Developing a composition

Paper surface/textures added

Trying bits of paper collage

More warmth, too many verticals

Editing, not balanced

Changed the focus, too heavy

New work in progress for 2015 – Big abstracts!

New abstracts

Tried to get off the orange – moved to red!

Stages of development – spot the difference

Collage workshop

Beautiful collages created in only 3 hours in our collage workshop yesterday. The next one is a Sketchbook workshop 23rd November in Cambridge.

Off the Wall Gallery

Three collages currently on display in the beautiful Off the Wall Gallery www.offthewallgallery.com in Cardiff. They are not all joined together, but I quite like it!

All the buzz of the fair

What a fantastic, friendly event the second Cambridge City Art Fair was this weekend. Lots of buying visitors and new contacts. Now it is back to the studio – trying to see if I can work without the colour  orange!

Beautiful work by fellow artists

Friday night was the opening night of the very first Cambridge Original Printmakers exhibition, what a turn out and what a fantastic exhibition! It is on all week Pitt Building on Trumpington Street. Above are some of the prints on display by Tracey Ashman, gorgeous.www.facebook.com/tracey.ashman

Clare Wood www.claremariawood.co.uk is another talented printmaker and arty friend, hopefully showing with Cambridge Original Printmakers next year! Here is a series from her sketchbook.Still on arty friends Lesly Birch www.lesleybirchartist.com Her beautiful atmospheric paintings and lively sketchbooks are always a  joy to look at.

Cambridge Art Fair

Really excited about exhibiting at the Cambridge Artfair 10-12th October. I am exhibiting with with Primavera Gallery. Stand E2 in the large hall. Here is a sneak preview. www.cambridgeartfair.com