Art

  • Featured image for New year books and art: Ginger Rogers in Cheek to Cheek

    New Year Books and Art

    New Year Books I had more time than usual for reading over Christmas and New Year, mainly because I abandonned social media. Fortunately, Santa had provided me with lots of interesting things to read, and it being a time for relaxation I picked the lighter options first. If you have read my writing style page,

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  • Festive art featured image: an acrylic painting of a Christmas tree by Emily Tellwright

    Christmas Breakthroughs

    Christmas Art Breakthrough I’m so pleased with this year’s festive art work, not only because so many friends and family members have said how much they like it. I’m delighted because the painting marked a major development in my acrylic painting (the first of my Christmas breakthroughs). A bit of personal art history I have

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  • Featured Image for December news: the Carioca

    December News

    December News You might have been expecting something a bit more festive from me than a post about December news. Don’t worry, I promised two blog posts in December, and the second one will be seasonal and celebratory. Today I’ll be bringing you up to date with recent developments in my author, artist and publisher

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  • A collection of charcoal drawings of Fred Astaire dancing.

    Fred Astaire and Singer Sargent: Inspiration and Entertainment

    By the Skin of My Teeth April’s blog post is finally here with some new artwork of Fred Astaire, just in time! It’s been an eventful month that has flown by packed with stress, achievement and family commitments. The stress was mostly due to the new Castle Sefton Press online store, which proved to be

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