Studios open from 10am to 4pm

www.newbridgeartstrail.com

This event is my local Arts Trail in Newbridge, Bath. It is an event where artists and craftspeople open their homes and studios to the public. There will be a wide variety of things to buy and look at from jewellery, to sculptures, paintings or prints. I won't be in my own studio as it is far too small to have more than one person in there, so I will be at the Minerva Centre (see map here). The map of the trail will be available in all local shops. Would be great to see you there.

My garden in the spring

Here is a quick post while watching the Royal Wedding...
I have just finished a couple of paintings of my garden which I'm madly in love with. For those who remembered I did a painting of my garden in the snow a few months ago and decided now to cover all seasons...

My garden in spring after the rain     oil on board 12"x10"

This one was done in the late afternoon from my living room window. There had been some heavy rain all day and suddenly the sun came out and warmed up all this luxurious greens.

view from the window

I didn't tell my boyfriend I dropped some paint on the carpet
but since I managed to clean it up and I'm pretty sure he doesn't read
my blog he will never know!

My garden in the snow - The painting I did last winter

Here is an other one I did last week end as I just came back from a week end away. It was sunny but a bit misty and I couldn't resist the shades of purple in the distant hills.

My garden in spring in the afternoon   oil on board  7"x5"

This time I set up on the garden table

I take the opportunity of this post to inform you of two upcoming events if you happen to be in Bath:

There is a show starting today at The Octagon in Bath called "inspired" which I will have some work at and which also features talented artists such as Adebanji Alade, David Pilgrim and Shane Feeney to name a few. It will be on until May 11. More info here.

I was pleased to see my work on the invite and the Bath Magazine insert:

I will also be a part of the Newbridge Arts Trail which will be on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th of May. Come and say hello if you're around. More info here.

Last but not least, I urge anyone who hasn't seen it yet to go and admire Peter Brown's work at the Victoria Art Gallery. Absolutely beautiful. More info here.

This afternoon I'm off to Paris to paint for a few days. I will hopefully come back with plenty of paintings to post on my blog...

Now back to the Royal wedding...