Diary 2008
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It is nearing the end of the year now, just a week or two to go. Announced today that British troops will finally be coming out of Iraq in the forthcoming summer 2009. I am not sure what we have achieved, but it has been costly for many of the troop families in Plymouth. Credit crunch here we come, gloom and doom forecast. How did they get away with stealing all those billions and so little comeback, amazing? What else this year? Bruce Forsyth has been resurrected from the dead for strictly numb dancing. PerhapsI should take this up, get in shape a bit. The issue of Incinerators came to the fore. How little we seem to be able to do against a steamroller of bureaucracy. We will state our case and have our say. Who knows? Painting classes have gone well, but government funding gets thinner and thinner. My classes could end up totally private this next year. A smattering of commissions has kept my own painting going. I will never stop painting. It is the creative, experimentations that so fascinate me. Demonstrations and Art Workshops Paintings Judge at the Harrowbarrow Garden Party. July 12th. Fine paintings and a lovely day. One of the Brusho workshops in May produced 150 paintings with only 5 people...staggering! Many thanks to all the professional group of artists who invited me to tutor a 'wet' workshop day in Looe.( yes, it was raining all day!) It was organised jointly with the Looe Watercolour Society, East Cornwall Society of Artists and the Plymouth Watercolour Society. Wembury Art group demo. We painted with Brusho' and tried snow techniques. Critique' the Joshua Reynolds Centre.Excellent paintings at the Plympton Art Group. Workshop in May. Theme: Mary Newmans Cottage. Paintings and visit went well. Ginsters art workshop. Mediterranean landscapes were stunning. Art Show Judge, St Germans, 2nd Aug. Sections: Painting, photography, CAD, Children's, Themes etc. Various
Love is' wallpaper (My wife has been knitting again!).......
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