Ukulele's and piano's......are a new discovery for me, and i'm glad i found them. Since moving to my new house, music has taken on a whole new meaning. I thought I loved music before but now I do on a completely new way. Not just listening, but playing... and feeling the sounds vibrate through the air like I've never heard them before. The piano and ukulele absorb time like sponges, they're addictive!

Here's some new music! The lovely Sophie Madeleine and her ukulele...

Autumn and winter are drawing close,
So wrap up tight and warm as toast..
And snuggle up indoors, that's where
you can hug a polar-bear....

Grant Bradley Gallery

***Newsflash!***

A spontaneous exhibition has sprung up in The Grant Bradley Gallery (South Bristol)! Me plus Lauren Tobia had the weekend to prepare the exhibition after the previous illustrator had to pull out, and it's all come together rather nicely! Exhibition on for the whole month of November.
So get down to the gallery and check out the original artwork, limited edition prints, books and cards! Including some hot-off-the-drawingboard sketches of my musical bears and penguins, which may or may not have been inspired by my magical musical house..banjo's, guitars and ukelele's..

'Dancing' by Lauren Tobia

Adventures

My adventures in Hong Kong are but a dream now! Of tall tall buildings, delicious food and friendly people. Tropical paradise islands, sea as warm as a bath, giant spiders... beautiful butterflies and birds! Hot hot hoooot sunshine, and so many markets full of wonderful things from antique lanterns to flowers, dried seafood, clothes and shoes and goldfish.
Now I'm home in Bristol in my lovely new peaceful house, with some lovely new people. Full of music and laughter, trips to the seaside, playing the piano and ukelele, and lots of fun evenings cooking dinners together!

Swan Artworks - Open!
I am delighted to be exhibiting and selling artwork, books, prints and cards, along with the marvelous Penny Ives, as the 'opening featured artists' of Swan Artworks - Bespoke Picture Framers' in Midsomer Norton.

The shop, owned and run by the lovely Tony and Carrie Osborne, even got a nice feature in The Journal:
I think the exhibition looks splendid!Well done Carrie and Tony, opening a shop is no mean feat! Sorry I couldn't make the opening day, just snowed under with all sorts of things!

And then there were 2...
And just 1 book left to draw, and 10 days till I go to Hong Kong! And through a nice trail/chain of events, and a twist in the tale of my studio/house hunt, I have found a house to move to (just in the nick of time!) It is a beautiful house full of creative musical people, with an abundance of banjo's, ukelele's and guitars! I can't wait to move and get to know my new housemates, and meet a whole new circle of friends.