Flower Painting

All: 21 x 14.8cm, gouache on paper

Why do artists paint pictures of flowers? They're so often dismissed as the terrain of the Sunday painter. I wanted to explore my voice within this area. A friend pointed out to me that you can be so much more honest when you pretend that you're joking. For me, I see my flower paintings as simple meditations on colour.

Mimi on Kingdom

My first review. I'm not sure if I'll ever top this. Mimi is a local at Islington Arts Factory. It's great to have someone talk about art so openly and without any inhibitions. When do adults lose the ability to use free association? She's found some great stories in there too. Ones I'd never imagined.

This week I also did a workshop on my Kingdom silk with a Year 5 class from Tuffnell Park. They drew themselves into a fairy tale. I forgot how much kids like drawing. They drew and drew and drew. I particularly like the scary eyes in the tree. I'll be "borrowing" that idea. Thanks to Eleanor Pearce at IAF for arranging such a great session.