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| Turqoise of Barn, pastel on book page |
I'm recently back from Maine where I go annually to rake and dig and weed and haul garden debris with my brother, sister and mother. The weather was mostly fine this year. We had the gamut: downpours, incessant rain, sun, whitecaps and overcast sky. One night Ben photographed an amazing sunset that I missed because I was glued to the news coverage. The temperature was really quite cold to unseasonably hot. I tend to draw early or just before I begin preparing dinner and I chase the light across the grass.
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Suffolk Pink and Rapeseed, Akua Intaglio on paper - monotype 10 x 7.5cm
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Back in Suffolk, those intense fields of yellow rapeseed are now leggy and fading. There is a prevailing scent of brassicas and it's warmed up here, now. But I remember the yelow! This is my first monotype in a while and it feels bolder and brighter than usual, less subtle, but maybe that's the rapeseed?
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| Kantha, Limes and Daffodils, pastel on book pages |
On the morning after we all arrived in Maine, before we had even reached Cranberry, we stopped at the Job Lot store (a family tradition). I found a haul of vintage kanthas and we bought a few. The patterns and colours provided me with a backdrop for this visit. There are plenty of objects to draw, but I was restricted by the flowers available.
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| Kantha and Rhododendron, pastel on book pages |
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| Kantha and New Vase, pastel on book pages |
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| View from the island, pastel on book pages |
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