Monthly Archives: August 2014

Barnsbury to Hampstead Heath

      Hop on the train at Cally Road & Barnsbury Station and 15 mins later alight at Gospel Oak. Up the hill for views of London – St Pauls, the Shard then keep going through the trees until … Continue reading

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Reasons to be Cheerful / 12

Look what came in the post this morning! Invitation to Curwen Gallery Exhibition PV. I’m in it, Martin’s in it and Bridget Moore’s in it – love her work – hurray .   18 artists selected from 200. The Exhibition … Continue reading

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Cultivation & Creativity / Celebrating 210 Years of the RHS and RWS

There will be an Exhibition at the Bankside Gallery in November of RWS paintings on the above subject. Have just finished 4 – when I say that I mean firstly I visited Hyde Hall in Essex and Wisley in Surrey. … Continue reading

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Still Alive: The Contemporary Still Life

Last week for this exhibition at the Mall Galleries of works by members of the Federation of British Artists. Nice surprise to find I sold one of my paintings in the show ‘Summer Souvenirs’

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Tidying the workroom

Easy to tidy up – just moved everything into one big pile instead of small ones. Now I have a clear table to work on. .  

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Essex Barn

Getting there rather slowly………

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Time for a rethink and tidy up

How difficult can it be to produce 4 paintings for a project? Pretty,pretty,pretty hard as Larry David  would most likely say if he were here, which of course he isn’t although I could certainly do with a bit of assistance … Continue reading

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River Thames – Greenwich to London Bridge

Greenwich to London Bridge by River Bus – fast!  

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Still Alive:The Contemporary Still Life

Exhibition is on until 23 August / 10-5 / Closed Sundays

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RWS (painting) and RHS (gardening)

In the Autumn there will be an exhibition at Bankside Gallery to celebrate 210 years of the RWS and the RHS, (both founded in 1804). Just working out what to do and how to do it!

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