Author Archives: SumoUrbanPainting

It has been a strange year, lots of things have interrupted my focus on art and In that time I have taken a slightly new approach to things. Over Christmas 2022 my husband took very poorly with COVID and was in hospital for a few weeks. He was back home at the end of JanuaryContinue reading “2023 – A Summary of ups and downs”

I finished this painting today, I started it a few weeks back. It is my first piece of 2023. A bit later than planned. I particularly loved painting the reflections and the signage. This was a gouache piece with pen on some watercolour paper. This is my only piece completed which contains a person. It’sContinue reading “Launderette Love”

I have really struggles to find art time over the winter, I have great thoughts of doing things but the small things get in the way. It is just over a year since I started selling work. Here are some things I have learned: So in 2023 I am aiming to complete some sketchbook workContinue reading “New Year Thoughts”

I had all good intentions over the summer, to try to complete 1 painting a week. Unfortunately the weeks came and went and I managed just a few, but quite a lot of thinking. Firstly, I finished this commission of Chandos Motors on Albany Road, Earlsdon, Coventry. This is a combination of buildings, some ofContinue reading “Summer is over”