On the move

Have just returned from a Retreat week with a group of Buddhists who follow the teachings of the Vietnamese zen monk Thich Nhat Hanh. It was great to be able to take time out to focus, and I enjoyed it all.

I have been reading the Art Festival Guide by Maria Aranho. It is so full of good sense and I feel much more settled about what I must do in preparation for showing the work. I would recommend this book to anyone starting up in the business of selling their work to the public.

Back for a few days and then we are off to Portugal (Oporto) for a week, where I hope to see some contemporary art.

Cabin Studio

Here is a picture of the cabin studio in the garden. I have just got insurance for it and for the Open Studio event.

OOPS the dates for the Dorset Open Studios (UK) are the last week in May and the first week in June 2008

More information on www.dorsetvisualarts.org

Hope to fill in on more information as time goes by. In a few days I am going for a mediation retreat for a week in a converted farm with no central heating. This being a cold wet winter in the UK is quite a challenge. My mind is more on warm blankets than art just now.

Hope folks like the images, there is just so much to learn, but I keep pegging away.