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loving hearing Italian spoken in the house again

We have two Italian students with us for a week. They’re two gorgeous Italian boys from the north near Milan (completley biased here as we love Italians) and it really is lovely to hear the language in the house again. We’ve had two Italian aupairs over the years who became very dear to us and we’ve been to Itally many times.  And… they brought really good Italian parmesan and biscuits with them. Mmmmm

If (I mean when – see, thinking positively like Oprah says) When I win the lotto I will buy a little house in Alassio in Liguria and paint outside on the terrace over looking the rocks and the sea.

Meanwhile….

Slinky Malini

The first painting of the new arrival. Not the first he has been in unfortunately but the first he has been the subject of. He was swatting something, actually I think he was just attacking the air for no aparent reason – kittens eh?

slinky malini 7×7 inch oil on gesso bord

Bad hair day

What can I say!

Now before you get all judgemental on me. The (freakin) painting was set out of the way of small kittens on top of this cupboard in the utility room.

That’s pretty high if you measure about 4inches from the ground. (you’d think!)

Nevertheless!

Thanks to my friend Kelley‘s great tip on using vegetable oil to safely remove oil paint from fur, he now looks like this.

Actually it’s great for getting paw marks of floors too.

crossing the Rubicon

 I love the nobbliness of these pears. this painting is one of a series of three. 7×7 inch oil on gesso bord.

glad to see the back of them?

Well kinda. Today was the first day back to school. It’s been a fun summer but it’s been a long one. I’m working as many hours as I ever did as an employee but the difference this summer is that they were around me while I did it. That has obvious advantages but I’m more ready than ever to get some time and routine back into my life.

Advantages like

• more pyjama time
• spontanious picnics/outings
• no expensive childcare
• more free play time for the kids

Disadvantages like

• less head space for me
• less head space for me
• less head space for me

red bus to lahinch

No Idea where this little bus was coming from on such a small road but it was travelling in the direction of Lahinch.

Red bus to Lahinch 7×7 inch oil on gesso bord

new work in the Bad Art Gallery

Denise Donnelly from The Bad Art Gallery came out for a visit yesterday and selected 12 paintings in all for the gallery. They will be hung in the gallery on/before Culture night on Friday September 24th when she has all sorts of fun organised as part of the culture night events.

The kitten is proving to love paint and although I have my pallette covered over, I only had to go answer the phone this morning for him to run across and leave his mark all over the kitchen!  Lets just say the baby wipes are out in force.

Other good news today as two paintings sold in Lahinch this morning. I believe they are going to a good home across the water in London.

not on the guest list

Did ya get that? hope that one wasn’t to obscure.

not on the guest list 7×7 inch oil on gesso bord