This weekend I showed my new paintings, some interesting discussion points took place. People would enter the room then leave after seeing my works from a distance, almost too much to see. I asked a viewer what is making one do that, she responded that lead to an interesting discussion about understand abstract arts, how figurative are simple and one can communicate a language with everyday objects. Works that are abstract, one finds this difficult to communicate or access a

With just over two weeks left before the exhibition opening, there's still a lot left to do; there's been delays with deliveries because of the snow in December and Christmas and so all my hopes of having things finished early are feeling a little far-fetched, but this has meant more time for me to work out some of the logistical things that had needed sorting out with the materials I'd had already. I now know far more than I ever thought it was possible to know about piano h