Between Two Books, a Creative Journey
Hello again. Hope this post finds you all well. If you know me personally, then you know that I have a deep connection to music. I get a physiological reaction to certain notes and instruments and pretty much treat live music like going to a worship session. My first hero was Stevie Nicks, who I still adore. And then came Florence Welch of Florence + the Machine. I can't explain how much I adore her honesty, her poetry, and her general aesthetic. Also, I am in love with
Teaching Life Drawing at the SPARC Theatre
I'm pleased to announce that I am teaching Life Drawing at the SPARC Theatre in the SPARC Centre in Bishop's Castle. This is a wonderful place to teach with such great lighting control. All materials provided with a live model. I am teaching bi-sessionly, but hope to be teaching more regularly in future. I've also been asked to teach a still life basics in oils course at Mainstone Village Hall for those who wish to learn but are perhaps unnerved by a nude model (really th
Ars Usu Iuvanda - Art Comes Through Effort
Hello and thank you for stopping by! Welcome to my blog. This will by the home of all of my artistic activities. I hope you will join me on my creative journey. I'm currently working on two series of paintings. The first is based in my deep love of female saints. I'm not a religious person by any means, but I've always been drawn to religious iconography. I grew up in northeast Ohio in the USA, in a town with many Italian Catholics. Mary was everywhere; statues stood in
