Six months have passed since my last blog in June 2021 and this is a quick precis of the last six months. On a personal level, much has happened in my life. I have experienced a watershed, a turning point. The first notable thing to happen is that I have purchased a studio and future… View more
Since the Covid Lockdown many people have become inspired to create new businesses on-line. Some have merely diversed and if necessary have created an on line side to their existing business. Others that have lost their jobs have taken a complete leap of faith and created new websites and I have to say wow!! how… View more
Sometimes we look back on our lives with regret, wishing we had done things differently or taken another path. However I must admit I always look back with gratitude and thanks on how far I have travelled. There have been quite a few traumas in my past, probably more than the average person, so it… View more
It is strange how certain smells and sounds can transport one back through time and place. The astringent aroma of goats, the heady perfume of Jasmine and Orange Blossom, mixed with the high shrill call of Cicadas, and I am immediately back in Cyprus. In contrast, the burnt smell of fish frying on barbecues mixed… View more
During the lockdowns, I have managed to keep myself busy. A daily diet of Painting, Writing and Cooking have kept me sustained. In the period of the first lockdown I created The Gold Collection, chiefly for the two upcoming exhibitions in Paris and the UK. I had hope against all odds that these would take… View more
So here I am, 74 years of age and finally got my first website. I like to think of myself as a late developer !! My love of painting has been with me for as long as I can remember. My first oil painting being a palette knife portrait of my Father executed when I… View more