A Quiet Return It’s been a few years since anything new appeared on this blog. No dramatic exit, no crisis, no grand story — just life unfolding in its own quiet way while I wandered off into a long stretch of creative exploration. I didn’t spend that time chasing expectations or trying to produce anything impressive. In fact, it was the opposite. I let myself make things without pressure, without anticipation, and without any need for an audience. It was a good kind of absence — the sort that gives you space to breathe and rediscover what you enjoy. Along the way, painting slipped out of my hands. Not abandoned in frustration, just… released. It had carried me through many chapters, but eventually it felt like a language I’d said enough in. So I turned to sculpture, almost by accident, and found myself on a long, meandering tour through every material within reach. Papier‑mâché came first — messy, forgiving, and strangely liberating.Foam followed, stubborn but full of possibility.Cardboard had its moment too, proving far more architectural than I expected. Each material taught me something different about form, weight, and patience. And then, gradually, I settled into polymer clay. It felt right — structured but flexible, expressive without demanding perfection. It opened a new path, and with it came another journey: exploring genre, tone, and character in ways paint never quite allowed. So yes, I’ve been away. But not idle.Just quietly occupied in the kind of creative work that doesn’t need announcing. Now the blog returns — not as a relaunch, not as a promise, but simply as a continuation. A place to share what I’ve been shaping, learning, and enjoying along the way. If you’ve found your way back here too, welcome. Let’s see where this next chapter leads.

Only now that my dog-sitting days are at an end can I realise how much I did not manage to do, such was the attention that I had to give to a young and active collie, my working space has turned into a home!

With little opportunity to create the internet became the obsession of the week and, as it turned out, was a very fruitful exercise; I found 'Stumble' a sort of collective of interests sub-divided into mini search engines, absolutely marvelous to be able to move from website to website without the tedium of constantly seeking new words to type into a search engine only to be given a duplicate first page.

With Stumble I am able to key in specific interests such as art, sculpture, animation, sub-culture or any other interest that took my fancy, hit the button and I would only be taken to a website that interested me, managing to mark more than 60 sites as favorite in one session was a sure fire way to overcome my relative short attention span!

I have not sorted out the link for the site yet but will post it as soon as, in addition I will also provide a link to my favorites page where you can peruse all the sites that I have bookmarked, not only are there arts websites but also so marvelous software programs that you can download for free.

In addition to overcoming my short attention span I also had the opportunity of relieving my angst while not being able to paint, it was Damien Hirst that was the recipient of my anger, having read the article regarding his sending the copywrite police after a young (16) aspiring street artist, Cartrain, who had used one of his artworks in the manner of appropriation.
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/hirst-demands-share-of-artists-16365-copies-1054424.html

I hope that it becomes the catalyst for the lads journey to his dreams, bad publicity, as they say, is still publicity, may that be true for all of us if ever the cards turn.

I suggest that last statement in the most profound way for none of us know what lies ahead, the world is a wiley place and none of us are immune from its charms.