Painting and creativity took a back seat...again! Hey ReaderWhen life gets busy... creativity is usually the first thing to slip...Can I ask you a question?When life gets busy...What usually slips to the bottom of your list?I'm guessing it isn't work. It probably isn't the school run, looking after family, paying bills, doing the washing or remembering to buy milk.No...It's probably the thing that deep down helps you have peace, clarity and joy - more than anything else.Your painting. Your...

The one's that end up as scrap... Hey ReaderCan I let you into a little secret….There’s a messy pile of rejects in my studio - probably double those shown in the photo above.Because..Not every painting I create makes the cut.In fact... loads up in the recycling pile.Yep... we all have a stack of “that didn’t work out” paintings too and that’s fine... Because those flowers that actually turn out looking like potatoes - those paintings have an important job too.They're the ones that teach us...

It's time to ring fence and protect your creative time.. Hey ReaderIt’s been a little while, hasn’t it? 💛 Sorry - let me try and explain...My nan had a phrase... please try not to take offence - her phrase was " We've got it all 'arse backwards'" I THINK SHE MEANT LIFE...…work, family, to-do lists, all the everyday things that quietly take over. And somewhere in all of that, creativity slips behind. So, the one thing that I know that protects my mental health, helps me to switch off and...