Something nice and dark today for #samhain #allhallowseve #haloween to me it's the beginning of winter (if there were only 2 seasons) but also a time to reflect, celebrate things passed and look at what we want to take forward... the painting is called 'we reap what we sow' and is based on the ovid poem about Actaeon.

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I have not been able to get into my studio for what seems like ages I think partly because of the clocks going back which seems to mean I am much busier trying to get things done .... so another one for #throwbackthursay a collage from a few years ago

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There is always a little gathering of starlings at this time of year in the village I pass through on the way to work... this was a quick little collage based on starlings on the telephone wires, chattering away to each other 😊

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Another little painting/sketch of Mulfra Quoit 😊

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I am fascinated by drawing in all its forms and purposes, here I was recording at an archaeological restoration project where I also joined in with the dig, peeling back layers of time the experience will stay with me for the rest of my life the quoit at Carwynnen was reinstated after being collapsed for many years...

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There is definitely something about high places and this gorgeous red of the bracken at this time of year... looking back through some landscapes...it is always this time of year or spring that i get really excited about recording its transformation...this is Mulfra Quoit in the far west of Cornwall a very special wild and windswept part of the county ❤

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My #mondaymotivation was the Jackdaws along my journey to work, today 😊

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Badgers on my mind again...I have just read some amazing news, a project called the Gatcomb project which really needs to be shared far and wide discovered the following " one thing we noticed was that the only cows going down with TB were the milkers that were housed 365 days a year and never had any contact with badgers,” these beautiful persecuted creatures and our cows need a solution maybe this is it. Do look it up if you are interested it's very interesting 🖤🦡🖤🦡🖤.

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Abstract landscape with abstract bird! I must admit I like where these are going... I dont know how to describe the buzz I get when i am in my little zone in the studio, just moving things around and seeing what happens... does anyone else get this?

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Looking back to some previous collaging... this one from around 5 years ago.. how time flies!

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A different Starling in my abstract landscape today...

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Studio insights is out now...along with my NEW OCTOBER bird of the month you just need to sign up to receive a link to the FREE pdf download ... so many poems and stories to choose from this time it was a pleasure!

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The end of an era at Trelowarren #Repost @cornwall_crafts • • • • • • Last chance to see our beautiful gallery at Trelowarren. Our final day is this Sunday 27th October 2019 from 11.00 am - 4.00 pm. . . . #trelowarrengallery #trelowarren #cornwallcrafts #cca #cornwallcraftsassociation #lastchancetosee #crafts #art #Cornwall #handmade #pottery #porcelain #glass #jewellery #furniture #mixedmedia #metalwork #wood #millenary #hats #lighting #exhibition

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This little Starling is very busy taking part in all of my virtual collages...

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Abstract landscape and birds ... this was the start of this process, and where I got really excited about the possibilities, the colours have changed with the seasons this one is from the beginning of summer and is a card available from my website (link in profile)

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I wrote a blog post about the eclectic nature of my art practice at the moment ... is it a good or a bad thing...link in my profile...

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Today is the last day to get the Buzzard bird of the month ebook. October will be out tomorrow so if you would like both sign up to studio insights (link in profile)

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So my abstract landscapes look better with a bird 🤣🤣🤣 that's a surprise I am truly inescapable compelled to may work featuring bird and animals...

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And another collage with ink... ravens flying across the daytime moon as I was making this one...

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Collaging experiments 😊 #inthestudio #abstractlandscapes #autumncolours

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I went to do a little sketching and look who joined me... my constant companions Walter and Desmond all grown up now bless them... I didn't stay out long as the wind is quite cold...but managed a few sketches whilst being nibbled by Desmond ❤

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Seed collecting! 😊

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That wonderful time of year when all the winter migrants are gathering in groups as they come to take shelter with us...starlings over the marsh at the @RSPB_love_nature reserve at marazion marsh, one of my favourite places in cornwall. ❤

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And back to birds 😊 in my life the always present jackdaw this one is a best selling card and print on request... called quirky crow

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Its wet and windy but I feel like going out sketching...will i or wont I? 🤣

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I have been revisiting abstraction today as a way of extending creativity and finding new starting points and yielding a few supriding results working with a wonderful group of students @cornwallcollege @artdesigncornwall this is one of my examples working with seasonal courses themes ...

