→ Last Sunday I did a talk at the Anteros Arts Foundation, an art gallery and charity in Norwich. It was a fundraiser for Anteros, as I have had a studio there and love what they do. The story I offer

Taking up painting later in life is a common thing and perhaps more so today. As well as taking up a passion that did not materialise in our working and having-a-family life, more of us are keen to ta

Could it be all change at the charity shop?

Taking up painting later in life is a common thing and perhaps more so today. As well as taking up a passion that did not materialise in our working and having-a-family life, more of us are keen to ta

Some of my earliest and fondest memories are of drawing. I constantly drew monsters, video game characters and comic book heroes. I kept this up through my late teens until it dawned on me that art wa

BASED IN NORTHERN IRELAND, Janice Lightowler works in oil and graphite. When working on her oil paintings, she uses only one small brush, irrespective of the size of the piece, and later attaches that