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Simply Splendiferous Blog

Simply Splendiferous Blog

Simply Splendiferous Blog

My Instagram feed is a work-in-progress. A scrapbook of doodles, dreams and doings. Not always pretty but.. is life?

Days 15 - 17. Again not at all perfect (and apologies for bad photos / cropping). I really enjoyed Day 17, Drawing with Paint (the house plants on this batch) and am about to do another version as I see that Day 18 I rip them up and collage pieces. E

January daily drawing prompts from @drawwithdebbie days 6 - 14. I'm waaay behind on my daily drawings (reached day 17 today when it's actually day 29! C'est la vie). Onwards. Lots of interesting prompts to come back and explore. Luckily the goal is &

Delighted that these three paintings of mine will be on show during this exhibition @sprout_arts_london 27th Jan - 7th Feb. Opens tomorrow evening (Tues 27th Jan) with the Meet The Artists evening, all welcome. Some wonderful art pieces from local ar

Catching up w #drawwithdebbie2026 and it’s evident I need to get a lot of hand-eye coordination back! @drawwithdebbie how do you manage to make look so easy (‘cos it’s not!)?
Next up, Day 6 and tone 😬

Winter Exhibition @woodfieldpavilion opened today 4th Dec and continues till 1st Feb 2026. Delighted to have 2 pieces exhibiting; 'Murky Murchison' and 'Abandoned', two paintings from the West. Western Australia and West of Ireland that is!

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Having a lot of fun creating these mini paintings. They’re a sweet 12 x 12 cm and all come with their individual easel! Each piece is an original artwork. Will be available soon to purchase, they need edges painted and varnished before they&rsq

Delighted that this little painting, ‘Boolagare’, will soon be finding a new home. Sad to see it go if honest but happy someone else loves it too. Really enjoyed painting it, a landscape from Connemara, Co Galway, Ireland inspired by my s

Lovely visit to @sprout_arts_london to see @rentoulsusan exhibition. Chatted with her so much I forgot to take some photos but did buy her book Pictures of Iona. Beautiful art, exhibition finishes tomorrow, get yourself round there to see for yoursel

View from the Skywalk, Kalbarri, Western Australia. Planning our next trip to WA next year, booked some camping spots along the Coral Coast and Karijini. Very exciting. Cannot wait to see the fantastic outback again, the colours!! #westernaustralia #

Work in progress, ‘Boggy inlet’. Another piece inspired by my visit to Connemara in August #Connemara #westofireland #ManninBay #landscape #acrylicpainting #mixedmedia #galway #wildatlanticway