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.

Pembrokeshire Coast Path

So beautiful here at the moment - rain plus sun equals masses of flowers all along the coast path. Keep walking the section between Solva and St Davids and every time it is different. The light makes it magical; no wonder so many people come back here year after year and end up living in the area. This picture is actuallly the other way at Pencwm which is between Solva and Newgale. Spent Monday talking to other photgraphers to put together an article for ARTicle the emagazine hosted on Oriel y Parc - try going to their website and clicking on the magazine button. Find it good to connect to others who are equally fascinated with the world we live in. See www.christancock.co.uk for instance with his dedicatiion to writing a story in pictures.

Writing a blog

I went on a course yesterday about social media. Still all new and a bit scarey but also fascinating. The idea of trying to put across who I really am in an interesting way. It would be easy to get into all that old stuff about what happens if no one responds and then I just think well I will enjoy it so I will try anyway.

How do you feel? What would you write about?

Often I think in images so I will add an image to most posts. By the way the website of the man who gave the workshop is Andrew Lloyd Hughes and his website is http://www.milkwood.com/ You can get to his blog from there and its got loads of tips about how to deal with stuff like blogs, facebook etc. Easy to understand too - not over complicated language.

Enough about work, or that sort of work anyway. Was lucky enough to go up to Trehale Rare Breeds Farm (Mathry, Pembrokeshire) last week to take photos of the shearing and also very young piglets. Look at the one in the picture searching for his breakfast. Puts me off eating meat though!! I was lying on the earth at one time about three feet away from this enormous mother pig thinking I hope she realizes my intentions are good or this could get dicey and feeling totally happy just to be there. Then I started thinking I wonder what the piglet thinks? 'What is this enormous black shiney round clicking thing which is about a foot from my nose? It doesn't smell like I can eat it. And what is that long thing with four legs which at one moment is towering over me on two legs and then is lying down beside me with its strange snout and making odd noises?!

Think I'll stay close to Mum just in case'