It's been a long road back but in the last few weeks I've made four new paintings and finished off three more. I've also volunteered to be the new treasurer of the Portsmouth and Hampshire Art Society, it's an interesting departure for me and the benefits are already showing - new friends, new responsibilities, new hope for the future. The Summer Exhibition is in August and preparations are in full flow, I've even finished, labelled and wrapped my works ready for the show - most unlike me,...

There's a lot of ok art laying about the place and it's about time I did something about it; cleaned it up, finished anything left undone, varnished and framed it ready for its potential new home. The first of my thus refreshed works is below, called The Earth Dies Screaming. Beyond that, I have a few things on the go, however slowly, trying desperately to resurrect my will to work, to be in the studio to forget for even a moment the ongoing trauma of executing my mum's estate (she died...

Come along and say "Hi!", I've got lots on offer too Here's the poster for St. Jude's Craft Fair. I'll have lots of cards and prints on...