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Lady 2018 wishes you a beautiful year (and please bear in mind, her sausage-like fingers actually produce music and therefore it is unimportant that they are sausage-like. But yes, I do need to work on my drawing of hands).

January 1, 2018 in dances, love, pigeons | Tags: 2018, HappyNewYear | 1 comment

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Lazerator Harpoon ~ and a few other random sightings

November 27, 2017 in children's illustration, dances | Tags: apples, dog, statues | Leave a comment

Lazerator Harpoon ~ and a few other random sightings

there’s no time like now

September 25, 2017 in children's illustration, dances, journeys, Uncategorized | Tags: dance, hope, new | 1 comment

there's no time like now

introducing Strewhart Humphloon ~ eyebrow-acrobat and poetic hummer extraordinaire

September 29, 2015 in children's illustration, circus, dances | Tags: eyebrow dancer, humming, strewhart humphloon | Leave a comment

a small, roughly hewn (I love that expression…even though I’m not entirely sure of its meaning), scrappy dance-picture-poem about love…

September 18, 2015 in dances, love, poetry | Tags: dance, love, shy | 2 comments

a solo performance by a member of the Dance Troupe of Fierce Self Belief (with a brief appearance by Goose)

September 14, 2015 in dances | Tags: dance, fierce, self belief | 1 comment

NB: I wasn’t sure whether to put this here, or in The Kingdom of Stupid

For Brian Tappin ~ three ~ a sky so wide, you almost feel giddy after living in cities forever

September 7, 2015 in Brian Tappin, dances, flying, love | Tags: brian tappin, Grief, love | 3 comments

the Ancient Region of Hairiness is a fictional place where everyone is loved, nurtured, adored and respected when little and throughout their lives, which in turn results in a land filled with delight, true wildness and extreme contentment. Oh, plus everyone and thing is hairy, whiskered, bearded, or both (even the pigeons)

March 2, 2015 in dances, finding norway, flying, love, pigeons | Tags: dancing, hairy, joy | 1 comment

Elderflush and Stan Motion

They dance like tomorrow’s birdsong
– times one hundred.

Hands meet briefly
making wings.

~~~~~

From the series:
PORTRAITS and SCENES from the ANCIENT REGION of HAIRINESS. Here there is much JOY, MIRTH…and HAPPINESS SOARS HIGHER than PieQuills, because LOVE is given to ALL, from tiny, tiny onwards…

new beginnings and searching for stories ~ parts three and four

November 14, 2014 in autumn, dances, journeys, love, poetry, songs, trees | Tags: inspiration, muse, stories | 1 comment

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G is for Grecian Sphinx and Gabriel Alborozo (with an appearance by the unfortunate Mrs DoubtyHead)

November 12, 2014 in dances, giraffe, one-tooth dog, trees | Tags: doubts, Gabriel Alborozo, inspiration | Leave a comment

Recently, the brilliant, talented and inspiring artist and writer Gabriel Alborozo wrote some beautiful comments about my illustrated interview on the wonderful Zoe Toft’s blog ~ and Gabriel’s words lifted my spirit, my smile and my pencil and paints. I have loved Gabriel’s work for a long time ~ bold, sweet, funny, silly (a HUGE complement) and utterly brilliant. I wanted to say an illustrated thank you, so here it is:

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