by Jane | Dec 17, 2020 | news, sketches
From a foray onto Dartmoor to do some outdoor sketching….the first snow, exhilarating but a ferocious wind and freezing on the fingers! Mostly around Hay Tor, the small quarry at the back of Hay Tor, and Bone Hill. Enjoyed the immediacy of the mark making.
by Jane | Oct 6, 2020 | news, sketches
Many images spring from “Underland’, Robert Macfarlane’s latest fascinating book. This one was especially strong for me. He writes about the Sami people and their belief that, ‘the feet of the dead, who must walk upside down, touch the feet of the living who stand...
by Jane | Aug 22, 2020 | illustration, new painting, news
This was a fun picture to do. It’s an image for a set of stories about a tiger and a mouse. Great to work on some illustration, and a welcome change from painting!
by Jane | Aug 6, 2020 | new portrait, news
Thought I’d left portraits behind and this is the first in a very long time! But I needed to do this portrait of a dear friend. Oil on canvas 75 x 40cm.
by Jane | Jul 1, 2020 | new painting, news
This is a unique, personalised oil painting and is a gift for 10-year-old child. So in this picture I celebrate his life by painting details relevant just to him. For instance, I include his birth date and weight, star sign and planet, birth flower, gemstone and...
