veg wednesday – cupboard cake

It was my mother’s birthday the other day, and we had a small friend over for a play, so leaving the house was not easy.
She was coming for dinner and there must be a birthday cake – don’t you think?
Personally any excuse for a cake is fine by me, but, I didn’t have any butter.
After [...]

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branching out

Sometimes a bit of clarity takes all the fun out of it.

Sometimes appreciating the pace while distancing oneself can be a beautiful thing.

and provide flashes of insight that can be a pleasant diversion in themselves.

I love trees and the transient and monumental life that they lead – without any need for recognition or search for [...]

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gathering shadows

I’ve been watching the ground again.  And walls.
Watching shadows cast and animated.  Edges, corners, tendrils.
Gathering images and thoughts in preparation.  Discussing possibilities and laughing a lot, and slacking off when I should have been working.  Tending to a sick child and enjoying the quiet and planning.
For another solo.
Which will open in the last week of [...]

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celebrity

Wake up.
Cuddle children, check emails, open Twitter.
The story unfolds that Michael Jackson has taken an overdose of sleeping pills and may be dead.
Await update, search internet for more info.
Update and links subsequently confirm that he has indeed been pronounced dead.
And that Jeff Goldblum fell to his death in the early hours of this morning while [...]

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veg wednesday – Morrocan veg & cous cous

I realised the other day that most of the recipes I have been posting have had tomato in them.  I love tomato, but that’s not all we eat….
On Saturday night we had Moroccan roasted vegetables, orange cous cous and caramelised roast pumpkin.  Mmmm
Moroccan Roasted Vegetables

1 eggplant – peeled and diced
2 zucchini – diced
2 red onions [...]

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the occupation of self

The queen of all she surveys.  oil on linen, 51cm x 51cm, 2009.
I have to be honest and say that sometimes it feels like I am not quite the one who is in charge with my paintings.
It’s coming from my head.  It is coming from my hands, but it often feels like it is coming [...]

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Go.

Have a look at this!
I have seen these works grow, marvelled at the detail and amount of work that has gone into them and the imagination that it has taken, so it was a thrill to finally see them delivered to Pivotal Gallery and to be at the opening last Wednesday night.

Go Daniel.
Go [...]

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colouring in

Remember back in the 80’s there was a book published called ‘Colour me beautiful’.  My mother jumped on the bandwagon, as did most of her friends from memory, and it was bizarre (to me) as a teenager to watch them pore over a book which presented firmly set out guidelines about what works for particular [...]

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oh!

Look what I found in the bread the other day.

It did make me giggle.
Italian soup

2 potatoes (diced)
1 large onion (diced)
3 zucchini (diced)
1 can tomatoes
1.5 litres of boiling water (or stock)
salt, pepper
olive oil

Put a splash of olive oil with the onions and zucchini in a large saucepan over a medium heat and cook until [...]

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who are you

It occurs to me (quite frequently if I’m honest), because I’m self-obsessed like that, how many people we are at the one time.
And how the way we define ourselves at any given time impacts on how we feel about life and our place in the stream of life.
I think that’s why so may of us [...]

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