Here is a little oil oldie from 1986 of a stony stream near Helton Cumbria where my parents used to live. The original is with my friend Marion Williams. I remember sitting next to the stream painting this plein air. I always love the crystal clear water of streams in the Lake-District and that has not gone away! Nature is the master healer. This little square piece is in oil on canvas.

Here is my current embroidery based on some Norfolk grasses seen on a holiday in that fair county here in the UK last September. I am sewing on dyed stretched canvas then I will rabbit skin size chosen areas and oil paint on that. I am really enjoying developing this technique and find the sewing meditative, slow and satisfying. I will keep sharing sections as they progress. This is a tall narrow piece and I think will take me a very long time but that doesn’t worry me at-all. I intended this to be a project that would take up the winter months. Keep watching for progress.