"Yellow Chrysanthemum"

This is more a three day painting. Apart from unscheduled interruptions it is larger and obviously takes more time. I am also experimenting with the brushstrokes with more colour blocking and following form less.

"Buskers on the South Bank"

I was hoping to get out into the spring sunshine and paint but a knee injury has prvented this. I took this picture outside Tate Modern Art Gallery last summer, the River Thames provided the backdrop.

Early Rose

" Camillia"

I " liberated" this flower from a neighbour's garden one of the few blooms left....they last such a short time.

"Three Fruits"

I like painting a still life you can eat later, especially the pear!

"Red Barn with Horse", Sussex 7th April 2007

Yesterday I set out from Brighton, Sussex to paint a picture of the South Downs. I found a beautiful view but unfortunately the farmer refused permission to use his land so, undetered I set up a few feet away on the highway and painted his barn instead! The horse on the right obligingly turned up in the last few minuites. I see from other blogs that red barns are a bit of a cliche' in the USA, I'm not sure that is the case in England, perhaps I 've never noticed them before.

"Daffodils" April 6th 2007

I love the spring and of all flowers daffodils are my favorite. This the third and smallest painting I have done of them in the last week.The vase is very old and belonged to my grandmother. I remembered her fondly as I painted it.

" Lemon Bright" San Pedro, Spain 22nd March 2007

My last day in Spain and my hostess Val and I set up a still life outside on her balcony .....big mistake! We didn't reckon with the wind and this was a mad rush just to get finished and get back insdoors. It forced me to work more boldly than usual and I like this the best of the three paintings I did in Spain.

" At the Beach" San Pedro, Spain 21st March 2007

Today we headed for the beach which was pretty deserted, in a couple of months it will be full of Northern Europeans working on thier tans! The town in the distance is Puerto Banus and the hills are the Sierra Nevada, where we were yesterday.

"In the Campo" ...Andalucia, Spain 20th March 2007

Painting "en pleine aire " usually presents a few challanges from the elements. This time I was unprepared for the strenghth of the sun so early in the year. I ended up tomato red all down my right side! The bright colors reflect my boiled brain. This small river bed in the Sierra Nevada, Spain will be completely arid in a few weeks.