Feel so pleased that this painting has been selected for the "Inheritance" exhibition at Norwich Castle Museum next Spring.
The painting has been on and off the easel over the last three or four years.
It was also pre-selected for the Threadneedle Open at the Mall Galleries in London this year, but didn't get through 2nd selection to get hung on the walls.

Being the artist I am on the rocking horse and the biggest of course, really Sue is the eldest, then Frank, me  then Ruth with Deb last.

The location is down the yard at the end of a sloping drive by the side of our childhood home a 3 storey Victorian house in Caterham Surrey. Just beyond the wire fence of the yard was the rail track, with a wooden signal box opposite. We weren't supposed to play in the yard - but we did when we could get away with it. A small pear tree had  stomach achingly  hard pears, in the painting the budgies mum bred from 2 that Frank brought home one day - Bebe & Bobo are perched in its branches.
There are lots of references in the painting,  including a list of the most popular songs of the time written into the wood of the rocking horse's rockers. So if you are curious about  anything you see -
get in contact.

Jackie's peonies and my Matisse copy

Much to my surprise, I will be represented at the Tunbridge Wells International Art Fair later this month.
Some of my prints and at least one original painting will be at the fair thanks to Neal Scrase.

I contacted Neal about prints of my work to sell on my website and his reply was so informative and helpful. I knew that he was the person I wanted to produce my prints. Neal said he would like to take some of my prints to the fair plus one original, and if there is space, he will take more, so I am more than a little delighted.

Neal's own work can be seen  here :-
http://nealscrase.com/wordpress/

and below is a link to his Fine Art Printing web site
http://fineartservices.nealscrase.com/

Christmas from my childhood, ah the BIG tin of Quality Street and wanting to have all the large purple ones with soft caramel and hazelnut; not possible of course when there are 5 children, plus adults.

I loved all sweets, from Sherbet Flying Saucers that made your eyes water when they burst in your mouth to Scotch Tablet Fudge and everything in between, soft caramel in chocolate has always been the pinnacle of sweet heaven.

This Christmas it will be a box Thornton's you get a lot less sweets than in a tin of Quality Street and that can only be a good thing; I consider myself lucky I don't have diabetes.


Siblings is a work in progress. It's been waiting until I knew where I was going with it and had found a way to get all 5 of us into the composition I'll be seeing the New Year in painting this, a good way to set up 2016.