The cold beading of rain on your skin, the sound of the wind as it cuts across the surface, the scattering of sand that sticks to your boots. These are the things I will spend a lifetime trying to capture in the paint. It’s alive & imperfec
‘I lay awake, the glow from the summer night sky cutting through the darkness from behind the bedroom curtain. I get up and go downstairs, quietly in the soft hours of tomorrow. I watch the sky from the kitchen window, a myriad of velvet blues
‘So simply to look on anything, such as a mountain, with the love that penetrates to its essence, is to widen the domain of being in the vastness of non-being. Man has no other reason for his existence.’ Nan Shepherd Some fabric experime
‘The usual questions are asked, we laugh and understanding looks are shared. But then, expectedly, the conversation moves on, and instead of sailing along with it, part of me has been left behind, stranded, still there in that moment. My mind j
I’m currently taking some time out after a busy couple of weeks on the lovely Isle of Skye to reflect and celebrate. Early morning wanders are my favourite time of the day, and I even managed to sneak in some sketchbook painting yesterday mor
‘To apprehend things, walking on a hill, seeing the light change, being aware, using the whole of one’s body to instruct the spirit – yes, that is a secret life one has and knows others have. But to be able to share it, and thro&rsq
‘I was stuck somewhere between the sky and the shore, in a place of constant change, and deep heartfelt emotion. It was devastating and beautiful, all at the same time.’ I’ve recently done a little Spring review, and will be updat
✨ Exciting Workshop Announcement ✨ We’ve added a last minute single day Creative X Wellness workshop event to the calendar and I could not be more excited to share this with you 🤍 Held at the beautiful @anotherplacehotels in their gorgeous
Sometimes sketchbook pages are pretty, sometimes I just need to get something out of my system. During golden hour on the beach, hands absolutely freezing cold as per whenever I paint outside. Being by water is so calming to me, now more than ever,