February - a time of renewal an awakening of the senses that's what I'm telling myself anyway. Where do I fit in this? Well perhaps at...

Welcome to a new style of blog, I hope that you come along with me on my journey of art making and the trials and enjoyment that present...

Do you have times of Fallow? Where creativity and inspiration are hard to come by? For me it seems that this has been a continuous cycle...

Recently I have been thinking about the moments we have in stillness and thoughtful quiet, where the joy of silence is profound. It's not...

Play and exploration in creativity and art play a major role, has anyone ever been thwarted by the feeling of being stuck in a creative...

I came by the word "Holloway" when reading an article recently and the word comes from the Old English language of the Anglo Saxon "hola...

Artists and Creatives - Do you think you are resourceful when it comes to creativity? It's a very broad question and one which can be...

Hope and anticipation are the words for January for me, the hope of the brighter days ahead being full of art, laughter, fun and the...

As winter winds surge across the landscape so does the feeling of turning our backs to the cold, the dark and hunkering down with our...

What does the phrase 'Creative Freedom' evoke in you? I suppose that each and everyone of us has a different response because creativity...

I have just completed the very informative and enjoyable course with Alice Sheridan the 'Time to Shine' course, who also hosts the fab...

Writing here over the last months has been deeply influenced by the situation that we have all been part of and I suppose it's only...

Its taken time to get to this point, a point where time separates and finds its own rhythms. Its taken time during this global crisis to...

I haven't posted for a little while as things have been just well - a bit slow, or the other way of saying it is stagnant with a hint of...

Creative process - what does this mean to you? What's the connection between spontaneous creative process and creative thinking? Is there...

Anticipation or trepidation - which are you? The news is on everyones lips the end of lockdown - well, as we have known it for the last...

A New Year a new beginning! This year like no other has been a turbulent and harrowing year for some and yet for others it has been a...

This month I thought it would be good to look into art and creativity and what it does for our minds and the rest of us for that matter!...

Autumn brings change, change we have all seen so much of for almost a year. We have seen so much of our lives changed out of all...

Its a time of reflection for many at this time of uncertainty and never ending news of this global pandemic. So many have been affected...

Have you ever thought about how your life is now during this pandemic and what it was before? How we have all been forced into some sort...

Four months into the pandemic and we are all getting used to the new normal of being vigilant about hygiene and distancing but what...

Thinking about the relationship of our feelings to our current times, will we all carry some sort of association to the lockdown in the...

I was looking through some of my sketchbooks and came across a piece of writing that I had written several years ago and I thought that...