Exciting Exhibitions

On Monday I visited the Biscuit Factory. An amazing gallery with some outstanding art. All very inspirational.

I loved this plaster sculpture of a lion. So realistic in it's movement. I might have a go at trying to make something similar. I have created a bird using a wire base which I hope to complete next week. 

Roar

There are some wonderful buildings in Newcastle.

A stunning clock

A statue in homage to street art.

Geordie man

I love the pattern on the bark.

Positive and negative spaces

These craggy rocks are in Coombes Wood where we take the dog for a walk.

Very crumbly

A very strange fungus attached to a tree.

Large and luminous

Vivid pink and acid green

An amazing sunrise.

Golden hues

I have I have submitted these two pictures to the EVAN gallery in Penrith where I am selling my pottery.

Indigo Hues

Summer Days

Sun and Sheds

The weather has been gloriously hot all this week so I decided to paint the allotment shed. I have since then decorated it.

These are two herb wreaths I have made for the shed.

A rosemary base, achillea, tansy, bistort and hyssop

A rosemary base, tansy and hyssop

I am harvesting vegetables and picked 25 sweetcorn some of which we have frozen.

The runner beans are now producing a steady supply as are the french beans and broad beans.

The damson plums are not far from being ripe so are the Victoria plums.

Brassicas in the fields will soon be harvested.

Animal feed

The wild flowers have come into their own. The poppies open and close according to the sunshine.

Poppy power

The comfrey attracts the bees.

Comfrey and chamomile

The pumpkins are getting huge and the warm weather helps them swell. They are suffering from mildew so I have removed a lot of the leaves.

How big will they grow?

In the hedgerows are wild scabiosa.

Scabiosa pincushions

Purple vetch.

Tendrils twisting and twining

I saw these puppets at Upfront Gallery.

Brush head

Dainty ballerina

A view from Hartside looking over towards the Solway.

Deep valleys

This is the latest picture I have made for the Alston Art show.

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