Well I did my last shop shift on March 21 and decided I should self-isolate because of my asthma. The following Thursday the shop was shut for the lockdown. Good news – The Courtyard Studio will open its doors again once it is allowed to be and I and Jo will be back selling our …
I know and have still not found the impetus to post my full catalogue or portfolio of work on this site or anywhere else. As I stock my space at The Purbeck Artisan Yard or my half of The Courtyard Studio I am unable to exhibit the full extent of my range of work. I …
I grabbed the initiative to hand colour some of my pen and ink cards with valentine themes. Generally this was successful and I also took a number of individual commissions for unique original cards. The aspect I enjoyed most about the original cards was the need to draw new subjects linked to the brief from …
Ask other shopkeepers locally who sell similar products and apparently this is one I should be considering. So after a brainstorm I started a new use for some of the pen and ink card designs. Rather than hand coloured cards I could modify the theme of the cards as “Original Valentines” where each design will …
A new calendar year starts and with it some changes in approach planned for getting my art out to people. At the end of January I will celebrate three years since setting myself the label “artist” and will comment on what I have achieved in that time. So,how will 2020 be different? As I have …
Hi readers I know that some people read those posts so a bit of an update about my online presence. I had a reminder about a subscription for a web tool that I bought into to drive e-commerce from this site. However, I haven’t invested the time in it so have decided that if people …
In September I posted “Arty things in the pipeline” . Everything has come to pass. I am now booked to deliver four sessions for Art Workshop in January 2020. The biggest change is that on Saturday November 2nd I got the keys to Unit 7, Tilly Mead, 1-5 Commercial Road, Swanage BH19 1DF. This address …
Purbeck Art Weeks run an opportunity to exhibit art in the cafe at RSPB Arne. I booked a spot 18 months ago and of course then just got on with everything else. This morning a week on from the intended start date (subject to illness) Jenny Hawkes took her exhibition down and I put mine …
Well October is here. I should have hung my first solo exhibition on Sunday and spent the last two mornings at the primary school and out on the seafront sketching. I should have but a chest infection and my asthma have intervened. Nothing is cancelled and hopefully I can report on them very soon. So …