Studio 3, Trewidden Studios, Trewidden Gardens, Buryas Bridge, Penzance, TR20 8TT

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I am opening my studio from Saturday August 29 – 6 September (NOT open on Wednesday 2 September) 11-5 pm. There will be a limit of 2-3 people at a time. We will supply hand sanitizer. Sadly my studio is not disabled friendly but am always happy to bring work to show you.

Look forward to seeing you there! Plenty of car parking and tea rooms are open.

An installation of 50 paintings …. A Meditation in Flowers

Returning to the studio is always a challenge, even more so after the easing of lockdown, a gift of sweet peas, in early June was the start of this new journey. Watercolours/inks have never been my thing, but I watched a live broadcast from the Hay Festival with Jackie Morris, showing her painting a hare from start to finish with washes of watercolours….. it was so meditative, beautifully executed and peaceful, it inspired an investigation with this medium. The other factor of lockdown was my scatter brain, lack of focus and restlessness. My hours’ exercise was a treat to savour for the end of the day, observing the welcome of spring with flowers and birdsong. This new found enthusiasm for the outside led me to also plant seeds in pots for my small patch of decking which is now a flourish of veg and flowers.

These new works are about our external world, the things we take for granted and walk past everyday, I think we have all learnt and now appreciate the small things and how important they are. I am currently sitting on my decking, surrounded by an abundance of green leaves in every size & shape, flowers, colour, vegetables, the scent of honeysuckle & sweet peas wafting on a barmy breeze, bees, butterflies bobbing in and out of flower heads. This is my world now and I am in the now and meditation is all about that process of being in the moment. The 50 paintings are my 50 moments of presence.

These paintings are an antidote to my angst about this crazy year …

There are also many other works available to purchase.