

Winter branches
As the leaves fall, the strong patterns of the branches of the branches become visible. Alex Katz, an American artist born in 1927, and...


Fractals
It's a windy day today, shaking dopwn the last of the leaves. Walking round Lymm Dam, I looked down at the carpet of leaves, and up and...
Andy Goldsworthy
Andy Goldsworthy OBE, Brittish sculptor, photographer, and environmentalist, is on a lifelong quest to create with nature, making...


Painting toadstools
For this picture I used a photograph taken days earlier at Lymm dam, of a clump of toadstools growing on a mossy log, wih fallen oak...


Rugby world cup 2022
The Rugby world cup is in full swing, after a long delay due to Covid. Warrington is hsoting Papua New Guinea, and in tribute to them...


Ukrainian children workshop
Seven children took part in the workshop this morning, working with samples of wallpaper.


Leaves
Nine people met at the Sanctuary hub today, and I demonstrated watercolour painting of leaves to five of them, using paint, crayons and...


Preserving leaves
This stem from my garden is resting in a slolution of two parts water to one part glcerine, in the hope of preerving it. Before the...


Paper collage
I have been practising making collages from wallpaper samples, in preparation for a session with Ukirainian families this Saturday. This...


Autumn crafts
Twenty children came to the Sanctuary cafe today for some half term crafts. While others did printing, made hedgehogs out of fir cones,...