Day 10 Lockdown blog02/04/2020

Image: Champagne Days. 2015. Private Collection. In normal times the hope of many is that they will one day win the lottery or come into some unexpected windfall or stumble on that pot at the end of the rainbow which will enable them to live in the lap of luxury. This lockdown has seen so…

DAY 8 Lockdown blog 31/03/2020

Image: FACE. Portrait Series, Acrylic and Collage on Card. 2010. SUPERWOMEN. The fact that women are stronger than men shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone. Statisticians comparing worldwide figures into Covid 19 have discovered that men have a significantly higher chance of  contracting and dying from the virus. Men globally have less healthy lifestyles;…

DAY 7 Lockdownblog.30/03/2020

NUTS AND BOLTS. Our capacity as humans for creativity and innovation never fails to amaze me. Necessity is certainly the mother of invention. News broke today that the Mercedes Formula 1 team have helped to build a UK breathing aid for Covid -19. In only 10 days, working with medics from UCLH and engineers at…

DAY 6 Lockdownblog 29/03/2020

SIMPLE PLEASURES. Time to get out the zoetrope. In this increasingly busy and complex world simple pleasures have become a rarity. For those of us in enforced isolation there is an opportunity to indulge in these and find comfort in the simple pleasures of life. Not so of course for the many brave key workers…

DAY 5 Lockdown Blog 28/03/2020

RONDEZ-VOUS in AMBOISE. 2014 This piece from 2014 reminds me of my friends in France, struggling , just as we are, with this pandemic. I am sure you have friends abroad and are keeping in touch to ensure that they are well and safe. One thing that this situation has brought clearly into focus is…

DAY 4 Lockdown blog 27/03/2020

Day 4, I don’t know about you but it seems like a life sentence already! But despite the isolation, thank goodness for the internet when we can get in touch with loved ones wherever they are. This collage from 2015 is called ‘Three Little Words’. Three little words which we don’t often say, even though…

DAY 1 Lockdownblog

Whist doing the ironing this morning I was thinking it would keep me busy to post something each day of the UK lockdown which started today, 24/03/2020. A poem, a picture, a thought, whatever. So here goes….. Here’s a nod to all those brave souls who are working on the front line, keeping us safe.…