I have often passed the image above as I 'escalate' out of Brixton station. I like it. Finally today I searched the name of the artist, Natsko Seki, and found the website. I like that too. I like the sense of collage and magazine and watercolour, and digital reworking too. So far, I've found three differences below ...
Megan Dowsett is a creative consultant working in museums, galleries and the arts, an illustrator who is finding her voice through personal and local projects, and a parent to two young beings who can't help but influence her creative journey.
Through the name Norris and the Flamingo, she shares the sense of adventure that runs through all of life, wherever we are on our journey. A sense of imagination, of possibility and discovery, for children and adults alike.

30 January 2013
27 January 2013
Mouse Mischief

As Liam believes he sees mice in our kitchen about once a week, I thought I'd bring some 'real' mice into the house as a birthday surprise ...
A couple carved from soap, one stitched from

He said he'd never felt so pleased to see mice.
Since then, I saw my first mouse.
23 January 2013
Orleans House Gallery Art Clubs Colouring Book


I compiled elements of all their work into a 16 page colouring book which they took home for Christmas.
Here, you see a page from the animals spread and another from the Gallery buildings and features spread. Equally appealing was to spend a few hours when I'd finished, colouring it in on photoshop!
19 January 2013
Kusadama Ball
15 January 2013
Toilet Rolls, Casette Tape, Knitting Needles, Plaster

9 January 2013
6 January 2013
Collograph Prints
November brought the arrival of Scissors Paper Cloth, my new art group for adults, and we began with an exploration of collograph printing techniques.
I was blown away by some of the outcomes, and by the enthusiasm and commitment of the participants, as they braved the risks of experimenting with materials.
And almost every time, the risks paid off!
Sadly, I can't find photos of all the work, but everybody had something I would have loved to share here.
These prints, top to bottom, are by Ann, Carole, Anita and Christine.

And almost every time, the risks paid off!



3 January 2013
Wendy Horler
As I finished writing my last entry and came to putting in the links, I made the joyful discovery that my friend Wendy has a new website.
And as I looked through images of lots of familiar work, I realised again how brilliantly her experimental, playful approach are infused all the way through with her sense of humour. A few of my favourites ...
I love this picture, even more so because it's simply called 'Weird Flower'!
Wendy is, in my opinion, a 3d artist at heart. It's tricky to choose a favourite, but we really overlap when it comes to our love of playing with ways to use the things we stumble across, whether scraps of metal or leaves from the garden.
This came from a dream, I think, one of the two paintings on display at Discerning Eye.
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