Happy Christmas 2014

Wishing everyone a Happy Christmas and all the best for the coming year

I have done very little painting this year - hopefully next year will be more productive

As a change from painting this is felt applique and needle felting

Postage prices

Sorry but due to the recent Royal Mail increases I'm having to put my overseas postage charge up.

Overseas postage is now £2 per item with an additional shipping and handling charge of £4 per order. This shows on the order form as £6 for the first item, £2 for each subsequent item.

UK postage is as yet unchanged at £1.50 per order

Spalding Art & Craft Society 2014 Exhibition

Ayscoughfee Hall

The Spalding Art & Craft Society are holding their 2014 annual exhibition in the Geest Gallery at Ayscoughfee Hall from the 8th Jan - 30th Jan. Opening hours 10.30am - 4pm, closed Mondays & Tuesdays (the council say it's to save money!) Free admission to the exhibition and the hall.
I have some of my encaustic paintings on display there.

Etsy shop

I have finally got round to opening an Etsy shop
Owl's Acre Studio on Etsy. 
The following encaustic cards are up there and I hope to have more up soon.

Encaustic Greetings Card - Landscape 001

Encaustic Greetings Card - Landscape 002

Encaustic Greetings Card - Landscape 003

Encaustic Greetings Card - Poppies 003 - SOLD

Encaustic Greetings Card - Landscape 005

Encaustic Wax Painting

My local art group - Spalding Art & Craft Society - has monthly demonstrations. This month it was Carole Boyer showing us how to create encaustic wax paintings with a hot iron. The second half of the demo was a 'try' session and I must admit I was hooked. These are my first attempts, all done in about 30 mins. The small ones are A6, the larger is A5.

I'll definitely be giving it a go at home once I've ordered the equipment - iron, pigmented beeswax and glossy paper.

Wisley Sweet Pea Day - update

Many thanks to all of you who turned up to meet us - nothing worse than a show where there are no visitors.

Our stand at the show

To our surprise the National Sweet Pea Society awarded us a Gold for our efforts.

Wisley Sweet Pea Day

The National Sweet Pea Society are having their annual open day at the RHS Wisley gardens in Surrey on the 13th June. 

Miss Willmott print

Why not visit the show and the trial grounds. I'll be there with a display of my notelets, cards, prints & painting - all Sweet Peas of course. 

My husband, Mark Rowland of Owl's Acre Sweet Peas, will be there as well.