After many years of various crafts, working full time and bringing up family, I suddenly discovered acrylic paint. Dabbling and daubing for the first couple of years, and these primary attempts at 'art' sit in my little basement studio, practise improved my method and I developed my own style.
I have always loved being outside in the countryside, and animals are my preferred company over people any day, so I find it easy to lose myself when painting landscapes and can spend 3/4 hours painting in the evening without even realising it. I am definitely not a morning person...my brain does not really 'come on line' until around 4.00pm, my studio is my escape from the busy world around me.
I paint for pleasure, it is very satisfying and relaxing to sit at my easel and make a beautiful picture.
Most of my landscapes are from my own photographs....places I have visited and really enjoyed. My favourite places are near trickling water, full of trees, lots of birdsong, and breezes to wave the branches and grasses about. Occasionally I see pictures of a place I have not yet had the chance to experience first hand and, if it is so lovely I would like to actually be there, it usually ends up on one of my canvasses.
The art portrayed here on my web site are a small sample of all the pieces I have in my studio. They are not overly priced....you will be surprised....I paint because I love it. There is something very calming in having a quiet landscape hung where you can 'lose yourself in it'. I have a painting hung over the dining room table, opposite my place so that during dinner, along with conversation I stare at the scene and can almost feel the breeze and hear the birds. I also have a piece hung opposite the bed, it is the last thing I see before turning out the light.
This is such a noisy, crazy world we live in......hanging gentle scenery on my walls is one way to shut it off whilst I am at home.
I have always loved being outside in the countryside, and animals are my preferred company over people any day, so I find it easy to lose myself when painting landscapes and can spend 3/4 hours painting in the evening without even realising it. I am definitely not a morning person...my brain does not really 'come on line' until around 4.00pm, my studio is my escape from the busy world around me.
I paint for pleasure, it is very satisfying and relaxing to sit at my easel and make a beautiful picture.
Most of my landscapes are from my own photographs....places I have visited and really enjoyed. My favourite places are near trickling water, full of trees, lots of birdsong, and breezes to wave the branches and grasses about. Occasionally I see pictures of a place I have not yet had the chance to experience first hand and, if it is so lovely I would like to actually be there, it usually ends up on one of my canvasses.
The art portrayed here on my web site are a small sample of all the pieces I have in my studio. They are not overly priced....you will be surprised....I paint because I love it. There is something very calming in having a quiet landscape hung where you can 'lose yourself in it'. I have a painting hung over the dining room table, opposite my place so that during dinner, along with conversation I stare at the scene and can almost feel the breeze and hear the birds. I also have a piece hung opposite the bed, it is the last thing I see before turning out the light.
This is such a noisy, crazy world we live in......hanging gentle scenery on my walls is one way to shut it off whilst I am at home.