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  • Spreading a Little Happiness

    Spreading a Little Happiness

    I’ve fallen happily into the world of watercolour and started a new series featuring Fred (inspired by my dog), along with a frog and a rat. These illustrations are early experiments for a possible book. Right now, I’m discovering who these characters are and how they want to look — their expressions, their quirks, their… Read more

  • When Pain Doesn’t Go Away

    When Pain Doesn’t Go Away

    I’m writing this post about chronic pain not for sympathy it’s to help the people who know me — and anyone who wants to understand — see what living with chronic pain is really like. Chronic pain is hard to imagine unless you live with it. From the outside, it can look like nothing at… Read more

  • NOT eating cake..!

    NOT eating cake..!

    For health reasons, I’ve had to give up eating sugary and fatty stuff. So, what has NOT eating cake, ice cream and no alcohol done to me (besides, of course, stripping any joy out of my life I’ve become suspiciously skinny… in exactly one place. My stomach has shrunken, but my thighs and backside are… Read more

  • Art Projects and Fred

    Art Projects and Fred

    I am now getting back into my art projects after a period of health problems. Here are several examples from my ‘Thinking Things project’. Do things think? Who knows? Well ok, bear with me… What if they did think … What would they be thinking? That is the Thinking behind my ´Thinking Things´ project And an… Read more

  • PORIS POSITIVITY

    PORIS POSITIVITY

    It’s been a while since my last Art with a Heart blog post. Life intervened and got in the way of creativity. The last 10 months have been stressful: health issues for both of us, and our lovely house in el Medano became toxic: neighbour problems, construction work all around us, living I km from the airport,… Read more

  • Slugs and an illustration

    Slugs and an illustration

    I’ve been late with this blog post, as due to not being able to work because of drilling coming from my neighbour and my normal chronic pain being even worse because of the noise. Anyhow, last week I was listening to the BBC UK News , and an item came up about slugs chomping through… Read more