This site is about painting and gardening. I started painting when I was 47, in 2003, and have been going to classes at Putney School of Art and Design ever since. I am still painting in a style that is a million miles from my ideal, but, unlike almost everything else I do at this age, I feel I am making progress! When a painting goes badly, it makes me weep - but when it goes well, I feel alive.
Gardening is like painting very slowly, and with even less control. There are 3 gardens featured in this site. Crescent Lane, which, sadly isn't mine any more, but gave me huge pleasure and was responsible for getting me into gardening. Kerlaouen in Brittany which is a garden that has to cope with being ignored for most of the year, and Burton Grange, which was a totally blank canvas in 2013 and is slowly emerging.
Gardening is like painting very slowly, and with even less control. There are 3 gardens featured in this site. Crescent Lane, which, sadly isn't mine any more, but gave me huge pleasure and was responsible for getting me into gardening. Kerlaouen in Brittany which is a garden that has to cope with being ignored for most of the year, and Burton Grange, which was a totally blank canvas in 2013 and is slowly emerging.
