Category Archives: Living in North London

Yesterday on the River

Posted on June 3, 2012 by northoneartist

A great trip on the River Thames to celebrate Suzanne and William’s 50th wedding anniversary. Temple Pier to the Thames Barrier and back – a wonderful day out. I even saw The Bankside Gallery (home to the Royal Watercolour Society) … Continue reading →

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Work in Progress today

Posted on May 4, 2012 by northoneartist

My work table today – trying to get somewhere – maybe it’ll work, maybe it won’t…… it’s hard to tell at this stage. You need a little bit of magic in there and that’s hard to measure.

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Another rainy day

Posted on May 1, 2012 by northoneartist

Still raining but it has made the garden look fresh and green. I can have a think about new paintings now and I’m off to see the Lucian Freud Portraits this afternoon…..

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April Showers

Posted on April 23, 2012 by northoneartist

We have a hose pipe ban in London and other areas of the UK. Since this was brought in earlier this month it has rained almost every day. This is good for the garden and everything looks really green and … Continue reading →

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Chelsea Art Fair

Posted on April 19, 2012 by northoneartist

This gallery contains 4 photos.

These paintings will be on The Russell Gallery stand at the Chelsea Art Fair 20 – 22 April Chelsea Old Town Hall,London, SW3 5EE 11-8pm Friday / Sat & Sun 11-7pm

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Garden Open Today

Posted on April 17, 2012 by northoneartist

   Another open day over – we made around £1000.00 for the various charities the National Garden Scheme supports – same time next year! Thank you to everyone who supported us.

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Open Gardens for Charity – 15 April

Posted on April 6, 2012 by northoneartist

The front gardens in the street where I live ( sounds like a song title! ) are open for charity on Sunday 15 April / 2 – 5.30pm. Home made teas / Plant stall / Music Please come along – … Continue reading →

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Painting and Cake making

Posted on March 31, 2012 by northoneartist

Painting and cooking have quite a lot in common – you put in all the right ingredients and something good happens. If you don’t follow your own way/path / star whatever you like to call it, things go wrong.  I … Continue reading →

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Free and Easy

Posted on March 27, 2012 by northoneartist

Didn’t Picasso say something like  ‘you spend a lot of time learning how to draw and then a lot more time forgetting what you’ve been taught ‘ ? That’s what I’m interested in right now – forgetting what you think … Continue reading →

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End of week

Posted on March 9, 2012 by northoneartist

Busy week with RBA show at the Mall, went to David Hockney at the RA again to take a friend ( very crowded, but if you’re an RA friend the queue is short). Saw Zach Braff play in St Martin’s … Continue reading →

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