;Daisy Days ~ An Expression of Personal Power.

The horse is a powerhouse of perfect balance. She contains huge reservoirs of high voltage energy, which idles gently beneath her glistening chrome~sheen coat. Her expression of that energy, and release of it, can be so fine tuned as to carry daisy chains gently afloat in her dancing mane, while rippling muscle and taut sinew coil in a dance of their own.
As always one of  the gifts animals offer to us is to see ourselves reflected in their eyes.
If I can strive to express my own personal and spiritual power in such a balanced way as this, without aggression or arrogance, with rhythm and grace and just enough boldness, then I have honoured the horse and learned his lesson.
"Daisy Days"

Voyager Unicorn aceo

A recurring image from my dreams. The solitary unicorn, sailing the oceans on a sturdy vessel. An albatross flies as a guide for the beautiful horned horse. This aceo sold on ebay a few weeks ago, and I now want to paint a series of voyager unicorns! 💛

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When Full Moon comes around the oceans rise up to their highest, we too
feel the pull on our senses and emotions, a feeling that I often channel into my paintings. I'm not surprised to notice that these Full Moon miniatures usually surface.. at Full Moon!
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Little Jess wants to show everyone out there her new pyjamas! She has a dear friend in cold Sweden, Robbie, a Phalene (that's a Papillon like her but his ears are not QUITE so upstanding!)
who sent her a wonderful pressie in the post, two beautiful bedtime jammies! She was so proud of them she asked Jenny to paint a picture of her wearing the purple pair!


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One of the wonderful things about art is it's gift of opening up the imagination, of allowing my often repressed thought processes full stretch, enticing me into running wild, walking, diving, swimming into other worlds and meeting unbelievably exciting beings. These are four of them: unicorns, seals, waterhorses, moon mares!

The Lacemakers, Watercolour

In November / December, I showed steps in the creation of 'The Lacemakers'. I began the piece as a learning process, (rather than with the intention of selling)~ combining transparent watercolours over the graphite drawing. I have had mixed feelings about the results, thinking I am losing some of the delicacy of the graphite, while knowing (with the coaching of a dear friend and amazing artist) that colour has it's own magic! But as with all learning curves, they take on their own life, carrying us forward on journeys which are their own Reward! "THE LACEMAKERS" almost "finished":

Graphite Study "Egypt" Features in Egyptian Horse Times!

Earlier this year I was given the opportunity to create a special piece of art for Egypt's official Equestrian Magazine 'Horse Times.' As I type this, the original drawing, measuring 55cm x 65 cm, is in the air en route to Cairo! The image was given a full page in the Spring Edition, alongside my idol Monty Roberts and Olympic Equestrian athletes.

Thank you to magazine Editor Nada Abdelmoniem, and Chairman Khaled Assem.

Reflecting.

Another Papillon painting  'Reflections' is an aceo, 6.5cm x 9cm.. layers of pencil and gouache on pastel paper. The papillon, a 'butterfly dog', holding court with the transformational Dragonflies and Butterfly. To his left, a Red Robin swoops straight toward the Heart Chakra with a leaf, reminiscent of the post Flood olive branch. Stars float suspended in the night ocean. Full moon rises on the high seas. I love to incorporate beautiful thoughts and intuitions into my art, and as I worked on this one, here is what arose:


I often watch our girls, Bonnie and Jess, involved quietly in their own thoughts.
They are surrounded by peace
They seem to be listening to music I cannot hear, dreaming of voyages I can only hope include me..
Art is so powerful, expressing in one moment what may otherwise take hours to explain, different languages, misunderstandings!