Don’t undersell?

Posted on November 24, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Drawing, Illustration, Life, Market@48, Potbank Hotel, Sketching, Spode, Staffordshire, Stoke, Stoke-on trent, Urban sketching6 Comments

I’m a bad person! I try and sell things at a reasonable price, but then I like being nice to people and I often haggle myself down on prices! It’s like I’m at a car boot not a craft fair. Help! But I can’t employ someone. Got to do it for myself…

I think everyone should have the opportunity to have art if they want it, and forget that people have to make a living out of it. I will not be winning business woman of the year…

While I was stall sitting I did a quick sketch of people around a stall across the way from me. There are some lovely things for sale. On the whole I’m enjoying myself.

Market@48 today

Posted on November 24, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Display, Eleanora street, Life, Market stall, Market@48, Painting, Potbank Hotel, Ready to start, Spode, Staffordshire, Stoke, Stoke-on trentLeave a comment

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Stall set out, three minutes till opening, then we will see what happens. I’ve got more under the table than on it. We are in a hotel, so we’ve got departing guests wandering past. We’ll better go!

Stoke Minster.

Posted on November 23, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Life, Staffordshire, Stained glass, Stoke, Stoke-on trent, Windows, Winter lightLeave a comment

This afternoon, after singing with the curiosity choir, a scratch choir made up of two choirs I’m in and members of the public, I visited a craft fair at Stoke Minster in Stoke, Stoke-on-Trent.

It’s a beautiful victorian church, it’s basically the main church in the city, where funerals of famous city residents have taken place.

This is not a cathedral, but I think it ought to be. If not on religious grounds, then for the respect of the city.

On a dark grey day the windows lightened my mood. So beautiful and poignant.

Having a curry

Posted on November 20, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Burslem, Curry, Food, Staffordshire, Stoke-on trentLeave a comment

It hasn’t arrived yet so I’m just having a tonic water. We came out to sort out a meeting on Friday and because I’m still laid up with a cold I decided not to cook tea and order a curry instead.

I was inspired because my friend sent me a text ‘havin’ a curry, oh yes’ I think I took it as a challenge. I hope its good!

Lunch in the mist

Posted on November 19, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Countryside, Food, Pub, Public house, Red cow, Restaurant, Staffordshire, Stoke-on trent, View, WerringtonLeave a comment

I just wrote a blog post about taking my sister out to lunch at the Red Cow at Werrington, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. But I fell asleep and pressed the wrong button, so the description and information disappeared!

I was trying to say the view from the restaurant is wonderful and the food was great. Hot, tasty, delicious.

The leaves that are remaining on the trees are sparkling with copper, gold and bronze, the fields are still green.

Anyway I’m posting this now because I’ve dozed off again three times already.

Some of my other murals at the Leopard Hotel…

Posted on November 18, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, bBurslem, Emulsion on lining paper, Life, Murals, Paintings, Staffordshire, Stoke-on trent, The Leopard HotelLeave a comment

These are three of my murals in the Leopard Hotel in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent.

The first is a painting of a design by Clarice Cliff called Umbrellas, a painting of a woman who may have been murdered in the back room, and gives rise to the possibility it is haunted, and a portrait of the artist Arthur Berry, together with a painting of his in the background. Arthur was one of my tutors at college.

There are other paintings but I need to take good photos of them. They were painted about 12 years ago.

Today’s craft fair

Posted on November 16, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Craft fair, Life, Painting, Penkhull, Penkhull Village Hall, Selling art, Stoke-on trentLeave a comment

Today I was at a craft fair in Penkhull. It was good to see some friends and I enjoyed the atmosphere. I hadn’t realised that it was Victorian themed, I should have liked to have looked a bit more authentic.

The result was that I managed to cover my costs and made enough to go out and get some new canvases to do some more tiny paintingsthus afternoon.

I was pleased that a couple of Owl paintings and one of a Peacock butterfly sold. Its always good to feel that they are going to good homes. I know sometimes I’m too attached to them, but I can’t help feeling protective of them. I hope I can do it again next year.

This is Woody, the abandoned cat.

Posted on November 16, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Abandoned cat, Cat, Garden, Lost, Love, Needs a home, Semi feral, Staffordshire, Stoke-on trentLeave a comment

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This is Woody, that’s what we’ve christened him. He’s been hanging round our garden for a year, eating food, and he’s gradually settled in our summerhouse. But it’s not ideal. I’d invite him in but my two rescue cats are timid, and I never got them their booster inoculations because they won’t get in the cat carriers. Anyway they are indoor cats so as long as Woody doesn’t come in they are safe.

But (and you knew this was coming, didn’t you?) I feel sorry for Woody and so I got someone to come round and check if he’s microchipped. Turns out he is but the phone number is dead and although we have been told he’s from a few streets away, they won’t tell us where because of Data protection.

No one has put missing posters up so I guess he is abandoned.

He’s a lovely friendly cat but after a year of being semi feral it’s going to be hard to get him rehomed. He doesn’t like being inside (we tried to get him in out of the rain), but I’d love him to be loved and snuggled down somewhere. Maybe on his own with a big garden to roam around, but also more cuddles than we can give.

If you live in Staffordshire maybe get in touch?

Contact!

Posted on November 7, 2019November 7, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Burslem, Emulsion paint, History, long time ago, Murals, Painting, Staffordshire, Stoke-on trent, The Leopard Hotel, The SentinelLeave a comment

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Because I put the post about my art on Facebook the editor of our local paper has contacted me. That was unexpected.

He’s possibly going to write a feature about the paintings. Now is not the time to get nervous (which I sometimes do).

Fingers crossed I can remember what was the meaning behind all the paintings, it’s a long time ago! If they do an article I will let you know.

Painting from the 1980’s

Posted on November 2, 2019November 2, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged 1980's, Art, Design, Life, MP, Oil on canvas, Old painting, Portrait, Staffordshire, Stoke-on trent6 Comments

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I have a few images of my old paintings on slides. I would like to get them transferred onto a digital platform before they deteriorate too much. This painting was actually bought by our old MP, Mark Fisher, and I was really proud to have known him. Unfortunately he passed away a few years ago.

It’s funny how you find things and they bring back old memories. This painting was done of a friend. I deliberately tried to alter the angles of the window to make it more atmospheric. I would like to do more portraits if anyone is interested.

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