Monday 31 December 2012

Our day will come...and we'll have everything!

Happy New Year's Eve one and all!

Hope everyone had a good Christmas! Mine was nice and quiet with lots of food, just the way I like it!

Haven't done a great deal since Christmas, just chilled, eaten and enjoyed being off work! Although I have today just finished my latest portrait which is of the late great Ms Amy Winehouse. I've wanted to do a portrait of Amy Winehouse for years as she had the most fascinating face (from an artistic point of view) but I never got round to doing it, and I didn't want to do one round the time she passed away as I didn't want to give the impression that that was the reason that I was doing it, because she had died.

Anyway, here she is....



"You don't owe nothing to me, but to walk away, I have no capacity"


She really was a stunning looking woman before her unfortunate lifestyle took hold (no disrespect meant, I still think se was beautiful right up til the end, but obviously there's only so much a body can take).

I'm really looking forward to doing my next portrait of the immense Mr Clive Barker! So watch this space!

Well now, everyone have a good New Year's Eve and stay safe!
Gem xxx


P.S. Happy New Year all! And I hope 2013 brings happiness to everyone! 

Monday 24 December 2012

Merry Blogness Everyone!

Hello and happy Christmas Eve all!

Just a brief message today to wish everyone a Happy Christmas! Hope you all enjoy your day tomorrow and get everything you want! And of course enjoy the rest of your Christmas Eve....I'm just sitting watching Home Alone 2 with the husband, waiting for the Chinese Takeaway to open! 25 minutes and counting!

Merry Christmas All!
Love Gem xxx

Tuesday 11 December 2012

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Merry Tuesday evening all!

We put our Christmas tree up on Saturday woohoo! So our house is looking very festive. It's a new tree with new decorations so we weren't sure how it would look buuuuut It actually looks pretty good!



Let the untangling commence!


















All ready for Santa now! Christmas work night out on Saturday (80's night, fancy dress), then one more week at work and then I'm off for a week! :o) Bring it on!

Night all!
Gem xxx






Saturday 8 December 2012

A dog's not just for Christmas....

Evening all, and happy December!

Sitting here in my PJs and dressing gown with a hot water bottle and a pint of tea, just trying to stay warm! Definitely hit winter here in the small town of Durham. We've had snow, sleet, ice and rain in the past week so everyone's sliding about all over the place trying to keep upright!

Must admit though, as annoying as all the snow and ice is it does look pretty nice! (Pic below is of the town centre)



Pretty scenic right?



You may recall in an earlier blog I mentioned that I was doing a painting for my parents of their dog. Well after a loooong haaaaard journey I have finally finished! And It looks OK if I do say so myself! Poor little dog just had an operation on Wednesday to have a tumour removed, and he was castrated at the same time so he's a bit under the weather at the moment, but he'll be OK. Anyway here's my masterpiece....






Obviously it will look better when it'd actually been hung up on the wall as opposed to sitting on my bathroom radiator! Still, he's a gorgeous little dude isn't he? :)

I'm off now as me and the husband are putting our Christmas tree up in a bit, so I shall report back later on with some festive snaps of our living room!

Enjoy the rest of your Saturday!
Gem xxx


P.S. Cold! *shivers*