Botanical Memories....

The holidays have finally taken their toll

and as you read this I am quite possibly hiding in the walk in robe

rocking and not too gently banging my head against the wall

or I may be stretched out on the bed in a chocolate induced haze

there is also a distinct possibility that I may have retreated to the mall

three days ago and haven't been heard from since

most likey though is that I have been buried under an avalanche of washing

and decided it was a nice comfy place to have a lie down

of course I may have simply gone mad

but I can guarantee you that a scheduled post was necessary

really really necessary

Jenn over at the Artist's Playroom

chose Botanicals as this weeks topic

and I happily went back to my files to pick one or two to show you

I figured many of you are new to my blog

and won't have seen the botanical art I used to do

so thought this was a perfect opportunity to revisit it

of course I had forgotten how many I had done

and couldn't choose one or two

holidays and decision making just don't mix for me

so I just PicMonkeyed a whole lot of them

scarily though 

this isn't all of them

and figured you can skim to your hearts content

It was kind of fun to pull them out of the draw and look at some of them

and some are framed around the studio and house

while others are all happily living with new families

and I love that so many people have bought prints and cards I have made from many of them

all had a huge amount of time and effort invested in them

and it is nice to think that people have are enjoying them

some were from when I started out and was doing a class

and others are from when I decided the classes were completely sucking my will to live

and promptly forgot about trying to be too traditional and just had fun

I am more attracted to everyday flowers and fruit and veg

rather than the exotics so often favoured by botanical artists

and in the end doing these just takes way toooooo long

I don't think I would ever be described as patient 

and trying to find the time and mental space for such concentrated work

in this mad house

is well.... mad 

so in the interests of sanity 

and not stabbing the family in their eyes with pencils because they keep interrupting me

every ten minutes

I will be quite content to just look back on my botanicals

and not to start painting them again ... xx

My last two posts before I completely lost my mind were...

Jet Puff Phantizzle ...

Why School Holidays Do My Head In Part 2 ...