I have a friend who after a trip to Wales for a short break purchased an 18th century chapel and cottage that was derelict which they decided to restore. The grounds of the chapel have a stream running through it together with a baptismal pool. ( brave stock back in the day, the water comes down from the mountains and is absolutely freezing im told ) ..my friend has had a challenging few years with her health and also recently found out that her twin sister has cancer and understandably has been feeling pretty low. I decided I wanted to do a little something I could gift her to cheer her up a bit and decided to paint the stream and pool.

18 months ago I never thought id ever be able to paint especially in oils. Over the last year ive absolutely fallen in love with and can see im improving slowly. I thought you'd all like to see a few more of my work.

Ive always said i dont paint animals or people (except distant sheep, basically clouds with legs lol) but I was chatting to a very talented artist friend who paints pet portraits and she challenged me on painting animals...so here is 2 of my recent paintings. I have to admit the mouse drove me nuts it was on and off that canvas about 10 times.

The sky was so beautiful today. Thought I would share pictures you can use as a reference

12"x16" Oil on linen panel.🎨