This is me, Sally – happiest in old paint splattered clothes, with my dogs and a mug of tea in my hand.
I am a painter of things... I paint how I want, when I want, and what I want - and that my friends, is where you find a complete joy in art. There’s no pressure you see, no expectation, no planning, no instruction or blessed rules, just the freedom of turning up and seeing what might just happen if...
It’s mid-February and I’ve moved just around the corner into a much larger studio — the ground floor of our beautiful Victorian home, The Old Meeting House.
As the name suggests, it has a history of bringing people together. It’s been the church meeting hall, the youth club, even the local nursery school back in the 70s. That feels right to me. This building was made for creativity, conversation and connection.
Fig Tin was two completely joyous years and I’m deeply grateful for that chapter. But I’d outgrown it. This new space feels closer to my heart — warmer, bigger, and ready for what’s next.
My priorities have shifted. While I’ve loved having visitors drop by to browse the gallery, I can no longer justify staying open in that way. My elderly parents are becoming increasingly vulnerable, and we’re moving them closer to me in Bewdley. As I’m sure you can appreciate, living alongside Alzheimer’s means there are other places I need to be right now.
So the door-open gallery chapter is coming to an end, and a view-by-appointment era begins.
My workshops are fully booked until June; however, there's a sprinkling of 3-day workshops and Go Large places available for June and July.
More news to come soon,
Sally X
