I’ve found people get ‘stuck’ on creating art, often through not prioritising it, (always something else on the to-do list, right!) sometimes they can’t remember quite how to do it, or, [...]

I thought I would write a blog on Hotplates, and heat sources, it’s one of the most common questions I get asked, and if I’d known at the beginning, what I know now, I could have saved myself a [...]

In November last year, I was contacted by a lady who wanted some commissioned pieces of artwork for her walls.  I don’t normally work to commission, as I often find the stress of creating the [...]

What I’m sharing today, has been shared before, but it’s so important, I think it’s worth sharing again…. How many of us were told we couldn’t ‘do’ art… YEP… HANDS UP… Perhaps you painted a [...]

Well… a week or two into the New Year, the dust is settling after all of the festivities, and I’m beginning to get that creative itch again.  I felt it would be good to do a little round [...]

Upcoming Encaustic Wax Workshops in Sarratt 2018…   I am super excited to share that I will be running some encaustic wax workshops from my new studio in Sarratt this November and December.  [...]

In April I spent a week portrait painting with Lora Murphy, it was amazing, you can read about that here… but one morning I skipped class… By day six my head was in melt down.  The [...]

If you’ve been meaning to buy your own encaustic wax equipment, but just not got around to it yet, this post is to let you know that most encaustic wax supplies are increasing, by around [...]

Did you know the origins of encaustic wax painting goes back to Egyptian Mummy Portraiture and Iconography, around 2,000 years ago…?  (A couple of examples below)       I’ve always worked [...]

The past few months have been turbulent to say the least…  I’ve at times felt like I was in a washing machine on fast spin…! Moving out of my studio at the end of March was a [...]

IMPORTANT STUDIO UPDATE…. I have some news…  I have taken the decision to move out of my art studio, and sadly, will be gone by the end of March 2017… The future ownership of the art centre [...]

I had the privilege to be asked to repair two encaustic paintings in the autumn, which proved to be one of the biggest challenges I’ve encountered yet. Back in the summer, I was contacted by a [...]

I had the privilege to be asked to repair two encaustic paintings in the autumn, which proved to be one of the biggest challenges I’ve encountered yet.   Read on here for the full story, and [...]

The thing I love most about teaching how to paint with encaustic wax is…. The quiet hush… If you had told me five years ago, that I’d be teaching people how to paint I’d have said you were off [...]

  Do you struggle to know what to buy people at Christmas…? I know I do….! The heart sinks at the question…. “What do you want…..” I don’t want to be ungrateful, but in truth… what is [...]

Online Course… Painting with an Iron… Extra savings for December…   Just a quick reminder to say that the 40% off offer ends tonight…   Thanks to those who have [...]

How many of us were told we couldn’t ‘do’ art… YEP… HANDS UP… Perhaps you painted a picture you were really proud of, yet the teacher put a big cross through it…?   Everybody else in the class [...]

  Herts Open Studios 2016… So far…. Wow… I can hardly believe, we are almost two weeks into Herts Open Studios already… On the one hand it’s flown by, on the other, it seems like a lifetime [...]

It’s funny how things turn out sometimes…   I’ve said for a while that I would be updating my site, however, it morphed into a little more than that… I’ve had people saying “I [...]

My first time at Living Crafts last Friday, the largest craft fair in Europe apparently, “promoting the very best of British Crafts”…    The weather was fabulous, and I was lucky [...]