One minute working my socks off at London Olympia, then the minute I start packing up the stand, a pesky bug hits the physical and I am down with this fowl bug that seems to be sweeping everywhere. I end up in bed for the next week trying to recover. Then I end up with the immune system going into melt down and I have, what can only be described as the Bubonic Plague look......not very fashionable at the best of times....However, struggling to keep my composure I am now upright and have avoided the suppine position for a couple of days now, but still unable to speak without a growl.
Some exciting things happening with my art, instead of messing and playing around and making a mess, I have decided to concentrate on my style with colour and looseness and I have gone back to using watercolour. A couple of months ago I managed to get on a course with Jean Haines, whose work I just admire and wish to aspire to. This was the second year I had been on her course, and I didn't quite get it the first year, but it suddenly clicked this time and I was away with my paints and colours. I am so excited about putting my paint brush filled with colour onto a new surface now and really look forward to pushing my barriers even more without holding back the doubts...Jean says enjoy the colour merging, and I do now, instead of worrying about it not working out the way it should, I just let it run and merge...great fun.
I have been offered some exhibition space in January 2011 so I am going to really start building up my style of watercolours ready for the launch. This could be it.........I have hestitantly hung back and just shown pieces of my work at the odd local exhibition, but never felt it was really me and I was just imitating styles and methods, like we all do when we first start, but this has been going on for years with me, knowing that I had the skills but not the inspiration for being totally unique and daring. Jean has shown me a way to express myself with colour and thats a result for me.
Looking forward to this weekend in Leyburn doing loads of walks and taking photos.....also stopping for nosh. A friend of mine is taking the book 'Walks and Tearooms' it sounds too good to be true!
