I look at life from both sides now ....from inside out and still somehow its lifes illusions I recall.... but still I dont know life at all.....

All work above is work in progress
ink pastel and acrylic on paper


kirsten dunst in sophia coppolas film as the young marie -antoinette on her way to meet her future husband

I like these irreverent lively drawings they make me smile :)
ink on paper

.......looking at both sides (of my drawings) as always.......... why is the wrong side always preferable ????

I enjoyed watching sophia coppolas film marie antoinette last night , it is very shallow but so beautiful....that blue inside her coach (sigh)
watch annie leibovitz on the set of the film photograph kirsten dunst for Vogue magazine.

I am so glad to be back at life drawing classes , had fun making lots of quite quick and not careful drawings :)
I am enjoying spinning around on my bike.
I actually saw with my own eyes a hare this week , I was thrilled and feel it necessary to place one soon in a drawing.

the lovely camilla engman is collaborating with ana ventura and it was good to see anas lovely blog and links.

a blue bird too,I'm sending you. to bring you every Happiness

(for pat)
ink watercolour pastel and marker on waxed paper
feb

studio

no words at the moment :)

Thank You Cendrine Rovini ✿✿✿✿✿✿✿

I have been in communication now for over one year with Cendrine an artist who I am proud to call my friend.
We found each others work through flickr and just through commenting have built up a super and supportive relationship.

We have made two collaborations of a shared drawing series entitled drawings from our hearts.

Cendrine has had many sucessful shows and publications.

She works with other artists aswell.
Mostly she works towards the investigation of what she calls ANIMA MUNDI.
By looking at her huge body of work you can work out what she means by anima mundi.

I have wanted to make a little homage to cendrine for a long time now and as you all are so aware ...there is never enough time

So here it IS ✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿
featuring some images that I particularly like.
Cendrine is an important artist .
She looks very deeply into the connection of animal,spirit and the earth.

Thank you Cendrine for all you have inspired in me :)

its definately coming ,definately ❁❁❁

there is a bird in her heart
pencil *ink* watercolour* marker* and acrylic on tissue paper
feb 2011



I had a lovely morning a few fields back just pottering and walking with the dogs and my beloved today.
I felt I had stepped back in time as I wandered around a collapsed old homestead , nature reclaims with such force , that there is not much evidence left of what was once a home.
It is both sunny and misty ,birds singing quite enthusiastically .
I am glad of many things , there is always light.......in the darkness ...always.

I have mentioned this magical blog before and I have to again , it offers me so much from his beautiful writing to his wide areas of interest , he (the gentle author) is like a bird.
I strongly recomend that you take a spin with him , you never ever can guess where he will go next !
generations of wallpapers in a 17th century spitalfields house
used clothes dealers
mark petty a wonderful local character

you can never hold back spring and being generally mesmerised ❁❁❁❁❁❁❁❁

temperance
ink on paper
jan-feb 2011

so its february all ready !
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I am in love all over again with mary poppins , everything about her makes sense to me :)
The film is giving me loads of ideas.
The bird woman in the film mary poppins is a character that I am especially mesmerised with at the moment.
Look at her in this film clip.

feed the birds

I saw a hare on monday , it was nearly white because of the recent adverse weather ......have we all turned white too ??

I am amazed that it is february, although it still is definately wintertime here and I am still enjoying hibernation (with occasional forrays for food and light)
The group show finishes this saturday at 3pm if anyone reading this still has time to go , but I understand if you cannot .
I have been enjoying looking into new corners for my work in progress ....so far I am not sure where it is going .....but I trust it
I hope that all are well out there .
* enjoy
* love
* smile
* make amazing work
* and most importantly

ALWAYS BELIEVE

tom waits singing
you can never hold back spring
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a loverly day ❁ lovely day ❁❁❁ lovely day ❁❁❁❁..a lovely day :)

margot dreaming of the moon
new new new work in progress❁❁❁❁❁❁❁❁❁❁❁❁







was SO good to have a little trip with my dear friend shelly yesterday ....our sole purpose being me taking her to the divine meet you here cafe run in the unlikely location of ballaghadereen.
well not only did the cafe give us plenty of renewed energy but so did the little town (we had such fun for a few hours)
I love nothing more than to wander aimlessly , it always frees up my mind and then I get really clear connections pinging in that I have to hurriedly write down.
I wish everyone a busy and enjoyable week :)

intelligent clashing
the amazing miss julia pott

some random out takes that just seem to express how I am feeling

film still
this is not the end only the begining
4:26mins looped digital video film
part of a song for edith
november
my beech trees
older brighter work
watercolour on old book
some older work that I still love :)
watercolour on glass

I was drawing today.......
........so were two of my girls ♡♡
I just had too, it was the full moon and it cant be avoided on a full moon.
I always feel happier when I am drawing .

songs and questions opening

yvonne woods susan montgomery and moi !
rachel agnew missing unfortunately at time of photo



all work above is part of my work called a song for edith


well its open now and thank you to my family and friends who were able to make it , you are the best :)
It was lovely to meet the other artists and I can imagine us working together one day.
My photographs came out very dark :( and that is why I have not posted any of yvonne,susan and rachels work until I get some better ones (which I will soon soon)
The gallery is run to a very professional standard by sean ,rob and sarah (thanks guys)and it was a real pleasure to work with them.

The show is on until febuary 4th and you can find out all the opening times etc here.

searching for light and finding it

the series britain in pictures was published in 1941 and was done to boost morale and ensure certain aspects of life were preserved, read here for more information ...I love the design and colours of them and the information within is so interestingly presented.I have a few more but on saturday was delighted to add the music halls and fair book and english women by edith sitwell.

dear tom thumb from the book below

notice my favourite new broach that I got in Dublin last week in a lovely vintage shop called om diva ,it is enamelled metal and I LOVE swallows

with the girls back at school now and the market over for a while I feel it maybe soon time enough to make some new work.
I am of course looking forward to the opening of my part in the group show songs and questions tonight but I am really feeling the need to go into my work in some other way ....deeper , simpler ,not sure yet but it has led me to where I am now and now I feel I want to go on .
I search endlessly for clues and I see them in my imediate vicinity , last week the beautiful rainbow, my magical day on my own in Dublin where I added to my book collection and visited the suberb douglas hyde gallery to catch the last day of the jockum nordström show.
I am cycling again as the roads thaw and the energy this stirs up of good feelings is a song to me .
I want to thank again all of you who have encouraged my work and let you know that when I feel directionless I can always remember that you are there.in my everyday life , my virtual life and in my imagined life which to me have always been one in the same ;)

oh by the way ....
so so glad that dear ritva is blogging again
such beauty within her blog lumetta

songs and questions .....

I am delighted to be in this group show which opens next week :)
more details here

hand made presents.proseco.cake.friends.walking.poems.hugs.love.pancakes.more love.....................(my birthday was today and I am smiling)

some of my presents :)
me THIS MORNING lying atop of the heather up on our local mountain in the sun :)
I have been totally spoilt the last two days ! it was my birthday today but yesterday was the start of it lots of lovely memories of friends and family and their love for me.
I am truelly blessed , what a lovely start to the new year !

we are always at the
begining of things
in the fragile moments
that holds the power
of life.
we are always at the
morning of the world

francois cheng
extract from Heartland

thank you Pat for transcribing these lovely words into my birthday card..... which I share now on my blog xx

Do you like markets as much as me ?
well , you may enjoy this funny (to me) 1950's film about the london markets narrated by the iconic Sid James.