ebb and flow

sometimes life takes unexpected turns and twists

new paths
new adventures
sometimes it feels more like a river
it ebbs and flows


i have moved from my beloved forest home

moved back to live beside a river i love

its not far away but very different


there is a huge sky ...and soft colours



and as for my home




beautiful isn't it? not all mine :)
i have a huge light filled flat


its doesn't quite feel like home yet

maybe i'm lucky enough to have more than one home

yellow ribbons

here in the forest yellow ribbons appeared on trees...all sorts of different trees

not actually officially part of the hoof campaign to save the forest from the effect of proposed legislation
but it became a wide spread symbol of peoples discontent and protest



here is a painting i painted at the time its one of three and part of my 'summerland' solo show (more paintings here)

yellow ribbon 72x24 inches
mixed media on canvas

the yellow ribbons became the wood pigeons i see so often...flocks of them eating the acorns in the winter months

all but a very few of the ribbons were removed on febuary 19th at a victory day celebrating a temporary reprieve

but these are still here



attached to one of the roadside memorials of which sadly there are more


i see it most days...it makes me think

any guesses as to where i was?

this is the most photographed statue

did you know?
....its the amazing vigeland park in oslo, norway
work of one man gustav vigeland...
all 758 figures were modelled in full size by him...no assistants...no students...
just him

showing what it is to be human...


a place i have wanted to see for many many years
and finally went with my lovely daughter


there were also my favourite trees

...lots of places to sit outside in the snow and relax!!


and of course ....shops!

more of the same...

thank you so much for the lovely comments and emails about the golden meadow paintings. the autumn continues to glow...and the paint is flowing. here are a couple more of the latest pieces.

Birch and Bracken 100x100 cms


Wild Grasses 100x100 cms

...and sometimes there is a detail in a painting that i wish i could cut out and keep (and sometimes i do just that ...but not with this one!)


detail from Wild Grasses