Winter Heron

I'm thrilled that my watercolour painting is a finalist with the Broadway Arts Festival 2022 competition. I didn't expect this at all. I'm looking forward to the exhibition in October when the work of all the finalists will be on show.

Inspiration for Winter Heron came when I was writing Instructions For The Working Day, which features a brutal sweep of marshland and the cry of a lone heron. Although the book is not set in winter, it felt right for this lonely, yet clear-sighted and optimistic painting.