The diminishing colours of autumn and the reduction of bright intense colour to the soft subtle neutral tones, lead on to the study of mushrooms and woodland litter. Never boring, these subtle shades force one to experience the beauty of tonal shading. A busy month teaching; firstly a course at Moncrieff-Bray Gallery, Petworth on the Hedgerow. A great space to work together with a great group of budding artists, this was followed by an exhilarating weekend with equally ent

I'm back from my travels and the brilliance of summer colour is fading fast in the garden. Before tidying up I gathered an armful and loaded an old Portuguese basket with spent flowers and seed pods as inspiration for studying reductive colour - exploring neutral and knocked back colours. Having returned from the heat of Southern Spain where the earth and so many of the plants are completely parched I found inspiration in the frailty of wild flowers; yet again drawn to the ri