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I’ve lost count of how many days we’ve been in lock down now… It’s a weird old feeling as we learn to adjust to this new way of life that has been imposed upon us, eh? [...]

With our country, and the world, going into lock down, and with the desperate pleas for people to STAY AT HOME…. I’ve been in an ethical dilemma for the past few days, on what my part [...]

*Blog title credit to: Lidija Pisker, OZY Author   I came across a blog on t’interweb recently….  The title ‘The Strange Art of Ironing Out Depression‘ instantly [...]

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 [...]

We all know what happened in 2020… I’m being patient to see whether I can make it to the 2022 conference instead, I am so grateful to the Conference team, who have been so [...]

Online Facebook Live workshop…. This blog shares a video series I ran in December 2019.   DAY ONE:  Making Christmas Cards with stamps, and wax and an iron… it’s easy, [...]

Way back in 2012, when I first started painting with wax, I discovered the origins of wax painting goes back some 2,000 years, to ancient icons, and funeral portraits, painted by the Egyptians, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]