A thing of Beauty

The kitchen is finished! And very beautiful it is too.

I have watched it grow from the bare bones of stripped back walls, to the room where I can create a culinary masterpiece.How creative my builders are.

Whilst I've watched the building, I in turn have been watched.
The workmen have been the first to see my new paintings and have marvelled at how I created them.

Seeing them work reminds me of art.
We start with the bare bones of a blank sheet of paper  - and from there something beautiful grows. Whether we draw or go straight in with paint, whether we paint loose or tight, abstract or realistic... we create. It will be a thing of beauty. Even the paintings we may think - oh, that's nothing - others will see the beauty we sometimes miss.

Just like my kitchen.

Happy creating, whatever you create. Never lose the wonder.

If you want to see all the kitchen photos in one place, go HERE

Inspiration

Sometimes I'm asked where my inspiration comes from - and the truthful answer is " from everywhere!"

From my grandfather who served and paid a very great price

"Remember Me"



to the plight of homeless dogs

"Change my World - Rescue Me"



to the words of popular songs (this one was Eric Clapton's Tears in Heaven)

"Beyond the Door"


And then I find inspiration in common things around me, such as a coffee cup and a book

"Code318"


and Missy running for a ball

"Come to mummy"


a sculpture in the woods:

"Bear in the Woods"




and as you've recently seen, one of my garden gargoyles.
To paraphrase a certain popular song : Inspiration is all around. :)

‘Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it.’ Confucius