I was brought up on a farm, called Groves, in Peasmarsh. There was a well under the kitchen floor. The roof was thatched, and alive with bats at night. It was a poultry farm, given to my father by his parents, who were Irish emigres. The house was Elizabethan, with uneven latticed panes much thicker [...]
Spent the morning working on the paintings, and the afternoon working on the mosaic for the SLBI. Both tasks have their challenges. At the moment I am feeling frustrated by the limitations of my smalti palette. For those who haven’t come across it, smalti is beautiful, intensely coloured hand made glass. Most of it comes [...]
Have been working on a mosaic for South London Botanical Institute in Tulse Hill. The SLBI is wonderful, and undeservedly little known. It was set up a hundred years ago, by Allan Octavian Hume — a keen botanist, who wanted to make the study of plants accessible not only to the rich, but also to [...]