Another sheep from my little flock, she is 10 years old, a Leicester longwool her name is Spoon! 😊

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Whilst I am not completely vegetarian... the new lambs will stay into their old age... they have more important work to do! I have kept sheep for meat in the past but this time i made a decision before I chose to have them, so that I can encourage their tameness and become freely attached to them ♥️

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And this is lovely Desmond... already shortened to Dezzie. He is the chilled one of the two, super laid back and not so hungry, happy to be stoked and scratched... ♥️🤩♥️

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So... names this is little Walter .. he is quite bold when he wants good first up first to finish his bottle and then not interested in us much...so much personality already 😂❤🤩

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LAMBS day2 Saus is not impressed that the lambs think sheep could be mother!

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More pictures of our new cuties! Boys Names???

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We have two gorgeous new additions to our flock ... both boys will be kept for drawing workshops... suggestions for names ???

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Looking back at crows... a cough this time seen at lizard point ...

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How lovely look who came to visit!

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Looking forward to spending sometime drawing again today with a focus on the crow family and maybe a few more of my girls for my strong women project...

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This one from a couple of days ago @bethanysrobinson with a similar 30kg d-ball hold, determination and perseverance the way the weight shifts her stance, I will do this one again in ink ... . . . . . . . #exceedyourself #crossfit #crossfituk #sports #gymnastics #athlete #weightlifting #girlswholift #fitnessgirls #instadaily #cornwall #bootygains #thickthighs #influencer #ad #collaborate #health #mentalhealth #fitness #olympicweightlifting #girlgains #womenthatliftt #elliegregor #drawingsofstronggirls #drawingstrength #dballhold #strongwomen #positivebodyimage

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I think this is my favourite drawing so far from today, I love the shapes the girls make with their bodies to assist them in lifting heavy weights repeatedly, this is @elliegregor throwing a 30kg d-ball over her shoulder again and again and again. I see this determination taken into all aspects of their lives ... crossfit, weightlifting and sport generally all good, many positives.... . —⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ #exceedyourself #crossfit #crossfituk #sports #gymnastics #athlete #weightlifting #girlswholift #fitnessgirls #instadaily #cornwall #bootygains #thickthighs #influencer #ad #collaborate #health #mentalhealth #fitness #olympicweightlifting #girlgains #womenthatliftt #elliegregor #drawingsofstronggirls #drawingstrength

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Sketching inspired by catching a little of the @dead_mans_chest19 #crossfit comp at the weekend fantastic to see lots of strong women (and men) some of these taken from previous comps all my strong girls @bethanysrobinson and @elliegregor ♥️♥️♥️

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My newest Raven plate on a ball of lace, inspired by the Ravens who occasionally visit and often pass by ...

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Oh and this was me when asked what other than art I do...'talk to my sheep"🤣😂🤣 that was all I could think of! @wb_cornwall

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A great day today at @wb_cornwall today wonderfully scribed by @keithsparrow2

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I had a great morning with @up_cornwall at @nttrelissick yesterday and called into the lovely @cornwall_crafts gallery always feels good to see my work hanging there such a lovely gallery.

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More details of ExLibris #Repost @nsanewlyn • • • • • • The Newlyn Society of Artists spring exhibition The proposal for Ex Libris invited submissions which consider a personal and contemporary view of the relationship between the written word and the image. If you’re in Cornwall come and see how our members responded. Opening times and details of events above. @nsanewlyn #exlibris @tremenheeresculpturegardens #contemporaryart #artandtext #contemporaryartcornwall #artinpenzance #thingstodoincornwall #galleriesincornwall #nsanewlyn

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Staying with painting today Jackdaws seem ever present no matter where I am, this one is in acrylic..

