Seasons Greetings!

This is my Singing Tree. It is  for the end of the old year and the start of the new!

Christmas Music!

People and Poetry.

An evening at The Poetry Cafe in London.
Music and words in abundance, often amusing, especially the skull, sometimes thought provoking and beautiful.

Poems on the lights,

Poetry in the air,

Skeleton words!

November, Echoes of People, Places, Music.

These are mixed media paintings and are 'work in progress'. The images are are taken from my summer sketchbooks and ideas. They echo the atmosphere and sounds of summer travels.

People and Places, London Style.

A day in London, visiting Canary Wharf to see the new Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior and the Gerhard Richter exhibition at Tate Modern. Only time for some quick sketches including these two ladies!

Music Practice

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October People and Places.

These are some experimental pictures from October in Greece.
I am looking at ideas for combining images from my sketches and paintings in a more imaginative way.

Not quite sure where they will take me but hoping the journey will be interesting!

Flower Hat!

In general, I like drawing hats but not wearing them. To my surprise I'm happy wearing this hat at folk festivals, but so far haven't tried it out at home. The time may come however when the need for warmth will outweigh concern about appearances!
This hat was bought in Swanage but made in Nepal so has already done some travelling. Perhaps it will become a friend on future journeys inspiring some adventures!

People and Hats.

Hats seem to have become a theme! Perhaps the best hats belong to the most interesting people?
All these people have their own stories and so indeed do the hats.

People again!

These are two drawings of people seen at Chesea Flower show.

People and Music.

Musicians often make vibrant subjects for drawing and I love the challenge of drawing fast and capturing the movement of the player.

Playing the fiddle to make the sun shine!

People gathered together to shelter from the rain and to play music. As he played the sun started to shine.
I don't know if it really was the tune but but the weather brightened and the dancing could begin.

Music Hat!
This old hat used to live in the dressing-up-box in the attic. Who knows what roles it may have had through the years!
Now it is a musician's hat and hears the jigs and the reels and and slow airs of summer festivals.

Welcome to a journey through my sketch books and drawings!