Dancing penguin
Playing around with images of penguins in knitted scarves and Santa hats, I finally arrived at this one, dancing with a top hat and cane.
A home for all seasons
My brief was to make a picture suitable for a calendar (to be sold at the care home's Christmas fair) which incorporated every season....
Winter tree
Every year I'm astonished by the beauty of trees without their leaves. This one grows beside a road, with no other trees close by, and I...
Christmas cards
Every year the charity Age Connects Morgannwg ask people to send them Christmas cards complete with festive messages, which their...
Christmas trees
I began this card by drawing lightly on watercolour paper with a green oil pastel crayon, and then washing over some new watercolour...
Feeding birds in care homes
I have the design for a 2024 calendar for a care home clear in my mind now. Like many care homes, the one I visit likes to encourage...
Nativity scene
Eleven people met at the Sanctuary hub today, and one enquirer. .While most people made Christmas cards for a local lunch club, some of...
Down by the water's edge
I used a photograph taken at Lymm Dam as reference. The background is washes of blue and crimson watercolour paint, with a little rock...
Pride
I want to include in the care home's calendar cover some of the annual events like Valentine's day and Remembrance Sunday. The home loves...
Intergenerational workshops
This is an extract from Magic Me's November newsletter (Magic Me is an arts charity that brings the generations together) It :describes a...