NEWS
Nine Barrow Down
NINE BARROW DOWN Polly Pedantic points out that there are in fact eighteen Bronze Age bowl barrows on Nine Barrow Down, plus a Neolithic long barrow, so it really ought to be called Nineteen Barrow Down…….. Whatever. Mark and I were up there in the desiccated days of...
Happy New Year!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!When is a quote not a quote? The New Year greeting below is attributed to the German poet Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1963) but apparently he never said or wrote those exact words. They seem to have originated from a letter written to his wife Clara on...
Talk for Friends of Weymouth Library, Sat 3rd Dec 2022
The author Norah C James has pretty much been forgotten now, but in 1929 she was front-page news when her first novel, Sleeveless Errand, was banned under the Obscene Publications Act. Norah was my grandfather's first cousin - and I don't know about you, but I think...
An Autumn Afternoon
AN AUTUMN AFTERNOON🍂 🍁 🐿 The “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness” has truly arrived, so to celebrate the delights of October, here is “Autumn Afternoon” 🍂 🍁 🐿 I’ve mixed some earthy, nutty, mushroomy shades of brown to tone with the muted greens and duns of grass...
Hengistbury Head
HENGISTBURY HEADHengistbury Head! The name still evokes the excitement I used to feel when I was young and we went on family holidays to Southbourne ⛱🦀🕶🍦 Never mind the conventional seaside attractions - my favourite place was the flat-topped headland visible along...
Wiltshire Creative Summer Open Exhibition
WILTSHIRE CREATIVE SUMMER OPEN EXHIBITION: 12 JULY - 3 SEPTEMBER 2022I am delighted to have had my mixed media painting, 'Sea Dragon', accepted for this prestigious exhibition! Tuesday 12th July – Saturday 3rd September 2022 Wiltshire Creative Summer Open Exhibition...
Bridport Art Society “Summer of ’22”
BRIDPORT ART SOCIETY "SUMMER OF '22" EXHIBITION 18 JUNE - 10 JULY 2022Delighted to say that my painting, 'Kimmeridge Bay' has been awarded the prize for Best Acrylic in Bridport Art Society's exhibition, 'Summer of 22' The show is on until Sunday 10th July, in the...
Make Music Day – 21st June 2022 at Yeovil Library
MAKE MUSIC DAY 21 JUNE 2022 Yeovil LibraryMake Music Day is an annual celebration of music-making held on 21st June. It started in France in 1981 as Fête de la Musique and has since spread around the world.I’m thrilled to have been invited by Yeovil Library to present...
What is a Mump?
WHAT IS A MUMP? What is a Mump? 🤔 🤒 😬 Until I moved to the West Country I had only associated the word with an unpleasant childhood illness that made your glands swell up so you looked like a ham(p)ster 🐹 Now I know better! In Somerset dialect, a mump is a...
Yeovil Community Art School Graduation Exhibition
YEOVIL COMMUNITY ART SCHOOL GRADUATION EXHIBITION 6th April - 14th May 2022I am pleased and proud to have been part of this wonderful Arts Council-funded programme, with fellow artists Izzie Jobbins, Celia Brokenshire, Sarah Moore, Rhiannon Cross, Natasha Rand,...
"Thank you for bringing so much joy to our members yesterday. This was quite a departure from our ususal talks and obviously much enjoyed"
Parkstone Probus Club
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07896 354616
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The Orchards and Margaret Marsh WI
I share an art studio in Sherborne with my husband Mark, which is open to visitors by arrangement.
We have for sale framed and unframed originals, plus a great selection of cards.