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WHAT TO WEAR

There are times when too many choices is NOT a good thing!

SKETCHES OF SPAIN

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

Learning curve pretty steep on this, my first acrylic painting / collage! "Green Pears in a Spotty Bowl". Still to matt varnish it (which means it may photograph better - less shine) but I think it's time to move on to a new bowl of lovelin

Holy moly, we have blue skies, white clouds and (whisper it) sun! Nice start to the week 😍 OBVIOUSLY it’s not so hot 🔥but hey, we’ll take more of this please 🙏

Sketches from my Drink & Draw weekend with art college friend @helene_a_byrne. Friends for (coughs) decades 🥰 it was fab to catch up and spend time doing what we love best - chatting and creating. Stunning scenery along Northern Ireland's north

The Hive, Kew Gardens - amazing art installation, 17 metres tall recreating the life inside a beehive! LED lights glow as a musical symphony responds to the vibrations of bees that live in the Garden. The musical key is C, the key that bees seemingly

Today was maybe not the best weather to go visit Kew Gardens but on the plus it was probably less crowded. Orchid Festival now on and if you love orchids this is for you. I love the foliage in the greenhouses, the Palm House was glorious and the cact

Second visit to @royalacademyarts #impressionistsonpaper exhibition last night (Friday late opening). The collection of drawings from most of the greats of impressionnism are just stunning, the freedom of linework, drawings fresh from the artist&rsqu

Looking down onto the muddy Murchison River and across the plateau, Kalbarri National Park, Western Australia. Another rough sketch for future development. #kalbarrinationalpark #kalbarri #kalbarriskywalk #westernaustralia

It's taken a while to start to produce some more developed sketches from our trip to Western Australia in 2023. We visited the mind-blowing Kalbarri National Park, the vastness and drama of the place is awe inspiring. Not sure what I do next with the