March

Ostara Greetings and Easter Blessings

Spring Equinox 2024 – is very welcome with some (days) minor improvement in the weather.

The garden is looking well, despite the veg plot being a bit of a soggy mess in need of attention. The rhubarb is well up and there are leaves on the fruit trees and bushes. A little bit of blossom has recently appeared on the plum tree. I am enjoying the view from my studio window.

Despite a very busy month we managed a Dolly Day up to Bempton Cliffs where we caught site of some beautiful nesting seabirds – the Gannets were glorious. And three Puffin sightings too. Miss NancyWhisky was so well behaved she was rewarded with a doggy ice cream

I had a very busy few days labelling, packaging and delivering work for the Print Exhibition at the Ropewalk and the Lincolnshire Artists’ Society exhibition at Doddington Hall. I have had some sales already too.

I had two lovely, productive days in my print workshop working on some collagraphs I had recently prepared.

Textured Landscape – Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter

I also made two long plates, one collagraph and one drypoint with three images on each (!) they were cut to a particular size so the individual images could become easel mounted prints, cards or postcards. It was quite manic in the print workshop undertaking these as the busy drying boards below show!

Boards – One Easel Print, one Postcard and four Cards and A selection of painted cards this month also