I find my inspiration in my immediate surroundings, my garden, my home, the fields, hedgerows and copses around me.  I love nature and love to concentrate on the small changes that occur day to day in the world around us.  The expectation of the opening of the amelanchier or the may blossom means that when they happen the joy is even greater.  The certainty with which  almost everything comes back each year is reassuring and serves to remind me that good times will come if I am going through a difficult time.  I have a son with fragile X syndrome which is a genetic fault which results in learning difficulties and extreme anxiety.  The struggles I have had to find a school where he could thrive and find activities he enjoys doing and people who will welcome his contribution have been challenging.

Above:

Bedroom window with morning sun.  Acrylic on canvas, unframed £450 at open studio

Saffron Walden Arts Trust

Open Studios  15th and 16th June 2013

My studio will be open for the weekend between 11am and 6pm as part of the Saffron Walden Arts Trust Open Studios.    Please take a look at some of the work I will be exhibiting.