Halt! Who goes there?

Friend or foe?

I used to spend all day and every day working with paints and glazes, ceramics and kilns. In those days I enjoyed my work as an artist instructor, my wife and I had our own studio – Studio Minerva.

Recession took it away from us and we both got real jobs. That was more than 20 years ago, now it is time to break out the brushes …

I am the editor of The Decorative Folk Artist, the newsletter of the British Association of Decorative and Folk Art, BADFA. But although I was surrounded by painters I rarely got to indulge. Then, one day, I went to an altered art class run by Andy Skinner, we spoke of times past, present and future.

Now I must paint – or draw …

July 2019 – UPDATE: I’ve retired, moved to Devon, and with my wonderful wife, Julie, produce art and photographs. Check out penandlensartwork.com

This blog keeps separate my writing (scratchypen.wordpress.com), motoring (kim53.blogspot.com) and  arty stuff. Here we go!

(Oh, the name of the blog – maybe I’ll explain someday)