lino cut: tonight i felt very creative. i was sitting down at my desk getting some ideas down in my sketch book, for the Tiger Print, Gifted competition. my scented candles wafting in and out of range of my senses, when i started drawing a design. i got this urge to put this design onto lino and carve into the material and create each mark. there is something strangely therapeutic about cutting your mark into this strange medium. There is no rushing your movements, as they are there to stay. the end result was something i find very beautiful.

Botswana.Bartrek: this was the strangest night in botswana. we were all sitting around the fire. it had just reached full darkness and we were looking at the milky way. which looked as if you could dip your fingers in it. when we notice a red glow on the horizon. we sat there anticipating the moon rising. apparently it isn't magic but is in fact the dust in the air (which is a reddish colour) that makes the moon appear to be the sun rising at night. it was wonderfully weird/beautiful.

this photo sums up new delhi for me. it was busy, crammed yet there were still people sitting and watching the world go by.

sketch book

I had so much fun looking through my travel sketch book. Each page brought back  memories. now on to creating new stuff from my inspiration....wish me luck.

Taranaki.New Zealand

sparkling.mozambique

last day.botswana

botswana

sunrise.tofo.mozambique

Tofo.Mozambique.

back in the swing of things.

Today i went through the sketchbook i took around the world with me. It was my best and worst friend on my trip. At the beginning it would taunt me with its pretty white (blank) pages. On good days it invited me to put my mark on it. Those were the days i was in love with the place i was in. Whether it was a grotty side street in Delhi, standing next to a tuc-tuc driver sleeping, while the rest of world passes him by, or on an idyllic beach with white sands that glide between your toes. I went on a 7 month trip to 8 countries. Each country as diverse as the next. these places have weaved their way into my work. pattern, colour, wildlife, nature, people........ well its time to get technical and back into the 21st century. I hope these images give you and idea of my experience!