Thursday

And moving!

Monday

Sunday

Today Alice, Gerardo and I got our portraits painted! The artist Jonathan Weinberg came with his partner Nick and spent the day in the house with us, capturing our elusive essences. When the portraits are finished I will hopefully post a pic, but until then here is an action shot. 

Photo taken by Dona Ann McAdams

And here are some Mad Men cats. I can tell I'm settled in now, as the drawing pfaffing is starting to happen. Tomorrow I'm going to have to get strict with myself... or maybe Tuesday. 

Saturday

Some photos in and in front of the beautiful house we're staying in. I'm going to be spoiled forever for living in a normal flat after this guy, which is more windows than walls. 

 My bedroom/studio for the month

Alice and my washing - installation art

View from the front of the house

Another zoot suit... I couldn't help it! He followed me here! Stupid rabbit in your zoot suit...

Connecticut, first week

I'm here in Connecticut, via Boston and then St Johnsbury, Vermont for three days. We arrived yesterday so we're settling in, to the house and our routines. It's beautiful here, very wooded and sunny, though you can feel the air getting colder. This morning Alice told me there are tortoises in the woods, at which point I remembered I'd dreamt about them all night - a hopeful portent of tortoise-seeing.

View from Amy and Sandy's barn, Vermont. Before being chased in by a big storm.

Letter from the Editor

I sent my favourite reviewer, my cousin Georgie, aged 10, a letter begging for urgent reviews of Showtime for Billie and Coco and Babies Don't Bite. Here's her reply, which also contained a card with her reviews... which I am relieved to say were favourable. 

She's right, it IS inexcusable.

Dog Day Afternoon

Love in the laundromat.

Cat bums

Getting my motor running!

I'm getting very excited for my upcoming trip! Very soon I'm off to the States for five weeks, four of which I'll be spending in Connecticut for the Sendak Fellowship. I'm slowly getting myself organised... I'm taking all my work materials and my camera, and plan to blog a bit about what goes on. I feel terribly lucky to be having a month for personal work and to spend time with my two fellow Fellows, Alice Lickens and Gerardo Blumenkrantz. The possibilities feel very exciting to me!

These guys above are rhinoceros beetles, but they've gone pink. Hence looking a bit nude.