Happy Christmas

It finally snowed here on Tuesday. We kept getting all this stuff about snow everywhere and I kept getting excited (selfish you see) about going out taking photographs amd nothing happened. I slid down Solva hill from Haverfordwest and parking the car jumped out and ran with the camera into the woods and then down to the harbour! Amazingly beautiful and I know my sensible head should be saying but if it snows no-one will come to the gallery but I love it when all this soft dry white powdery snow settles in the branches and on the rooves. Much better snow that usual - not claggy and grey. Mind you our cats hate it big time - they run out and then shoot back in very quickly shaking their tales and looking at me as though it is all my fault! Particularly Benny who is so black against the snow and whose feet feel like small blocks of ice particularly at 4am in the morning when he comes to tell me he cant catch the usual mice and will I please get out of my lovely warm be and feed him!

Have a good Christmas everyone. Love Heather and Raul xx

Travels with my Camera

New book out this Summer - launched at exhibition in St Davids Cathedral. This is the cover and the story behind it.

Been a bit of a year really. Just come out of hospital - had my gall bladder removed. Can't believe how well I feel afterwards. So many things I just pushed to one side as stress or ageing (!) have disappeared. Thank you Sancta Maria Hospital and Mr Beynon!

Looking forward to a quiet Winter and lots of wild weather to take pictures in. This year when it snows I am going to drop all the admin stuff and run for the Preselis and the sheep up there.

Gong to put together second book this winter and try to sort out Raul's. He took it to Spain to print and they spell checked it with a Spanish spell checke - utter chaos ensued. Take a while to sort out and the we will get it reprinted by Gomer Press - they don't do silly things like that.

Hope everyone is well.

Exhibition at St Davids Cloisters Gallery

Cant believe when I look at my blog that I haven't entered anything since March! Time is expanding to fit the amount of work done! Book published ten days ago, exhibition on the way - starts 6th July called 'Four Seasons' in the Cloisters Gallery at St David's Cathedral. Getting very scarey now as time is short and still much to do. Got fish week next week too so better get on with things including making loads of fish cakes!.

Book, computer, exhibitions, cathedral, St Davids

Still working on my book but timings have taken a nose dive - comupter collapsed and waiting for delivery from D..L! Sure is a steep learning curve.

Going to a new exibition in the Cathedral gallery at St David's tomorrow - Jackie Simes on Pembrokeshire and also book launch. Should be beautiful - get there if you can.

Artes Mundi and new Raul Exhibition at Gallery Galles

Artes Mundi opens this week and I am off to the press release on Tuesday as part of the ARTicle team and then to the opening night in our own right as a gallery. Exciting to see it all and people's reaction to it as it works to link Wales to world art.

Thursday evening Raul is opening at Gallery Galles in Pontcanna, Cardiff. A newish innovative gallery seeking to bring those working in Wales into the public arena. Exhibition is on til 12th June so do go along and see it.

Cobridge Gallery and Cathedral Exhibtion

Cowbridge Gallery is exhibiting my work and is selling well for me. If you get a chance go along there as the cafe is lovely and the variety of art works will keep you looking for hours. Great town too with a variety of shops.

Am starting to prepare for exhibtion at the Refectory, St Davids Cathedral opening 6th July 2010 for 2 weeks and have just picked up a shared exhibition with Raul at Pendre Arts in Cardigan from 14th June to 26th June. Book getting there for launch at Cathedral but a bit stressful as it has to be at printers by 31st March and there is such a lot of other stuff to see to.

Cafe now open and running well again - lovely to see people when they come back through and pick up on their news.

Working hard getting together Art Pembrokeshire website - upwards of 70 of the county's artists collected together on an information highway site launching mid April. Collecting everyone's details right now.

Got a letter from British Tourism Week yesterday saying they are going to use one of my pictures on their poster this year - great news. Thank you to them.

Have a good Spring everyone it is beautiful here right now in Pembrokeshire.

Pembrokeshire in Winter

I always think the Winter is going to be quiet and I am going to catch up on the admin, go walking and get my book finished. Well this one hasn't been. The weather has meant that there are plenty of opportunites to take photos which means I am torn between doing what I should be doing and doing what I want to do. So the admin is still behind!!! Have to seriously start work on my book now as it has to be at the publishers by end March to be ready for Cathedral Exhibition in July. Up all night at the end I guess. Hope everything good with all of you - make 2010 your year.