More Houses...

I've done these in the last couple of weeks. The top one is for a young couple returning to Brooklyn and wanting to remember their lovely little coach house in Highbury, the next one was for the husband's birthday and the last one is for a couple moving from a house they've been in for 30 years. The son commissioned it for them.

Highbury Houses

The top one here was won at a fundraising auction for the Red Cross and I offered to paint someone's house in an hour. This took more like two hours, but it was helpful to aim to work really quickly. I handed the next one over last week to a family who are moving out of London and handed the last one a couple of days ago to a family who live just round the corner. Have a chart on the wall now with list of house paintings to do and when they're due (must be the time of year).

5 house paintings in one go!

These houses and cars were commissioned by a lovely woman for her husband's birthday (they own the houses and cars). The commission came through http://www.wemakelondon.co.uk/ before the pop-up shop that I'm part of this summer had opened. It opens on Saturday 2nd July (private view from 6.00 til 9.00) and runs till 9th July at Oak Studios, Perrins Court, Hampstead (very near the tube). Come along!

New card designs

I've been working long hours but because my studio's at home, I don't mind. I can still chat to the family and they have to do the dinner. I showed my cards at PG Live two weeks ago, sharing with Gaya of Gaya cards, and we're doing Pulse this weekend. I'm working on screenprinted images for a tea towel and cake tins for Jamie Oliver's Jme range and just finished 14 vignettes for FJH music publisher's for their Christmas Carol's book. Here are some of my newest cards...

New vignettes

Portrait of Naomi

Naomi's Mum, Emma, owns the delightful shop So Tiny London and Naomi has a good idea for choosing some of the fun things stocked there. http://www.showroom64.com/

More FJH pics

A few of the vignettes I've just completed for the US music publisher, FJH.

Headmaster's Leaving Present

Mr Ward is leaving St John's Highbury Vale primary school after being head for the past 13 years. This painting was commissioned by the Governor's and presented at the Governor's leaving 'do'

New FJH work

Three pics of the 56 vignettes I've just sent off to FJH (US) publishers for another piano lesson music book.

New House Paintings

Who finds it difficult to go to school?

One of the latest batch of pics for the British Council...

Shop Painting

Emma Norden commissioned this for her delightful shop at 64 Great Titchfield Street: http://www.showroom64.com/

Birthday Present House Painting

This was a surprise present from the husband and 3 sons to his wife.

Two new British Council pics

These are just two from the latest batch I've been working on. The second picture is meant to show a child from each of the 20 countries involved in the British Council school partnerships.

Recent Commissions

The first of this batch is to hang in the headmistress's study at the Gower School in Barnsbury, Islington and the rest were Christmas and Winter birthday presents. I was painting until 23rd Dec, making sure deadlines met. My husband John mounts and frames pics if people want that option.

House picture for family moving to India

New British Council pics

Two New House Paintings

Both these houses are in Highgate and were commissioned to mark children going off to college.

New exterior and interior pictures

The top picture was commissioned by my 93 year old mother's best friend for one of her grandsons and his family. The second picture was commissioned as a leaving present for a couple in Edinburgh.

Leaving Card

Picture commissioned privately by staff members at British Council in Edinburgh for person leaving to go to Kenya.