Monday 19th March 2018

We made £219.99 for the St John's Hospice during my Art Exhibition on the Thursday 15th March thanks to all my friends old and new.
I would like to say a big thank you to everybody who turned up to look at all my 76 pictures and would like to say that I still have 74 of them left.
Well, that's not exactly correct. Some of the ones I got back from people to show in the exhibition have been returned to their owners, but I do have a lot of my pictures still up for sale.

I have been having a good rest since the Exhibition finished. My youngest daughter had treated me to a couple of hours of Spar treatment and a lovely meal at Archers on the shore at Hest Bank.

When I manage to get the house back to normal again I will try and finish the Salvator Mundi painting and I will post the picture of it on here. Don't hold your breath it might be a few weeks before it's ready.

Saturday the 3rd of March 2018

I'm intrepidly looking forward to the preview on Friday the 9th of March and the actual Exhibition on the 15th of March, which is the Thursday. 

Only six more days left to get the Art Exhibition up to the best I can get it.

As the room I am going to open for people to come and see the Art-work is still fitted out with the all the wonderful Oak shelves, I have had to screen it all off with some curtain material. So it's not ideal, but I've done the best I can.
After all, am I not the best bodger in town?

So far I think I'm on track. I have hung about 65 paintings that I have painted since I have statred painting, which is only about 13 years. Take out the three years I couldn't pick up a paint brush because my friend / teacher had passed away I think I did ok.

I am just finishing off a painting I had started about 6 months ago and have been tweaking it for weeks and now want it to be the star of the show.

Well! I like it. and it's not finished yet.

I have abandoned the Salvator Mundi picture as that would take far too long to finish to a good standard, but he is in the collection with a big notice to remind people that he is far from finished.

Hopefully when people purchase one of my creations they will be able to stay for a glass of vine and a nibble of crackers and cheese when they pick up their paintings.

I have called it the "Buyers Party" and it will start a minute past 6 Pm - (what ever time??) Hopefully 8pm ( by then I'll be too tired to notice the time)

I am hoping that lots of people will turn up on the preview on the Thursday the 9th of March. Between 2pm and 8pm and reserve some paintings with a deposit and we can collect lots of money for the St John's Hospice.

There will be refreshments Tea, Coffee and biscuits and hopefully they will donate generously into the Hospice collection Boxes.

So wish me good luck and see you there.
Maria. X