by catherine | Sep 11, 2015 | Drawings, equine art
Magazine coverI was so honoured to have my image of Ivy Leaping selected as the front cover of ‘Paint’ the magazine for the Society of All Artists. It was published this month, and looks fantastic. Lovely article inside too. It’s a particularly...
by catherine | Aug 25, 2015 | Drawings, equine art, oil painting
Equine ArtSummer is fading, and the kids are about to start back at school, including my youngest in her slightly too big pinafore and pristine white socks. I feel sad to see her go but it does mean I will now have five days a week to work, uninterrupted. Five days!!...
by catherine | Jun 24, 2015 | Drawings, equine art, oil painting
The time has come..I have to replace my old easel. I first picked him up in Florence, part of a job lot being replaced by the Charles H. Cecil Studio where I had been studying. I was setting up a realist summer art school with James Napier, in London, and we bought...
by catherine | Apr 17, 2015 | Drawings, equine art
The inspiration and story of AonbarrThis image I created, in charcoal and wash on paper, has taken me by surprise by its popularity, and many have asked how I come up with the idea for a new work, what sets the ‘spark’ for a fresh series of...
by catherine | Apr 11, 2015 | equine art
Easter in AberdeenshireMy favourite treeI’m up staying with parents in Aberdeenshire at the moment, in wall to wall to blue skies, wondering why we live anywhere else. (Conveniently forgetting the 6 month winter and periods of endless sleet & drizzle!)House...
by catherine | Feb 10, 2015 | equine art, oil painting
How to survive January & FebruarySuch a grim time of year to be an artist, especially if you are tied to the UK by school children or other commitments. Clearly if you aren’t its fantastic as you can sugar off to another, sunnier, continent and...
