A journal
White, Goose, Storm (observing)
Pete Postlethwaite is sending an arrow through my heart. Romeo and Juliet, The Age of Stupid and Brassed off, in that order, keep running round my head. Not the New […]
Disposable Cup – add to the collection!
If you want to add a cup to ‘my disposable cup collection’, you can! Go to the photo sharing site Flickr. If you’re not signed up, go do it now. […]
Drinking from the world – cup exhibition
Over a year ago I presented ‘my disposable cup collection’ to a community in Northern Denmark at Vendsyssel Museum of Art. I did it by way of slides and set […]
Yellow, Sun, Winter (painting)
It’s winter. I am currently painting in a land that is winter yellow; Cornwall. It is surrounded by harsh explosive yellow gorse, then shades of yellow daffodils, prissy pale primroses, […]
European Gorse – coconut heaven
European Gorse submitted and accepted by the Eden Project Florilegium, 2009
theirwork in Tornby
The project theirwork travelled to Northern Denmark this Summer to walk and map with a community in the town of Tornby. Over the Winter I am working to visualize and […]
In my herb garden this year: Part two
Carry on imagining the ellipse walked in part one, you got half way round, the chamomile bench was your rest point… you landed on the south side of the curve… […]
The Chamomile bench
In my herb garden you can lie down on a carpet of Chamomile Double Chamomile Chamaemelum nobile ‘Flore Pleno’, Lawn Chamomile Chamaemelum nobile ‘Treneague’, Roman Chamomile Chamaemelum nobile, Dyers Chamomile […]
In my herb garden this year: Part one
Imagine an ellipse, and walk (and smell) roughly clockwise On the steps and windowsills: pots Creeping Penny Royal Mentha pulegium, Thyme Thymus serpyllum v ar albus, Lavender Old English Lavandula […]
Cup collection and action
I just presented my disposable cup collection to a community in Northern Denmark (Jutland) You’ll be able to see it soon Plus, you’ll be able to add your own disposable […]
Botanical assessment criteria
This is how I have to start assessing my botanical illustration – Anne-Marie Evans style – she just gave us (The Eden Project Florilegium Society) a masterclass Botanical veracity Includes […]
The plan: Floral diagrams
I’ve been looking at how I can develop some botanical knowledge outside my botanical illustration classes. Sally Corbet (a biologist and printmaker with a special interest in flowers and pollination) […]