Who let the dogs in?

I need to make a painting of a Jack Russell terrier for a friend… I do a kooky drawing, love this, I make a start on the painting...it's a little ruff (excuse the pun) but has promise. I appear to be stuck in a dog drawing phase - could be worse!

Skater

When I was a student I made a pencil drawing inspired by a wood engraving by Agnes Miller Parker "Down the River" and used it as a Christmas Card for my Father. Recently, whilst clearing out his possessions, I found the card, kept with all of my letters and the photographs I'd sent over the years. I remembered what a lovely image it was. Using my drawing I've created the print "Skater" trying to capture the simplicity of my pencil line, using linocut to refer back to the original process of wood engraving.

Greetings All

I've had a series of greetings cards printed. Available form my Folksy Store:

folksy.com/shops/rachelmcw

Very professionally printed by Redcliffe Imaging Ltd

Oh I do like to be beside the seaside

We have had a couple of occasions recently to be beside the seaside, always a good time to have a sketchbook on hand. I love the whiteness and cleanness of seagulls, hopefully captured in my simple sketch. 

Our dog Molly, when at the seaside for the first time, ran around for about three hours tirelessly running running running. She's fairly sand coloured and blended well with her surroundings.

The bunting bunted its way to Auckland

I put my best bunting dispatcher on the job, and the bunting arrived just in time to make an appearance at the Between Tides exhibition Westmere beach. I was delighted to see photos sent by the lovely Lyn. Surprised by the difference the quality of light. 

Enough bunting to go round the world?

It’s Between Tides time of year in Westmere, Auckland. An annual exhibition on the beach organised by the Jersey Collective. I’ve taken part in this several times now, it’s an annual Auckland event the whole family loved to be part of when we lived nearby. The next one is on the 10th March 2013 and I am very sorry not to be there. I was sat gazing out of the window at work, watching the snow, idly wondering if it was time to make an early escape before the snow meant an enforced sleep over in Sheffield (I need to drive over the moors to get home) and thinking - well I could at least submit an art work....

My previous exhibits have included - a deck chair; little wooden waves, a seabed and some painted inflatable rings...what could I do that I could post, but would be weather proof, dog proof, child proof and large enough not to get lost in the vast expanse of the site. Maybe subliminal messages from the recent jubilee and Olympics have got to me...bunting is the ideal thing. Bunting to celebrate creativity, the female form, international relations, friends, bunting long enough to go round the world.

Getting carried away

I've been going wild with the sewing machine, and having fun. I love how the material 'bubbles' as a result of the little spirals and circles.