Fairy-ality...

Once again I've been neglecting this blog! I have a good reason though, I lost my camara which ment pictures of my work were a little hard to take! I've been painting a very large watercolour as a commission, and as I think pictures of half finished work are sometimes just as lovely as the finished article, I though you might like to see some images of it. Its taken two months so far. Its of fairies having a party...

Here are the mice looking on ...

 

The buffet table with butterfly ( you can see the unpainted sections here, mostly I'm leaving the fairies till last)

 

Another butterfly, some mushrooms, and some half finished fairies..

A couple of bluetits....

At the moment I don't have a full sized picture of it as its rather large altogether! ( I'll just let the suspence build up a bit!)

The problem with me is that I take on half a dozen projects at once, which means nothing gets finished! ( Well, actually I do tend to finish things, they must just take slightly longer!) So alongside my big painting, I have been doing several fabric projects, which you might like.

Here is my Cath Kitson style tapestry cushion...

A cross stitch I have entitled 'Watership Down' ( after re-reading Richard Adam's fantastic book, it really does have beautiful descriptions of the countryside)

And a embroidery cushion of a bluetit

Phew! As you can see I've got a busy few months ahead of me. On top of all this, I have been organising my artwork and getting some professional prints made up, so hopefully my prints will be listed in both my etsy 

and Folksy shops very soon. They will be all absolutely limited edition, so please watch this space!

Where have you gone, dear mice?

Hello Everyone!

Oh dear, since Nat has been having one crazy mad year, the dear mice and bunnies of Nat's Nest have been having a very long break. They will be back, I promise, but for now they are having a bit of a hibernate.

I'm still being a little creative bunny though, so it seems a shame not to update this blog with some of my other work. A while ago Nat's Nest made embroidery's and prints, and luckily I've found an absolutely fabulous local print company, so some of my prints will hopefully be online soon.

My latest work is a painting called 'The Fairy Ball' and I promise to publish my sketches soon! Here is my inspiration ...

Aren't they beautiful Autumn pictures? Watch this space...

I've also discovered a beautiful writer called Kahlil Gibran, who wrote some very inspirational words back in the 1920's. I've always loved poetry and language, and I've always wanted to produce images linked to words... perhaps that will be my next project! This is taken from a writing entitled 'Joy and Sorrow'

''Some of you say ''Joy is greater than sorrow''
and others say ''Nay, sorrow is the greater''
But I say unto you, they are inseparable
Together they come,
and when one sits alone with you at your board,
Remember the other is asleep on your bed''

This year I have had a fair amount of sorrow, I am in hope for the joy.