Tue Mar 22 10:11:07 GMT 2011  Well what a difference a day makes – well 7 days to be precise – which is technically a week - but that doesn’t roll off the tongue as well. Last week I was up to my eyeballs in muck, mayhem and madness (I dooo love a bit of... |
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Thu Mar 17 09:59:44 GMT 2011  Well I’m open at last – the Eagle has landed. And the owls have landed, the highland cattle paintings, the buzzard photographs, all my cat paintings, Villager Jim’s chicken photographs, his famous... |
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Fri Mar 11 10:04:45 GMT 2011  Staff and volunteers at Crich Tramway Village in Derbyshire are celebrating after being longlisted in the prestigious Guardian Family Friendly Museum Award. More than 100 museums were nominated for this, the biggest museum award in Britain and... |
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Mon Mar 07 12:21:15 GMT 2011  To be, or not to be ........ a decorator, a plumber, an electrician or a wood chopper-er and fixer to walls person? That is the question. The answer is: No - No to any of those alternative professions for me... |
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Mon Feb 28 12:21:59 GMT 2011  Oh my gosh where has this week gone? How did it get to Sunday again so quick and what have I been doing all this time? I have no painting to show for it that’s for sure. The hares from Wardlow, in last weeks teaser, are... |
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Mon Feb 21 11:35:47 GMT 2011  (names and places have been changed to protect the perpetrators of my headache) I am writing this blog on a Sunday morning. I am hungover. Its sooooo not my fault. The weather is awful and complements my banging... |
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Tue Feb 15 09:31:14 GMT 2011  This week’s been a very bizarre one and not very productive in the art department I’m afraid. I’ve had an allergic reaction to the damp paint I’ve been using whilst renovating the new gallery. Basically my cheeks swelled... |
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Thu Feb 10 12:19:57 GMT 2011  The majority of my work is from customers who want a favourite photograph turning into a painting. It helps a great deal if it’s a good photo that I can use directly, without having to guess at any other details. For example I once had... |
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Wed Feb 09 09:28:02 GMT 2011  This week saw the start of renovations to my new gallery at Rowsley . I’ll be moving back there full time at the end of March and can’t wait for more space to move around in. I mentioned before that my current studio is a little... |
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Wed Feb 09 09:09:25 GMT 2011  Just a quickie today - when I started doing these bogs a few weeks ago, I hadn’t realised to what extent a certain member of my family would want to become involved and to what lengths she would go to become the centre of my attention. ... |
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Wed Feb 02 09:33:31 GMT 2011  Well it’s the last week of January and it’s frrrrrreezing. Working in an old stable block in the middle of the Peak District sounds so romantic, I know, but the reality often means I have to wear my thermals, 3 pairs of trousers, 9... |
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Tue Feb 01 11:05:17 GMT 2011  Welcome to my first Blog. Isn’t “Blog” a weird word? Why do they call it that? It makes me think of mud and slop (ohhhhhh that’s bog). Sorry the jokes won’t get better I’d better warn you now. Anyway,... |
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Tue Feb 01 08:58:58 GMT 2011  Well Christmas has come and gone with the usual too much eating, too much drinking, too much sat around trying to make myself relax and not paint. That’s really hard for me I can tell you. I want to paint all the time. I think about it whilst... |
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