Monday, February 3, 2014

Dr Johnson's House

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So, here it is at last: As seems to be my habit, it has rather a long-winded title: Dr Johnson, his House in Gough Square and his Cat...
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Friday, January 17, 2014

Onward and upward ...

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First of all, a belated Happy New Year to everyone!   I see by my last post that it is exactly a month since I last blogged. Suffice it...
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Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Bit of a catch up ....

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Time flies especially fast in December. And my cards and prints have been flying off my online shop shelves to exotic sounding locations ...
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Sunday, November 3, 2013

Flowers at the Cemetery

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Entrance to the municipal cemetery This is, as you can see from the heading, not a post about my work rather than a pictorial report of...
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Sunday, October 27, 2013

The House of Dr Johnson

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Dr Johnson's House was one of the first writers' houses I ever visited. A long time ago. But I've managed to revive my memories...
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Thursday, October 17, 2013

A new beginning

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Well, that was a break and a half. I really didn't mean to go wandering off like that but after two false starts that ended up in th...
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Thursday, September 5, 2013

Portrait of a Jilted Lady

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Here is my latest and most detailed collage portrait to date. It's a photo taken by me at home so is a little bit paler than I would li...
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Monday, September 2, 2013

Autumn Days ...

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Golly, where does the time go? Look, we're in September already and it's ages since I posted a thing.   Firstly, last week...
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Monday, August 19, 2013

Sold and Scanned

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I have been busy since I last checked in here. I promised to put up a decent image of my latest Jane Austen collage, so here it is: J...
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Saturday, August 10, 2013

Some Imaginary Portraits

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In between houses I like to loosen up with an imaginary portrait or two. All are related, however distantly, to the houses and generally su...
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Monday, August 5, 2013

Steventon Church

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Here it is, finished at last:  Jane and Cassandra Austen Walking to Steventon Church, Christmas Morning    And, as you see...
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Monday, July 22, 2013

Snow in July ...

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Just taking a break here in blogland from the depths of winter:   I've got a bit muddled with my trays of sorted clippings and a...
Saturday, July 13, 2013

Jane and Cassandra relocate to the US

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Sold this week, one of my most popular (card-wise) original collages:   Now parcelled up and ready to fly to a new home in Philadelp...
Monday, July 8, 2013

Wilder Weather in Haworth

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I took this new take on Haworth Parsonage (yeah, I know, I have a bit of an obsession with some buildings) to the printer for scanning befo...
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Tuesday, July 2, 2013

In the Studio

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Started a new collage ... it as it this sort of stage which looks very unpromising, I know. Lots of scribblings and prompts in my noteb...
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Sunday, June 23, 2013

Mrs Gaskell's earthly paradise

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I have just put the finishing touches to my latest literary collage and here's a snap of it:   A bit dark, I know, but I can...
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Homes & Antiques!

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Page 14 of the July issue (out now) of   are my houses:     here, have a closer look!...     Chuffed!
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Friday, June 7, 2013

Sheep on my table

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A flock of unruly sheep and lambs are taking over the chaos of my worktable...    After publishing that photo a while back of some ba...
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Monday, May 27, 2013

Sold yesterday ...

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... my Pot of Basil picture: I will miss her, but she is off to a good home in the US.
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Sunday, May 26, 2013

Mrs Gaskell at home

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So I have been ruminating on another northern writer and jotting down some flotsam and jetsom in my sketchbook which may or may not have an...