A few years ago I was at a Country Living show & two different passers by commented on how my work was a bit "Twee". I was not sure what it meant but I knew it was not a compliment. So when I got home I looked it up, it means "So sweet its sickly". I was really hurt, you can have loads of good comments but you always remember the insults more. Well my latest painting is very twee. My village of Escomb is not one of the most prettiest but with my talents I have made it Twee enough to grace any Chocolate box. If only they still printed them with pretty pictures I'd be rich. Oh well there's always Jigsaws!

I saw these horses while walking the dog near my village & I loved the autumn sunlight in the photos. Over the years I have read that alot of artists are inspired by light. The feeling of light always seems to be missing from my paintings, but I think I can get a better sense of it using oil paints. It's alot easier putting light on top of dark rather than having to plan ahead & leave the white of the paper with Watercolours.
The horses reminded me of a few years ago when someone dumped a load of these horses in the village. They were running up & down the hill calling to each other, for a few weeks they enjoyed their freedom but it felt like the wild west to all of us humans who had to live along side them.