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Simply Splendiferous Blog

Simply Splendiferous Blog

Simply Splendiferous Blog

My Instagram feed is a work-in-progress. A scrapbook of doodles, dreams and doings. Not always pretty but.. is life?

Having a lot of fun creating these mini paintings. They’re a sweet 12 x 12 cm and all come with their individual easel! Each piece is an original artwork. Will be available soon to purchase, they need edges painted and varnished before they&rsq

Delighted that this little painting, ‘Boolagare’, will soon be finding a new home. Sad to see it go if honest but happy someone else loves it too. Really enjoyed painting it, a landscape from Connemara, Co Galway, Ireland inspired by my s

Lovely visit to @sprout_arts_london to see @rentoulsusan exhibition. Chatted with her so much I forgot to take some photos but did buy her book Pictures of Iona. Beautiful art, exhibition finishes tomorrow, get yourself round there to see for yoursel

View from the Skywalk, Kalbarri, Western Australia. Planning our next trip to WA next year, booked some camping spots along the Coral Coast and Karijini. Very exciting. Cannot wait to see the fantastic outback again, the colours!! #westernaustralia #

Work in progress, ‘Boggy inlet’. Another piece inspired by my visit to Connemara in August #Connemara #westofireland #ManninBay #landscape #acrylicpainting #mixedmedia #galway #wildatlanticway

Very happy w these lovely bowls by local ceramic artist @grace_alfarera who has her studio open to visitors as part of @lambethopen this weekend. It’s an art packed month what with Lambert Open, @streatarttrail and @artistsopenhouse. So much t

Dropped off these 2 paintings to @sprout_arts_london earlier for their upcoming exhibition during Wandsworth Artists' Open House. So lovely to see so many local artists coming with their creative wares! Exhibition opens 30th Sept to 12th October. Hop

Stop tweaking!!! I don’t know if others are as guilty as me for tweaking their work? Agggh. I’ve tweaked the Connemara painting I posted yesterday, photographed it again and now I can see there’s a bit more still to do. However I di

A recent week in Connemara, West of Ireland, was so inspiring. Walking the bog road towards Boolagare, the colours of grass and rock and heathers sang out.
#Ballyconneely #connemara #westofireland #bog #irishlandscape

Finally finished picking the last of the beans. Saved some beans for next year (NOT the runner beans, I bought “French” bean plants in May which turned out to be mostly stringy Runner beans 😬). So many beans now to dry and store or freez