The illustration below is taken from my Hedgerow Collection. The pattern around the central dormouse square was inspired by fungi.
Ted and I are making the most of the late afternoon daylight hours before the clocks change, it's so much nicer to walk in the sunshine!
The hedgerows are full of berries, I love the way that each shiny berry reflects the light, making the hedges glow.
Throughout my working life I have had to learn to store away reference material, it is inevitable that a Christmas commission has to be completed in mid summer and visa versa. How much more inspiring it would be to be able to paint in sync with the seasons. Now I have my digital camera it is possible to take hundreds of images and if I make a mistake, I can easily delete the image. I don't have to worry about wasting film anymore, so thank you to the brains behind the technology!
