Update for October 2009

Thinking of Christmas with the approaching Christmas Art Tour, and trying to find time to paint. So this is very brief. I've got some great students in my watercolour classes. Two of them have received first prize in two local shows - Well done Irene and John!


Back in June, I was featured in the Newcastle Journal in a double page spread entitled 'Home With History Inspires Pam's Art.' This brought lots of extra visitors to the Summer Art Tour.

More recently in the Northumberland Gazette, there was a short article about one of my paintings which was bought by a father to send to his son in New Zealand.

I have now produced some greetings cards, which will be featured on my website very soon. One of the card images is featured below.

July
Preparing for the art tour and a preview was just manic! Amazing how creative one gets when a deadline looms and the ideas buzzing in one's head just have to materialise. Painting non stop really does have its creative advantages but the down side is that one becomes a slob (temporarily of course!) and naturally that is when that unexpected visitor will definitely call and find you out and will leave feeling very smug, not believing for a second that the state of your domestic space is unusual! Anyway, it was all worth while and a number of pieces have sold during the art tour, making space for future work soon to be unleashed because the creative buzz is still bubbling and shouting for release! Sea scapes seem to be my favourite subject at the moment but with landscapes of the Cheviots and Simonside running a close second, especially with brewing storm skies.

June thoughts

it's boring and rainy so I am not inspired to paint, just to eat chocolate. Please send donations dark chocolate preferred 70% cocoa if you don't mind. Lindt is fine.

Many thanks in anticipation, and I'm sure it will inspire me