My favourite sentence to say to myself lately {after ‘girl, you need some chocolate; let’s get some’}, is “you never know what’s just around the corner”. It makes a space for anything at all to occur, if you stay open to the infinite possibilities.

And it seems by saying it like an affirmation, over and over, all sorts of things have started zooming round the corner to meet me. The opportunity to share some group gallery space on the seafront with my friend Penny is just such a thing.

I posted some images of my recent paintings on paper on Facebook, and Penny immediately asked me to ring her. She had just acquired some space at the JAG Gallery and was wondering if I’d like to share.

A bit of a no brainer, you might say!

We are right at the end by the door with a view of the beach across the road, which is lovely.

The space is also a working studio for several artists; when I went down there to hang my paintings there was a really great feeling of creativity going on. I’m more of a loner than a group person but I enjoyed the collaborative feel of the place.

I still have work to take down there; at the moment it’s just three of the paintings, a couple of prints and some cards, but once I’ve worked out how to make my new Epson printer work there will be more prints, and maybe some small canvases too.

What is also great is that this is ongoing, so it’s not confined to a month or a couple of weeks and gives me a real opportunity to sell my work.

So that’s my advice for the day. Keep reminding yourself that you never know what’s going to happen next, stay open to all opportunities, and see what happens. 🙂