Well , its been a while since my last post . without going into things too much , its been a sad difficult and delightful time and I am much stronger than I ever knew . Since I last bogged I have won the David Shepherd Wildlife artist of the year "Wild Places " award  twice more . Three years running is a rather good record I think . :-) I have also been featured in Kent today  , leisure painter and David shepherd wildlife matters magazine . The Competition has even been covered by the wall street journal . Its a great thing to be part of .
Next thing for me ? a studio revamp . The old design isn't working for me and over the years I have changed the way I paint .
This is an exciting time . I have been developing my printmaking skills and can now carve both linocut and woodcuts and I have a new range of greetings cards and postcards out with more to follow . I plan to list everything on my etsy shop in the new year . Links will follow .
 Hope you all had a great christmas and I wish you a happy new year .

My new years resolution ? to get organised and get art done :-)

New thoughts
Good thoughts
quiet and still is my mind
Hush , sit tight , let them breathe ,give them a life of their own .
Eyes open , theres a new world outside the window , came overnight
maybe my eyes are new or the thoughts behind them make it seem that way ,
i like this , i like it a lot .
challenge .
challenge what i do and how i do it , new tools in my closet , new techniques to try , inspiration is lurking , i can feel it smiling in my mind .
shhhhhhhhh , secret smile , enjoy it , let is slowly be ,