So long since my last blog. I don’t recognise myself in that last blog. The Covid years were bleak. But now , after having spent 5 weeks in a long-postponed visit to the Australian branch of the family I’m feeling much more buoyant and optimistic than on my last blog post. It was so good being with my stepdaughters who have supported me from afar in caring for their Dad. Incidentally he’s so much better now which is wonderful.
Inevitably the stupendous foreign scenery was impossible to capture but drawing on so many wonderful memories, brief watercolour sketches and numerous photos, I’m beginning to use the images stored in the back of my brain. Tropical trees, brilliant colours, vast skies, exotic plants are swimming into focus and creating a new series or artwork. Still experimenting but edging nearer to my memories each time. Applying some of the things I’m learning to scenes nearer home here in the Water Meadows of Sudbury, Suffolk too.
Two images of Queensland Australia. Sub-tropical wild wilderness
And here are my two lovely granddaughters. So different but both are amazing…. Kate studying Art History and English at Edinburgh and Sophie – Robotics and Computer Science at Sheffield. Adore them both. Sophie’s a great swimmer who took me to a Lido in the Peak District ! She swam the Channel aged 16 !!!!
