The search continues..

In the next couple of weeks I'm hoping to finally sort out a new studio. There are a couple of options and I have the feeling that this time it will work out! We'll see!

Degas

Back from a few days in London. I saw the Degas exhibition at the Royal Academy and I'm very glad I did. I began to appreciate his study of movement and (something I didn't know) his association with Muybridge. It gave a depth to his work which extends beyond the image of ballet dancers on chocolate boxes. I didn't manage to get to the Tate to see Gerhard Richter. Next time - although I'll need to be quick, it ends in January.

Need to get back to work.

My patience is paying off and after almost three weeks the muscle pain is retreating. I heard this morning that the gallery has sold a painting, one from a collection painted in France last summer. I can't wait to get back to work.

Enforced break in work

My paints remain packed away and an empty canvas on the easel stares back at me in the studio. It seems I have strained or pulled a muscle in my back which is very painful and it's needing all my patience in trying to make it better. So, for the time being, I am thinking about work, feeling a trifle frustrated but determined to get this sorted before tackling that blank canvas.