work selected for the Confinement Chronicle

Jul 8, 2020 | project

‘Sleepless Nights, Complicated Days’ (80x100x4cm) mixed media on canvas, March-April 2020 Selected for The Confinement Chronicle on instagram. This painting is part of my series of ‘Domestopias’ paintings. It was planned before the lockdown and finishing it during...

On why I use bitumen paint….

Jun 29, 2020 | bitumen paint, painting

I’m enjoying writing my painting blog – although I am not keeping up with writing one a week as I had intended! I’m sharing it with people who are interested in process, paint and ideas, and how even objects and commodities – like painting...

Everyone loves a Chagall – this weeks painting blog

Jun 3, 2020 | painting, writing

This week’s blog: http://delphapainting.blogspot.com/2020/06/everyone-loves-chagall.html June 1st is my 1st wedding anniversary with my husband Nigel. Each morning I am greeted by the sight of not only my beautiful husband but by Wedding Gift, the painting I...

Open Studios – a virtual tour

May 27, 2020 | open studio

Welcome and come on in! As I couldn’t open up for Cornwall Open Studios this year I opened up on film. Please click on link to view: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfA0eRiuYTI&t=2s Watch this short tour (9 minutes) of my work in situ in my studio in...

Lockdown Stories

May 27, 2020 | painting

I’ve been asking friends about their lockdown stories, something that sums up their experience. One friend poetically described how her tears flowing into glasses of wine as a fitting summary of her lockdown experience, another  described multi-tasking at the kitchen...

Safe social distancing and art!

May 14, 2020 | painting

During lockdown I could safely socially distance and pop in to my studio occasionally  – just to leave something different in the window for everyone to see as they passed. Bread Street is a tiny back street that runs parallel to the main street in Penzance. It...