coming home...

to a cold grey wet uk was made a lot easier when i got to my studio and found this




containing these




thank you so so much to my lovely workshop painters bee and pauline who sent me my own sunshine
a thank you for the use of my studio one day whilst i was away


guess what i'll be painting tomorrow!!!

lavender fields

last month i visited snowshill lavender fields

once again it was harvest time...
in fact the very last field was being harvested....

luckily the test planting area was still uncut




and there was an added bonus this year


i was looking at the photos and my sketches because i wanted to paint lavender today...

but maybe i want to paint sunflowers...
oh decisions decisions...
i'll go to the studio and see what happens

...or maybe roses...
i am listening to this

i'll take you there

i'll take you there

today has been beautiful, sunny, warm

i have painted sunflowers

thinking of the south of france, of bali and of greek water...so my sunflowers are warm islands floating in cobalt teal seas

cobalt teal is my new favourite colour...