t’s Royal Ascot week and whilst not being a fan of horse racing I certainly find horses beautiful and inspiring and as such they have featured in many of my Cityscapes over the years.
Celebrating a special day for Queen Elizabeth is what got me back drawing again after a 15 year dormancy. I was trained and worked as a designer for many years but running an eco-bag manufacturing company meant that my creative energies were channelled into being an entrepreneur and building a business: BIDBIaka Bag It Don’t Bin It.
This weekend I will be watching one of the biggest sports events of the year: The European Cup Final. Liverpooland Real Madridwill be competing for what is arguably the most world’s most revered football trophy for a city.
From Hong KongI flew overnight to Japan and arrived in the Land of the Rising Sun at sunrise, which was pretty spectacular, even at Haneda Airport. Jet lagged and weary from working through the weekend at the Hong Kong Gift Fair, I spent the day at Yoyogi Park, where I walked through avenues of beautiful conifers, in the middle of which stood the Meiji Shrine.
I travelled the scenic route to Hong Kong… via Dubaiand Singaporeto be precise. Weaving my way around the world as I meet with retailers with whom I collaborate to create Cityscape product ranges for their stores
The Commonwealth Games is currently being held on the Gold Coast of Australiaand with that, bringing this sunshine filled corner of the world into the limelight.
This week we celebrateNational Science and Engineering Week. Britain’s amazing buildings and bridges are fodder for my artwork. I am fascinated and inspired by the amazing feats of structural engineering
During the trade show season in the middle of winter, one event runs into another and there is rarely time to breathe, let alone take a break between shows. Weekends disappear as soon as January gets going and I resurface late February and with that I emerge into Spring.