You  may have seen my work was on display at The Creative Collective pop up shop in Berkhamsted at the end of January, I had people say, “I went in, but you’d gone!” Yep, that is the [...]

Back in December, I was interviewed on Radio Dacorum during their regular Wednesday 7-9pm ‘Dacorum Live’ Arts Slot. There was a technical hiccup with the recording software, which has [...]

  It’s the start of the month…. Have you spent any time planning any time to get creative over the next few weeks?   That’s exactly what I’ve been doing this weekend, and boy, there’s a lot [...]

Some time ago, I was interviewed by Michelle Ewan, who was working on an initiative to interview 365 women, over 365 consecutive days, and to add to the challenge, each story written, needed to [...]

Do you intend to be creating more?  You keep looking at all the kit, but you just can’t get motivated, or get overwhelmed…? Maybe you love wax, but you’re exasperated by all the [...]

2019 round up. I think it’s always good to sit down and take a few minutes to reflect on the past year, (in fact decade) and decide what has worked and what hasn’t. It enables me to recognise how [...]

I got the news that I’d won The Binnie Birstein Scholarship to The States just before Christmas.  (You might have heard me screaming!) This means I will be attending The 14th International [...]

  Incase you are still scratching your head around what to buy as gifts this year…  Here are my six stress free Encaustic Wax Christmas Ideas… Guaranteed to bring a smile to their face, and [...]

Did you see the free five day online workshop I’ve been running this week over on my Facebook Page?  Maybe you caught it on YouTube…? I’ve created this blog to pull all the [...]

Have you heard of Egyptian Mummy’s…?    Erm… yes…. hasn’t everybody…. Well, have you heard of “The Fayum Mummy Panels”?   Maybe, maybe not….? What if I [...]

Here is a round up of my journey into becoming an artist…  From a girl who was repeatedly told by society that “art was just a hobby” and consequently embarking on a life of [...]

Lots of questions have been coming up about the VIP Art Retreat Weeks I am running…  So I am doing a series of Live videos and interviews to answer them… It’s far easier to [...]

There is a lot of confusion around the word ‘Encaustic’ especially in Europe it seems, with different language interpretations of an already confusing medium. There are also different [...]

Hello there…! I just wanted to take a moment and say how blown away I was by the responses to my recent newsletter and blog. I’m not the sort to cry very much, I’m more of a stiff upper lip [...]

How do you fancy having something in the diary to really look forward to in the Autumn? Do you have somebody special, or a group of friends you’d love to get together to have a fun creative [...]

Wax and Wine anyone…?   Have you been thinking you fancy a go at this wax painting malarkey, but don’t know if it’s for you…?   Think it could be fun… BUT…..? [...]

I’ve debated sharing this, as it’s taken a lot of internal processing to get to this point.  I’ve touched on this story before, but decided I would share it in full today, because the [...]

Did you know each year there is an International Encaustic Conference held in the States?   They are in their thirteenth year, with LOADS of different encaustic tutors and courses, and classes, [...]

If you have been following me for a while, you may remember the two giant Hiro Yokose paintings I was asked to repair back in 2016…   Here’s a link to the blog if you want a refresher, I still [...]

I wanted to give you a heads up in case you’ve been looking at my art for a while, and thinking I’d really like one of those, or I must get up to Julie’s studio and have a look, or I’d like to [...]