Happy Christmas!

Kildale Group of Artists 7th December 2006

Thank you everyone, for making my visit to Kildale a very enjoyable one. This is the finished Watercolour of Ravenscar, as promised. Please contact me if you have any queries about the painting or anything else you feel I could help you with

Snow Patrol 30th November 2006

Went to see Snow Patrol last Thursday, they were superb, we would love to see them again! If anyone went to the concert at the Metro Radio Arena and knows who the support bands were, could you let us know please!!
We decided to stay have a couple of nights in Newcastle and look for some painting material. It was such wonderful weather we managed to get some great coastal photos as well as some of the city.
Looking forward to our next visit!

Snow Patrol

Snow Patrol

The Tyne Bridge

The Sage

"The Blinking Eye"

Marsden Rocks

'The Groyne', South Shields

The Weebles, South Shields

Since 1999, 22 life-size bronze statues have stood beside Little Haven Beach at South Shields, overlooking the harbour and the Tyne piers. With their large round bases, these strange figures resemble children's wobbling toys. Like many public sculptures, they have been given a local nickname. Tynesiders call them the "Weebles", after the popular toy of the 1970s (slogan: "Weebles wobble but they don't fall down"). The first thing many people do on seeing them is to push them to see if they do wobble. At a quarter of a tonne each, they cannot be budged.

The official title of the work, by the Spanish artist Juan Munoz (1953-2001), is 'Conversation Piece', a play on the 18th-century genre of painting featuring an informal social gathering, such as a card game, tea party or musical recital. Munoz's figures, in small scattered groups, seem to be conversing with each other. They also form a topic of conversation to passing walkers, who might ask each other, "What do you think they are talking about?"

North Shields

Fish Quay, North Shields