I also had an Ivy Leaf phase, I love variagated ivy, interesting to draw and challenging to paint, the inset is paintied rather than a mount.


The painting with lemons I considered a failure and sandpapered it to paint over but liked the 'distressed' effect so kept it. Colth could be better and the lemons are a bit too green in the shaded areas.


A new gallery has opened in North Shields, 'The Bakery' on ALbion road. Looks interesting.