by catherine | Apr 24, 2016 | equine art, Henley Arts Trail, oil painting
One of the most common questions I’m asked is “how long does it take?” So, I thought I’d quickly run through the process of the creation of a recent piece – “Razzle dazzle”Painting zebras is always a bit of a headache inducer...
by catherine | Feb 2, 2016 | Drawings, oil painting
GrrrrThis is meant to be my quiet time of year, when I can footle about faffing about working online in my warm study, instead of freezing in my draughty studio, spluttering in the temperamental warmth of the log burner.However, fresh back from Africa I had a...
by catherine | Nov 2, 2015 | equine art, oil painting
Russell-Cotes MuseumFinding myself at a loose end over half term I booked myself and the kids into a hotel in Bournemouth for a couple of days. I wouldn’t really recommend the hotel but my main reason for being there was to visit the Russell Cotes house and...
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 | May 22, 2015 | oil painting
What makes an artist ‘talented’?I recently watched this Ted talk by Elizabeth Gilbert, the author of the bestseller ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ It touched a nerve, as I really empathise with her subject, that an artist does not have to be a mentally...
