During an internship on a rainforest conservation project this tiny little frog with a transparent underbelly came to our attention. No bigger than an adult thumb nail, this beautiful creature…
Early mornings are a time of peace and anticipation by the sea; the worries of the previous day and mysteries of night time seem to clear and the wide lines…
Flushed with inspiration following the Venice pastel effort, I thought I’d try again. This one took me much longer. I’m not sure why. Perhaps because I had someone in mind…
The weather couldn’t make up its mind. It was cold, and Venice hadn’t held charm for me. The storm clouds began to drift over, slowly taking the place of the…
My chum Lucy Tuck had a birthday which required something more than a few glasses of bubbles and something from Accessorize. As she makes the most convincing squirrel I ever…
As September is my anniversary month, I thought I’d post the lino print which adorned the front of our wedding invitation. It was an ambitious project, because I wanted to…
The lemons in Portugal are, it has to be said, abnormal for the most part. In a restaurant in Obidos, an ancient walled village almost as packed with citrus as…
Some nights nothing will do but the sea. Even if I’m nowhere near it, I know it’s what my heart craves.
My dear old cat Bella lived to be 21 years old and was much beloved of my mother and I. Quite frankly, I think my father and brother weren’t so…
Inspired by my first trip to South Africa to stop thinking so much about every brush stroke, this beast gradually appeared and signalled a new way of painting for me. …