My Book, the Garden Guardians won a prestigious prize at the Horticultural Media Association’s night of nights. This is the 4th Edition of the book…all rewritten and freshly spruced up with new images. Not that the creatures in it changed, but I did have to add some of the bigger ones… like fruit [...]
Continue Reading →Did you know that “The Impressionists” was originally coined as a derogatory term for the new wave of artists that jolted the Parisian art world into a new era? I learned this and many, many, many other things on my tour of the Musee D’Orsay in Paris just a few weeks ago…sigh….
Inspired up to [...]
Continue Reading →Giverny…Giverny…Giverny…
I will be dreaming of this small town and Monet’s Garden for the rest of my days. Ooh la lah.
It rained, it was crowded. I didn’t care. Nothing could marr the beauty and atmosphere of this whimsical place. My heart is singing for it right now ( that’s the trill tra-la-la-la [...]
Continue Reading →It’s been a whirlwind of flowers and ladybirds for the last 2 weeks. The Melbourne Flower and Garden Show was so much fun. Angus built me a table complete with ladybird spots and I held court basically, painting and drawing the whole time. I LOVED talking to people about their own creative endeavours and encouraging [...]
Continue Reading →I officially started my career as an Fine Artist nearly 10 years ago. It took a lot of outside validation and wandering about to get me fully prepped to take the leap. When I look back, it seems the years leading up to ‘The Leap’, were all in preparation, leading me to that one little [...]
Continue Reading →Yesterday afternoon I went on an expedition for ladybirds again! (btw: ladybugs, ladybeetles are the same thing!). My safari turned up the elusive ladies at the very last second…and I have spent today arranging my flowers in the studio and coaxing the ladies to march in single file. okay! okay! I didn’t have anything to [...]
Continue Reading →Yay and Yay! One of My calendars is featured in Holly Becker’s 2011 calendar wrap up
for her hugely popular Decor8 blog.
I am totally excited! It’s a big honor as she received squillions of submissions and the calendars selected are AMAZING! Ooooh! I’m all star struck!
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