Covid Strikes

 On returning from Australia we both caught Covid and have felt tired ever since. Yesterday was the first time I ventured into the studio.

I was going to open my pop-up gallery on Sunday and had a potential booking. However, I have delayed the start until 14th May to give me more time to set up one of the rooms upstairs which had been used as a bedroom for when all the family came for my birthday weekend.

This week I'm in the local papers (you can also see the photo and story on my Facebook and Instagram posts) advertising my reopening. Luckily the start date is deliberately vague so its still useful to have the publicity.

Observations

 Our recent trip to Sydney was very much about seeing family, so there was not much time to do any art work.

However, apart from two rather hurried sketches, I did also manage one little watercolour which you can view on my latest Facebook and Instagram posts.

We had one leisurely morning and I sat on the terrace of the house we were staying in and made a study of the one opposite. I was intrigued by the use of corrugated iron for the roof which had turned a rather nice rusty red.

No Place Like Home

 We've just been to Sydney for three weeks (hence my lack of blogs) to visit our son , Leo . We had a wonderful time and visited the  national galleries to see  the exciting artwork. This is always very stimulating to me for future ideas.

However, I also enjoyed visiting the home, gallery and studio of the late  Brett Whitely. This had been purchased after his death by the local council as a memorial to his work.

I know I am biased, but I always get a buzz from seeing how other artists live and what inspires them.