Here I am again. Wow I’ve a lot to fill you all in on.

I finished my book! Got it printed and only have a few copies left. I really have to thank Artlinks for giving me the opportunity to accomplish that. I struggled to find a graphic designer that would do it for the money I had allocated, so I did the layout myself. Teaching myself to use the new version of Adobe Illustrator and Indesign. No mean feat to be honest. I do love to be challenged and that it did!

Below is a hint of some new work. Encaustik on board using my homemade boneblack pigment with some madder and bought white. I am starting to use our own bees cappings to make wax. Self sufficiency and as low a carbon footprint as possible. Sustainable art in as eco-friendly manner as possible.

for those of you on Tiktok You will find me as @artistonthebog

I had a very successful during Thomastown Arts festival in early August. My book was greatly received and Quite a lot of paintings, quite a lot of older framed and unframed as well as two reproductions from last years Circus series.

I had a beautiful horse in the Show in the Kilkenny Art Gallery exhibition in the Berkley Gallery and it sold! So pleased to find that complete strangers love my work enough.

Reproductions of these went off to America! I wish I could have gone with them.

A gorgeous commission that was a well received Christmas present

I now working towards my retirement as a tutor in November and I am working on a book on how to paint watercolours. I am also starting to upload more to my Youtube channel. I hope to offer service whereby I will share my daily ramblings along with workshops and information on making your own pigments, inks and so on.

So I will leave you for the moment and get back to reading some of my amazing books that I got for Christmas. After ive put my batik equipment into my car for a workshop tommorrow……I just Finished ‘Finding the Mother Tree’, by Suzanne Simard and I am working my way through We art the ART by Mary Reynolds and on my bedside table is Foster By Claire Keegan. So many more to get to and not enough hours in the day.