And some daffys

Better go get ready for work now.

And the second :-)

I am loving this weather and sitting out painting in the garden. Hopefully I will get braver and maybe even venture out into the wilds of Hartlepool to pain en plein air!

The first tulips of summer

And my first play in a long time with watercolours, sat out in the sunshine, lovely.

My 15 minutes haha

Slightly embarrassed but also quite pleased with how much space and how many of my paintings they have managed to get in!

my website

just a wee reminder that my website is
http://bynjh.co.uk/

What have I let myself in for!

Before I went up to Edinburgh to have my exhibition I contacted the local newspaper to see if they were interested in me as a local interest type story, specifically the paintings of Hartlepool and Teeside.  I thought nothing had come of it until an email landed in my inbox the day after I got back.  Well today I have been photographed by the Hartlepool Mail photographer and apparently there will be a story about what I've been up to in the Mail tommorrow....  what have I let myself in for!!

Home

Well packing up the gallery was more stressful that taking it down strangely.  But I have cleared out and now its Davy MacDonalds turn, he came in as we were packing up to have a chat and it was lovely to meet him, you can see his work at Dundas Street Gallery until the 17th March or at http://www.dmacart.com/about/
Now its time for me to get down the road to my home and my husband and my chickens, I cant wait :)

SOLD!

Straiton Junction 2011 - SOLD

Bus Stop Park Square 2012 - SOLD

Junction Street 2010 - SOLD

Ferry Sunset 2012 - SOLD

Mother-in-law Mixture 2011 - SOLD

Schnerpenzeel Morning 2011 - SOLD

Harbour 2012 - SOLD

New toy

I recently got myself an iPad and have treated myself to the brushes app:-) its what Hockney uses so it's good enough for me! This is my first experiment, looking out at the Pentlands from my mum and dads.

Party time

There was a fab turnout to my preview, about 40 people came! :)  My sister and mum did some gorgeous canapes which went down well and it was fab to have a wee drink and catch up with friends.  And some sales too !!

Time to lock up the gallery.

Karen and I celebrating a sucessful preview.

Setting up the gallery

So I had some concerns about this bit, and had brought bits and bobs to address every eventuality, but it was actually quite easy (with my 2 6ft 4 helpers!)  I didnt realise that there is an optimum way to hang thigs, but we found the right way eventually and it looked pretty good.  A massive learning curve, but I learnt a lot!