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After taking a degree in Modern Languages at Durham University, followed by a Diploma in Education, I taught French and German for thirty years both here in County Down and in Lancashire.
One miserable January day I received a brochure for a painting holiday in Spain. The cover painting was by Lionel Aggett, famous for his colourful scenes of France and Spain and much admired by me for years. He was to be a tutor on the course. I was hooked. I have been painting in Spain, Mallorca and France several times. It is a wonderful experience to sit in an olive grove or in a shaded Moorish courtyard, painting whilst bees buzz, fountains play and birds sing, the air warm and heady with flowery fragrances.
Over the years I have painted any and everything. Subjects “speak” to me or else I choose not to paint them. That is the beauty of painting for me. My motto is “You do not know what you can do until you try” |
