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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 [...]

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 take on a handful of commissions each year, and love nothing more than [...]

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 [...]