silver and gold...

in the evening the shadows on the walls were blue....really really blue
we tried to draw them

then i painted the walls

back home in the forest i have been painting to this

on a milk white horse

she points her toe...bends her knee

more meadows...

can't resist showing you some photos from today's walk

and this is taken from the door to my studio


i think i'm in summerland

corte-real gallery

my first days in portugal were spent visiting Michael, Pedro and Simon at the beautiful Corte-Real gallery

where amazing things hang from the trees


sometimes the art work hangs outside


the garden is full of things to delight


and even the flowers look happy



inside is amazing but sorry no photos
some of my work is available from the gallery now...
and more portuguese work will be on show at the end of this month

from one forest to another...

on friday i arrived in portugal... and now i'm in the beautiful alentejo region famous for it’s cork oak forests

here are some photographs from home...the forest of dean taken last week

and here are some from OBRAS where I am staying now

i am waiting for my paints to arrive...they were lost somewhere in the north...but apparently have been located and will arrive today....

they said that yesterday as well

picnic in a painted orchard

well the studio open day went very well...many thanks to everyone who came...these pictures were taken at the end of the day...i wish i had some of the lovely lovely food, cider and perry

yes... i am wearing an amazing, much admired India Flint dress...this has been making me so happy...and the post about it (well them) is long over due...but will arrive next week, promise

now i have to get back to a soon to be very untidy studio...
painting for the Chelsea Art Fair...
and that is very soon

sally x

dancing in an orchard

Tree of the Sun, Tree of the Moon
Uploaded by sallystafford. - Independent web videos.

i often feel like i am dancing during the process of painting
but i've never seen myself paint before
now i have a video and can see that is exactly what is happening

video is 14 minutes long and shows me painting an orchard....i had a dream about floating above an orchard in the moonlight...that started a whole series of paintings last spring.

this year i have re visited the theme...but this time the recent snow has crept in

i hope you have time to make a cup of tea and enjoy x