National Gardening Show

This August I was invited to take part in the National Gardening Show, although it was short notice I was delighted to exhibit at this wonderful event, blessed with having good weather for most of the time.

The exhibition was in a light filled room which is part of the main events grounds and luckily for me close to a constance supply of coffee.

During the three day event I was able to demonstrate oil painting and talk to people about Westonbirt, its influence on my work and explain why its been so important to me over the years.

I also took "Lilly", my lovely life size bronze greyhound, created for me by Stuart Anderson. She was a great hit with everyone, but especial Raine Harvey-Cantrell of Morgan-Brinkhurst Consultancy, who was a great help when preparing for the show. A big thank you to Raine!

The Best of the Bath Prize

At the end of August, my husband and I hosted a small exhibition called The Best of the Bath Prize. An exhibition that celebrates the Winners and Highly Commended artists in pervious Bath Prize Competitions. Now in its fourth year, the Bath Prize goes from strength to strength, we had a large crowd and I was able to both catch up with old friends and meet new.

The Major was kind enough to visit and express his support for the competition.

And of course we got up to the usual fun and games.