Creating: An occasional discourse and diatribe

I think we all do it…search the web sometimes and see where it takes one.

There's a gallery named Redbill with some artists whose work I have noted: Jenny Ryrie (especially), Clare Chinnery, Amanda Roberts, Bill Kneale (especially) and Diana Heeks.

Not the same or even similar to my own work, but they do all lean slightly towards my way of working…

…seeking additional secure storage space in France…lots of bits and pieces; timber, pictures, books etc.

The simplest, easiest and obvious option is to exhibit it all in a pretentious gallery and therefore have free storage for a month or two…and with easily attainable public funding, I'd be paid for the privilege…

…just returned from France. Things are moving forward. If this was a diary I would happily divulge more, but this is a blog, so I have to be careful what I write. The image shows a view from our meadow…the other views are even more beautiful.

Painting in my studio will be heaven on earth…

…an email just popped up from Danny Smith director of Jubilee Action and Jubilee Campaign…it simply reminds me, that so much that we do and concern ourselves with in the Arts is nothing really when compared to the suffering in some parts of this world.

St. George's Day…a special day today…Shakespeare's birthday…he also died on the same date…I married into an acting family…both my parents-in-law are Royal Shakespeare Company actors (Cherry Morris Murray sadly died of cancer three years ago, taken ill during a performance at The National…worth googling, because she was brilliant) and Emily was a professional actress too…being a quiet painter and occasionally surrounded by actors has encouraged me and given me more confidence to create and follow my heart. My old school too is celebrating today…St. Georges College, Weybridge…but more importantly…it's my mothers' birthday today!…mmmnn…some tiffin and a nice cup of tea…