A Little Bit Of Everything

"Voyage Of Seven" with a hint of mystery. Who are they and where are they going?

This is a bird design I did some time ago in pen and ink but I thought it would look nice coloured digitally.

This is my pen and ink "Winter Messenger"

Found some beautiful wrapping paper in John Lewis today. They have some great designers working for them.

These three images below are all pictures I bought from craft fairs over a period of years. They are prints of batik work by Jane Hickman. Jane creates the most wonderful batiks of mostly flowers but I particularly love her bird images. She has another bird image on her website so I may get that one to complete the quartet. I have always bought her greetings cards when I see her exhibiting as it is an inexpensive way to collect her work, but I would love to have an original batik. You can find her website here.

I found this yummy image on Etsy shop "Wilkintie". It is a limited edition letterpress print of an illustration by Klaus Haapaniemi who is a Finnish designer living in London. It has a beautifully folky feel to it. Wilkintie who is Carly Hargreaves and Niels Oeltjen can be found here and have some very nice letterpress prints but this is definitely my favourite.

This is another image by Klaus Haapaniemi. It is a plate of a set named Taika which is Finnish for magic. His illustrations on the dinnerware items are certainly magical. You can see some more of his work here. There are some quite amazing Scandinavian designers around these days.

I have been impatiently waiting for the white blossoms to appear but they are still in bud when I last checked. I couldn't wait any longer so I have posted some of my old blossom pictures from last spring. I will take some new ones when it is time for them to appear. I will have to wait for a sunny day though because photos take in sunlight are so much better.

Cheryl Tall is a ceramic artist with a wonderful sense of the quirky. Her work is delightful and she obviously loves creating figurative pieces with embellishments and all sorts of things like buildings and birds on their heads (just up my street really). Her work is characterised by the fantastic textures she creates. Her website here shows a lovely display of her craft. "Tunnel Vision" (3rd picture down) is my favourite. I love their expressions.

Kiln Goddess

Prima Vera

Tunnel Vision

The images below are the paintings of talented Scottish artist Deborah Phillips. Deborah is herself the daughter of an artist and she first exhibited her work at the age of 14 - amazing. Her work speaks for itself but she creates beautiful colours and wonderful textures in acrylic. Of course she does have the advantage of having the glorious Scottish scenery on her doorstep. She has quite a presence on the Internet but her own gallery has a very comprehensive display of her work and can be found here.

Dunure Rooftops

Big Trees At Borgue

Ardgilzean Barns

Golden Glow Near Glamis

Wheeling Gulls Over Scurdie Ness

Velvety Blue Mountain

Spring Song

Angus Farmstead Dusk

Snowy Angus Flock

Wintry Morning Moon

Well that week went quickly. I still have my cough and cold but improving slowly. Thanks for the good wishes. This virus rates as definitely the worst one I have had excepting when I had influenza a couple of times. I just hope it doesn't decide to come back as they sometimes do. Unfortunately I have passed it on to a few people and they are not amused, but what can you do?