i love you...

"to the moon and back"
New designs for Valentines

2015

Wake up! It's 2015! 

Wishing you a Happy New Year and every happiness for the year ahead

william morris

 

"Anarchy & Beauty"

at the National Portrait Gallery

William Morris, featuring his designs, ideas and legacy. 

 

The self-portrait of a youthful Morris was quite a surprise and I loved this pencil drawing of Jane Morris by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. 

 

Painting, embroidery, printed textiles, books, ceramics and social reform.  

What a circle of artistic friends and influential present day admirers!

spring in winter

Skye Gyngell's Spring at Somerset House.

Cime de rape with chorizo, mandarin and tarragon.

 

 

remodelista

Visited the New Craftsmen Gallery, a beautiful space dedicated to promoting and supporting British makers.  There was a pop-up market today with Remodelista London



paperwhites

Dark and rainy outside, the promise of spring indoors.  Paperwhite Narcissi flowering on my window sill, releasing a heady perfume.  From dormant bulbs to green shoots and blooms in only 3 weeks   

lucky

I've been painting watercolour animals

Lucky Rabbit is from my new collection "Heads & Tales"

bloomsbury

Virginia Woolf painted by Vanessa Bell

Influential artists, writers & thinkers in the Virginia Woolf exhibition at The National Portrait Gallery

Photographs, letters, paintings and inspiring drawings with washes of colour 

turner

Turner at the Tate 

Most inspiring, particularly the sketchbooks, watercolours and unfinished drawings.


new watercolours

New handmade watercolour designs for Valentines, Christmas & Birthdays.  Above "Catch the stars for you" and "What a Fox"

"I only have eyes for you"

"Wild about You"

"New Year Sprig"

"Polar Bear/One Starry Night"

seven and up

A happy day today with spring almost here... Glorious sunshine, new shoots and happy birthday Sailor!



a tavola

New designs for cooks & lovers of food



"Velvet Peony" print from my Garden Botanic collection

invitation

Parcels of handwritten invitations to Top Drawer.  If you're visiting the show I hope to see you.  Stand E82

living garland

Cuttings for an alpine living garland.  A little sparse at the moment, give it time...