January 2011 I have one or two exciting courses planned with the odd away day meeting up with like minded people drawing and sketching December 2010 2010 was an interesting year with visits to Robin Hoods Bay, Tanzania, Ireland, Poland, Italy and Crete all providing a wealth of inspiration for on-going paintings. My hands are not as agile as they used to be but I am trying to combat the pain and stiffness with knitting madly! 10 Aug 2009 All set for Feva, Knaresborough's Festival of Visual Arts next week. August 15th to 23rd, at the Boathouse, Waterside, Knaresborough. Open 11am - 4pm Weekdays and Saturday, 2pm - 4pm Sunday. Be great to see you there 21 Jan 2009 Grandson Ivo, now seven months old. Not old enough to become a model. 12 Jan 2009 Back from husband Simon's saxophone course at Alston Hall where I enjoyed private study. Looking forward to seeing everyone in the summer at Knuston Hall. 24 October 2008 About to start a printing course on Monday. Looking forward to using a new medium. 6 July 2008 Just returned from painting holiday at L'Age Baston in France. 14 June 2008 Have spent the week admiring my own work but being too scared to find out how it all works. Am gradually coming round to wanting to be able to manipulate things myself. Old dogs find new tricks difficult! 7 June 2008 Today is my birthday and my children created this web site for me. I have never written a blog before, so let's see how it goes...