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Very happy to have this painting 'Actaeon' selected for the @nsanewlyn exhibition at @tremenheeresculpturegardens exhibition entitled ExLibris. The exhibition begins with a preview on the 6th and runs until 21st April.. . . . . . . .. #actaeon #ovid #talesofovid #tedhughes #poetry #narrative #painting #exlibris #tremenheeresculpturegardens #contemporaryart #artandtext #contemporaryartcornwall #artinpenzance #thingstodoincornwall #galleriesincornwall

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Sketch of @bethanysrobinson competing in a #crossfit competition . . . . . #exceedyourself #crossfituk #sports #athlete #weightlifting #girlswholift #fitnessgirls #instadaily #cornwall #bootygains #thickthighs #collaborate #health #mentalhealth #fitness #olympicweightlifting #girlgains #womenthatlift #bethanysrobinson

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A little bit of sketching my #crossfit daughters @elliegregor competing last year . . . #crossfit #crossfituk #sports #athlete #weightlifting #girlswholift #fitnessgirls #instadaily #cornwall #bootygains #thickthighs #strongnotskinny #olympiclifting #inspiration #determination #health #mentalhealth #fitness #selfcare #olympicweightlifting #girlgains #womenthatlift #exceedyourself #elliegregor

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♥️♥️♥️ For all the strong mum's... may we know them, may we be them, may we raise them. I look back through my personal history and see a tower of strong women supporting each other to the beginning of time, I look forward and I see the strongest so far in my daughter's @bethanysrobinson ,& @elliegregor ♥️♥️♥️

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I submitted some work to ExLibris @nsanewlyn for which I made this painting and another as a diptych, but decide it's pair was not really completed so it didn't go I took some printmaking completed last week responding to the same narrative in its place...

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Saw my first bluebell today 💙💚💙 . . . Bluebell cast from a few years ago . I love this time of year 💙💚💙

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Lapwings and Hare.. The lapwing's call heralded of the start of Spring and many Easter customs are linked to it. Most birds eggs were eaten at Easter but the lapwing suffered most being a ground nesting bird, it became a vast commercial market, Queen Victoria favoured her plover eggs cooked in aspic. Within 20 years they had stripped the whole of the south of England as far as Lincolnshire. Nearing extinction in 1926 the introduction of the Lapwing Act officially stopped this practice although farming practices and habitat loss still drastically threaten them still. The Easter bunny was originally a Hare but it was so steeped in Pagan folklore that it was deemed 'unfitting' for Christian purposes. Hares, hide from predators by making a shallow indentation in the soil known as a form. Lapwings classically inhabit the same territories as hares and make a scrape of a nest on the ground. Lapwings were know to use a hare's form as a nest and so eggs where often found in a form and occasionally assumed to have been laid by the Hare

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Another March Hare ... this time in print a linocut with monoprint combination.

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As we approach easter i like to look up stories about where traditions come from ... so here is a thought about the hare. The Hare and the Lapwing The Easter bunny was originally a Hare but it was so steeped in Pagan folklore that it was deemed 'unfitting' for Christian purposes. Hares, hide from predators by making a shallow indentation in the soil known as a form. Lapwings classically inhabit the same territories as hares and make a scrape of a nest on the ground. Lapwings were know to use a hare's form as a nest and so eggs where often found in a form and occasionally assumed to have been laid by the Hare. . This small Hare original painting along with a few others on paper are over in my shop... there is also a 20% off if you use the code MADMARCH until the 31st March 😊

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A little more pattern... this time with a March hare... . . . This one can be found as a card in my shop and if you use code MADMARCH you will receive 20% OFF until 31st ... . . . . .

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Ravens... monoprint and linocut

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Painting again but because I have been away from it for a while it's all a bit laboured! 😣

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TBT I painted this a long time ago, it began my use of pattern which I feel compelled to use still... I feel it kind of stands in for represents contemporary society or the Anthropocene... ???

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Striding into the last week of March... lots of Jackdaws around today calling and generally doing their thing...they always seem up beat and chatty, sociable and busy with the things that Jackdaws do, I often wonder what they talk about...

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I love making zines, I like the immediacy and the way it generates ideas ... someone mentioned that these would be a good idea ... so i thought i woukd have a go, mind, body, home and car care as part of general self care and mental health awareness ...

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A proof for another raven today ... inspired by the Ted Hughes poem "the risen"

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Another little experimental print starlings being enveloped by pattern...

