It's why we like ice cream

I took a day away from the studio today, to recover from Open Studio event and Hadleigh Art Trail.
On Wednesday I held my first painting workshop and it was greeted warmly was a lot of fun an the group asked to do it again in January 2014!

Today I delivered a painting to the City, only to discover that I had not matched the colour, grey instead of limed oak, oops! so it has to be reframed.
I then walked to Tate Modern to draw the turbine hall to find that it closed until next month. As I entered the tube at St Paul's there was a visually impaired busker whistling for his supper, I reached into my pocket and found the 50p piece that I had extracted from the parking metre tray that morning et voila!

Walking along Millenium Bridge in the now pouring rain, I met a man lying on the floor painting. I stopped to chat to him, it was Ben Wilson the chewing 'Chewing Gum Man', and he was having a slightly worse day than me!

Looking forward to a cold glass of Picpoul.
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Summer's gone

Summer gives us all a chance to relax and reflect, and what a summer we had!
 I am back in the studio preparing canvases for my next projects, and looking forward to the Hadleigh Art Trail. Some artists view art trails as an interruption to their work, but I feel they are a great opportunity to present our studio practice to an audience that does not regularly engage with art, but are no less enthusiastic for it.
It also tests the strength in the integrity of our work, surely we are trying to reach a larger audience to convey our thoughts and evaluate the credibility of our work?
For those that can make it to the trail this weekend, I am in Studio 19, Hadleigh Old Fire Station and I shall be pleased to see you!