Hope returns

Hope returns

Okay it’s a play on words. I re- visited an old painting I had titled ‘Hope’. I was happy with the original but because I’d changed, my paintings had changed, I felt like I needed to lift the colour. As soon as you touch one element, you start...
Hope returns

The Night Garden

As I explore the layers my work is shifting. This is my final piece for the Quadrant Gallery exhibition ‘Summer  11.  Now to focus on the works for the Burnley Harbour weekend show on the first weekend in December. And the time comes when the world That you were...
Hope returns

Resonance

I have completed another painting of the Quadrant gallery exhibition. Slowly building the 5 pieces to completion. I am really enjoying using the POSCA pens…they have great colours and work beautifully as paint pens. I added my hand cut hummingbird stencil to the...
Hope returns

Into the Garden

Exploring the garden of possibilities.As I worked on this piece I began to add more pen lines. Drawing techniques became interwoven. This piece is for another exhibition. I have finished it and feel that it is one of my best pieces. Funny how you always feel that when...