Saturday, September 14, 2013

Indigo

Blue Butterfly

Blue Willow China













My Daughter's beautiful work













Blue Mountain Lake


















What's your favour colour? As a watercolour artist, mine is Indigo, I often team it up with Burnt Sienna, Cadmium Orange or Yellow. Indigo is one of the seven colours of the rainbow, the colour between the blue and the violet. The colour Indigo was named after the Indigo dye derived from the plant Indigofera tinctoria and related species. India is believed to be the oldest centre of Indigo dyeing in the Old World. It was a primary supplier of Indigo dye to Europe as early as the Greco-Roman era. And of course our love for the Jeans. Denim is the colour of denim cloth, which after being dyed with Indigo dye, is used to make jeans.

Saturday, August 31, 2013

Grilled Sardines

A perfect summer outdoor fare
Grill 5 minutes on each side.
Marinate in olive oil, lemon juice, onion, salt and pepper.

Frozen sardines from Portugal

Monday, August 26, 2013

What does your bookshelf say about you?

Bookshelf can hold a reader's history and future at the same time
Read for knowledge? Read for wisdom?

We can all hide all day long behind good stories…










































I've always had an obsession with seeing a person's bookshelf, to get a sense of what they've brought inside their home and their head. Bookshelves are universal in that almost everyone has one, and unique in that no two collections are the same. They reflect much more than just the book-buying habits of their owner...

Thursday, June 20, 2013