You can read a great interview with him about his current (Fiona’s World) tour here.

Here is the inside cover of Bob Cheevers‘ CD, Fiona’s World. As you can see, he’s used my self portrait, and tells the story of how we met and how the whole album came about.

He has just arrived in the UK and is about to start his UK tour. I may be joining in with the odd harmony at some of the gigs. It’s going to be alot of fun! To see the tour dates click here.

Rather excitingly, my great friend and fabulously talented artist Kim Rodeffer Funk, has published her interview with me on her wonderful blog Creating Space today. I really enjoyed the interview process. It really helped me to realise what brings all my work together, what has been inspiring me all along! Please take a look at what we had to say…..

Here is the front cover of the beautiful CD Fiona’s World that the exceptionally talented singer-songwriter Bob Cheevers wrote, inspired by me! We met when I went to his gig at the Platform Tavern in Southampton. I did a sketch of his eminently drawable face which I showed to him during his break. He was rather taken aback and asked if he could have it. I gave him the sketch and he gave me a signed CD of his in return. We began a wonderful symbiotic artistic relationship by email where he would send me poems and we’d spark off each other. He would inspire paintings and the result is this wonderful CD: Fiona’s World! That’s the sketch I did of him in the moon on the front cover and that particular moment of meeting is described in track 4 Pictures of Strangers in bars where you can hear me singing! Bob Cheevers lives in Austin Texas but he’s coming over to Britain shortly to do a long tour and promote the CD. I might be joining in with a couple of the gigs. Fun!

Fiona’s World can be purchased here.

I have now completed my first year at Wimbledon College of Art. It’s been an amazing year. I’ve learned alot and made lots of great friends. I’ve been thinking in a whole new way, exploring psychoanalysis and it’s relation to how we experience our environments based on our childhood reactions to them. It’s been a bit of a voyage of self discovery as well as art discovery.

I’m pleased to have achieved a 1st this year. The tutors loved the originality of my work and my Facebook group Under Sink Cupboards which has become a part of the work really. It’s amused me no end and I love the fact that so many people have shared the joke with me.

I wanted to give this one a blue ground in order for it to recede and give the painting a feeling of space. There are also drips incorporated in order to give a feeling of wateriness to go with the pipe theme. I loved all the pipes under this sink. It really gave me something to sink my teeth into! It had started raining once I did this painting and I feel that it shows in the slightly more subdued palette but I kept alot of the colours from the other paintings going in order to tie the series together.

Here’s the second of my main series of Under Sink Cupboard paintings. The sun was shining and the colours got even more crazy than the last one! I liked the idea of turning these under sink cupboards into magical worlds that embrace some of the childhood excitement at finding secret, hidden worlds around their environments.It’s a mixture of my friend Neil’s under sink cupboard with Degas’ Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando which uses a similar (although much more subdued) palette and had the same virtiginous feeling (I hope!)

Here’s the first of my main series of under sink cupboard paintings. I wanted the curtains to reveal the secret, intimate world hidden behind them.

Here is one of my under cupboard sink studies. I used copper paint with a solution that creates a verdigris effect. It’s a great thing to use but a little temperamental! I like the murky underworld feeling that this painting has!

Sorry that this is my first post in ages. I’ve been soooo busy!

We had the private view of our Catch by the Eye, Save in the Heart exhibition on Sunday night. It was a huge success with a great crowd and some wonderful artwork. I was thrilled to sell my wall painting to a really nice couple who fell in love with it immediately. It sold within 20 minutes of opening. I love it when that happens!