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Feeling grateful for the blue sky and the crow who wished me good morning as he flew by just now.... have a fabulous Friday!

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The Magpies nesting in my garden now seem to be eating everything I put out for them not sure if they have young yet but the are certainly hungry...

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A single oystercatcher and a big yellow sun... for the equinox more light than dark now... woohoo!

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Sketching ideas for a some paintings I have been thinking about for a while...

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TOP or BOTTOM???? . . .

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It's been very grey here in cornwall so I hope to bring a little brightness with this over-printed starling. . . . . . #wip #illustration #contemporaryprintmaking #humananimalrelationship #ukprintmakers #get_imprinted #contemporaryprintmaking #printmakingtoday #creativeinspiration #happyaccident #patterndesign #patternmaking #repeatpattern #printandpattern #sketchbook #inthestudio #collageart #creativityandplay #camoflage

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Whilst reading about Bran and Branwen in the mabinogion I remembered that Branwen trained a sterling to help her ...

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For a slightly differnt, a more real world observation of Crows this poem by Mary Oliver is also one of my favourites... Crows From a single grain they have multiplied. When you look in the eyes of one you have seen them all. At the edges of highways they pick at limp things. They are anything but refined. Or they fly out over the corn like pellets of black fire, like overlords. (Crow is crow, you say. What else is there to say? Drive down any road, take a train or an airplane across the world, leave your old life behind, die and be born again— wherever you arrive they’ll be there first, glossy and rowdy and indistinguishable. The deep muscle of the world

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Lapwings ... peewits mesmerising in flight 💙💙💙

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Gool Peran Lowen! Happy St Piran’s Day! "The heathen Irish tied him to a mill-stone, rolled it over the edge of a cliff into a stormy sea, which immediately became calm, and the saint floated safely over the water to land upon the sandy beach of Perranzabuloe in Cornwall. His first disciples are said to have been a badger, a fox and a bear" "He landed in Cornwall, and there established himself as a hermit. His sanctity and his austerity won for him the veneration of all around, and the gift of miracles, with which he was favoured, brought many to seek his charitable aid. He was joined at Perranzabuloe by many of his Christian converts and together they founded the Abbey of Lanpiran, with Piran as abbot. St Piran 'rediscovered' tin-smelting (tin had been smelted in Cornwall since before the Romans' arrival, but the methods had since been lost) when his black hearthstone, which was evidently a slab of tin-bearing ore, had the tin smelt out of it and rise to the top in the form of a white cross, thus the image on the flag"

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A preview of a little starling monoprint - linocut combination this one trundle over to Trelowarren gallery for the @cornwall_crafts Spring Exhibition which will open on the 9th March. Very excited to be exhibition here for the first time !

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Some days are just a bit like this! All is well...today but I have felt like this many times. I am working on ideas for some paintings but this from a short narrative that I created when doing my MA is really the starting point..together with Mental Health awareness and self care.

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Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus” “Happy St. David’s Day” My interest in St david began with the dove on his shoulder… maybe not surprisingly The most famous miracle associated with St David took place when he was preaching to a large crowd in Llanddewi Brefi. When people complained that they could not hear him, the ground on which he stood rose up to form a hill. A white dove settled on his shoulder. Legend states he was the son of Sant, King of Ceredigion and a nun called Nonnita. He was born more than 15 centuries ago on the Pembrokeshire cliffs during a ‘fierce storm’. He became a monk at a young age and founded a monastery where St David's Bishop's Palace and the Cathedral are now built. He was made an archbishop later in life and died on March 1, 589 AD when he was 100 years old.. His final words to the community of monks were: "Brothers be ye constant. The yokewhich with single mind ye have taken, bear ye to the end; and whatsoever ye have seen with me and heard, keep and fulfil." . .#anthrozoology #stdavidsday

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"Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus” “Happy St. David’s Day” . .today I will mostly be printmaking @cornwallcollege Repost @baartdesigncornwall • • • • • • Looking forward to the first of our taster days today...on St David's day ! #baartdesigncornwall

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