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In honour of the wonderful Tawny Owls on my yard on monday evening... 😊

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More sketchbook work... I like the freedom in the markmaling in this one ... it's a gateway but not obviously so...limiting palette also works well fore and I use it a lot in my teaching because it clarifies things for students

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Although my landscape sketches dont often have birds in them they usually have them passing in the landscape somewhere... I wrote on his one distant buzzard calling... but there were probably many other birds present at sometime 😊

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This is quite a old one! Looking through sketchbooks...from 2004 I remember drawing this one, the effect drawing has on memory fascinates me 😊

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Posting this again tonight the colours are so vibrant here at the moment deep rusty reds of the bracken...

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Both my little girls are home from their adventure now... proud mum full of admiration for their achievement and determination not to give up... ❤🙏💪🏋️‍♀️👊🏊‍♂️🧗‍♂️🏃‍♀️✈🚁🥊🙏❤

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I saw a couple of lapwings passing by today so time to share a little linocut with monoprint 😊 I am going to turn this into a stencil for a border in my house too i think...

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Collecting seeds for planting

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Strength doesn't always look like this... but sometimes lifting heavy things makes you stronger in many ways

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New grass for my fatties! They are not making good use of their grazing so I have decided to strip graze them through this field...

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Its habit damp a murky in lovely cornwall today...thinking about my new project today which will step out of my bird filled comfort zone and try to communicate something of the local landscape...

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Still lots of leaves on the trees in this beautiful little woodland, collecting seeds to grow some native trees with my little Sausage the dog!

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Anyone else always in search of a purpose? I would love to know how other people work with this... I think it is constantly shifting... for me it is always around nature, art and teaching... but looking for new ways to dig deeper into this at the moment...

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#worldmentalhealrhday Nature and bird watching are so good for our mental health ... it takes us put of ourselves. Acrobats of the sky...lapwings, this painting was inspired by my experience of these wonderful birds and poetry, Mary Oliver refers to "starlings in winter" as acrobats and I felt it applied to lapwings as well... there are often flocks around the @rspb_love_nature reserve at hayle estuary...I must ensure I catch up with them again this year...

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#worldmentalhealthday not all the weights we carry are physical... be kind ❤

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I dont share many of my sheep paintings so here is my adorable Kevin sadly no longer with me and always missed... such a gentle and cheerful soul... now available as a card from my website

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The horses where part of a series from 2006... it was a time of change for me... I dont paint horses often now so it must seem like a very different type of work, but the themes of the relationship between humans and animal and their importance in our lives both metaphorically and physically ...remain the same

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Horses signify freedom and travel so this amazing poem which has particular meaning for me seems a good fit with my running horses The journey One day you finally knewwhat you had to do, and began,though the voices around youkept shoutingtheir bad advice --though the whole housebegan to trembleand you felt the old tugat your ankles."Mend my life!"each voice cried.But you didn't stop.You knew what you had to do,though the wind priedwith its stiff fingersat the very foundations,though their melancholywas terrible.It was already lateenough, and a wild night,and the road full of fallenbranches and stones.But little by little,as you left their voice behind,the stars began to burnthrough the sheets of clouds,and there was a new voicewhich you slowlyrecognized as your own,that kept you companyas you strode deeper and deeperinto the world,determined to dothe only thing you could do --determined to savethe only life that you could save. Mary Oliver . . . The painting is available as a greetings card from my website, link in profile

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My girls are still away and out of contact on a very challenging physical adventure. I am sending them messages anyway... What is the best most encouraging thing a parent can say, except for take care! What words of encouragement really made a difference to you?

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#nationalbadgerday today, lots of wonderful pages who share gorgeous badger pictures and information @badgertrust @cornwallbadgerrescue @devoncornwallbadgers @badgerprotectiongroupwdorset @badger_diaries @thewildlifetrusts @cornwallwildlifetrust #stopthecull

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Glorious at @stmichaelsmount today

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#worldpoetryday One of my favourites The owl who comes. Mary Oliver The owl who comes through the dark to sit in the black boughs of the apple tree and stare down the hook of his beak, dead silent, and his eyes, like two moons in the distance, soft and shining under their heavy lashes- like the most beautiful life- is thinking of nothing as he watches and waits to see what might appear, briskly, out of the seamless, deep winter- out of the teeming world below- and if I wish the owl luck, and I do, what am I wishing for that other soft life, climbing through the snow? What we must do, I suppose is to hope the world keeps its balance: what we are to do, however, with our hearts waiting and watching-truly I do not know.

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My gorgeous inspiring, strong, brave girls are off on an adventure out of contact and I miss them! So this is for everyone who encouraged their daughters to be strong, independent, adventurous women who go out and enjoy life...but sit and fret just a lot when they do it ! ❤❤❤

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Be strong, be brave be safe!

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