4th postcard

 

Monday 12. 03. 18 Sent off 4th postcard. Had a very energizing day yesterday at Claire’s. I have 4 small paintings on the go at the moment and hope to finish them this week. Started work on monoprint of Dancing Trees.

More postcards

 

Saturday 03. 03. 18 Sent off the third postcards to Daisy and Poppy.

Snow

 

Thursday 01. 03. 18 We had 30 cm of snow yesterday! This resulted in my flight to London being cancelled and because I couldn’t find an alternative I had to cancel my trip. Tant pis!

Julia’s new house

 

Tuesday 27. 02. 18 This is a painting of Julia’s new house. I had tried to paint it in acrylics but somehow I can’t seem to get on with them I just prefer oils despite the smell!

Back in the studio

 

Monday 26. 02. 18 Posted off second postcard to Poppy and Daisy and then worked on a couple of small paintings. It felt good to be painting again – first time since December!!

Belated presents

 

Thursday 22. 02. 18 Had dinner last night with Dot and John and gave them their Christmas presents – hand coloured monoprint portraits.

Autobiography

Friday 16. o2. 18 This is one of my new projects. I am going to make a visual autobiography for my granddaughters Daisy and Poppy. It will consist of a series of postcards with a current self portrait printed on them but with a face pasted on and a date drawn in the background. On the other side beside the address will be a series of phrases from that period of my life. The face, colour and date will change and I’m planning a series of perhaps 12 to be sent once a week.

Back home

Friday 16. 02. 18 Got back home on Tuesday afternoon after spending Christmas in Toronto. I had a great time and I think that I managed to see everybody! Didn’t do any work at all but thought a lot and have a couple of projects that I want to work on. Today went for a ride around the lake – 16 degrees and sunny – a pleasant contrast to Toronto!

The tree

Thursday 07. 12. 17 It has been a busy week finishing up Christmas presents, looking after Grappa and going to my last French class of the year. The big Christmas tree is now up by the church.

Lights

Sunday 26. 11.17 Coming home from dinner last night at Le Terminus I noticed that the Christmas lights were on in Clermont.