One of the lovely air-dry clay models. This summer I've been lucky to have been asked to deliver a selection of workshops. They are...

Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton One of the many joys of spending much of the last couple of months at our chalet on the Fitties has been...

Workshop in the Black Gull on the docks. At the end of August I was asked by Creative Start CIC in Grimsby to deliver a sketchbook...

The word 'scroll' has some antiquity originally referring to a strip of parchment. Scrolls were revered for their record keeping and...

A message from recent guests. It's 10 years this month since I became the owner of a wooden chalet on the Humberston Fitties. My son was...

Footprints in the sand. Beaches can be at once both busy and empty places. Thronging with life, or a place to stare out at the horizon...

My new newsletter. I've decided this month to create a newsletter that's a slice of niceness. It can all get a bit grim and demanding in...

The House with the Blue Door on the Humberston Fitties. I've just returned from a family break at my chalet on the Fitties. No car, no...

The last day of June. The blood-red blooms of pelargoniums spill from their pots. Petunias, so pink it hurts, blare their petal trumpets....

Sticky fudge and sticky heat. Roads and streets in Grimsby are empty. Everyone's gone to Clee. To see the Red Arrows the pride of nation....

A journal page about some thoughts about teenage years, and the things we lose along the way. Have you got Boo? Have you got Boo? The...

The breezy beach. Today I enjoyed taking Binbrook WI on a tour of the Fitties, talking to them about the dunes and the saltmarsh and the...

Petunia journaling page. Bright bells ringing Ballooning in the sun Their florid peals reminding me of the home where I put down roots....

Week 7 of the mural project at Learning4Life in Freeman Street. I seem to spend my days cycling between the East and West Marshes these...

At the Albert Room in Cleethorpes Library last night for the launch of New Crop and to listen to the eight writers read their pieces....

Before half term I spent the afternoon at Scartho Infants School doing a live painting session. Different classes of children come in to...

Journal page with sweet peas in my garden. White cloud mountains, Blue sky. A heavenly blue, of the kind you only get in June. When the...

Yesterday, wending my way from Freeman Street to home, on my bike. I felt an overwhelming love for where I live. Instead of noticing the...

So very happy to announce that I've been awarded a Large Project Grant by Create NEL to do more research into the East and West Marshes...

Mouse and moon in Cleethorpes Mouse and moon in Cleethorpes with the new RNLI building in the background. I've been drawing local scenes...