If at first you don’t succeed..

December 17, 2009 4 comments

Following on from my previous post about whether something has to be finished to be valuable and prompted by the comment made by Dilly about learning from trying things  I was reminded of the old adage
“if at first you don’t succeed try and try again..”
I have to admit that ( too) often I have laid something [...]

Living your life like painting a picture?

November 19, 2007 6 comments

My 76 year old Dad took up painting a year or so ago. This was prompted when a friend gave him a gift of one of his paintings.  Now Dad goes to a painting club every week. He was tentative at the start but he has grown in confidence and one of his most recent works [...]

Discovering the work of Joan Eardley

November 7, 2007 No comments yet

There is an exhibition of Joan Eardley’s work at the National Gallery for Scotland right now. My husband got tickets to a private showing and we went along last night. He has often talked fondly of a place called Catterline in the north east of Scotland where he spent many childhood holidays and Joan Eardley lived [...]


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