Belle Moon Art

21/01/2023

Glorious walking today. Devon coast and country at its best and some family time thrown in too. 💕
Starehole Bottom near Sharp Tor.

17/01/2023

Greetings cards now available!

Get your mitts on some of my original lino print art work now available on greetings cards.

Blank inside so you can use them for all sorts of things. Brighten someone’s day with a bit of seaside inspired art.

bellemoonart.com

11/11/2022

Playfully drifting…
That’s what I’ve been doing over the last week as I recover from my latest surgery. It’s been nice to have the time to get the pencils out!
Hoping that as part of my recovery I can get out walking. I’m desperate to see the otters who live in the nearby river. ..can you tell?!

20/07/2022

The things we do for our kids!
Our eldest starts a new school in September. A switch to be closer to home. It’s her last couple of days at her current school. I suggested this evening I could get her a pretty notebook to get her friends to sign before she leaves. In our usual style we sprint to the shop 5 minutes before closing time. No pretty notebooks in sight. Just a plain white one.
“I’ll get this one mummy and you can draw a flamingo on the front or something”. 🤔
I hope I’ve met the brief. 🤞🏼
As a flamingo addict and as my biggest critic I’m sure she will tell me that this type of flaming doesn’t exist. 😆
Every 10 year old loves a bit of bling so it’s got a gem for an eye. Hoping that gives me a few extra brownie points!
I quite like this fancy fella. You might just see him as a lino print in my shop soon!

08/06/2022

Life is better in a frame.
We were sailing in Cornwall last week. This was one of the sunnier moments on our ‘cruise’ to Fowey.
As you walk along the road to the cove, there’s a garden wall with lovely holes scooped out, so you can sn**ch a peak across the harbour to Polruan.
What’s even better is they’re all at different heights too, so small people don’t even need a “liffy-uppy” to enjoy it!
I like this picture with the hole in the wall adding it’s frame. It’s not the prettiest frame. It’s all bumpy and gnarly and imperfect. But it’s my frame. I like the memory of us all peering through different holes on our tippy-toes and sharing what we could see.
It got me thinking about how a frame makes you see things differently. Sometimes our frame of mind does this for us. It might restrict our view, but sometimes that can be quite nice, even if it is bumpy and gnarly! Sometimes it’s nice not to fill our heads with all the other stuff around the outside.
We always talk about broadening our views. Is having a restricted frame on life ok?…maybe as long as you know the limits of your frame?! .maybe I’ve spent too long at sea..
😆

05/06/2022

📣 EXCITING NEWS!! 📣

Thrilled to finally be sharing with you my new website.

www.bellemoonart.com

You can now get your hands on my lovely new, handmade lino prints. Buy direct from my shiny new website and have them delivered straight to your door!

Watch this space for new designs too.

Come and take a look and share this post too to help me shout it from the rooftops! 😘

05/06/2022

Not many people sunning themselves in deckchairs today. Heavy mist and drizzle at Beer beach.
When will it be summer?! 🫤

11/05/2022

11/05/2022

Excited to be sharing my art with the world at the Samaritans pop-up gallery in Sidmouth, Devon.
I have plenty of fresh new lino prints for sale, with 25% of sales going direct to the Samaritans.
Come and take a look - it’s for a limited time only. 👀 (Lots more than shown here).
Open 10am-4pm Tues-Sat
At the old Natwest Bank building next to Vinnicombe’s Bakery in Sidmouth High Street.
COMING SOON.. my new website! 🤩 For those not near Sidmouth you will soon be able to get your mitts on my original prints via my website! Watch this space!

30/03/2022

Having fun printing these jellies today.
What bizarre creatures jellyfish are! I’m always fascinated by them when I see them here in the South West, elegantly floating past.
Last year whilst sailing in Cornwall we sailed through hundreds of them all bobbling along in the summer sun.
Did you know a group of jellyfish is called a ‘bloom’ a ‘swarm’ or …wait for it… a ‘smack!’
Haha!
Somehow that doesn’t seem right for something so squishy.
After a long family debate we decided a ‘jingle’ of jellyfish would be better. 😆
What do you think? Surely there’s got to be a better word?!

22/03/2022

Always exciting to get some ink on a lino cut for the first time. Enjoying test printing this cheeky chappy this morning. .Inspired by the chip-stealing seagulls of Sidmouth.
🐦 🍟

03/03/2022

I’ve been quiet on here for a bit. I’ll be honest, I lost my creative mojo for a while.
I was putting too much pressure on myself to be creative, rather than just let it evolve and bubble up naturally.
As hoped, it has come back. I’m brimming with ideas and enthusiasm for new projects. It just shows that sometimes you need to just pause for a while, relax and take stock of what is important.
Can you relate?
Are you rushing to be somewhere and do something, When a bit of brain space first might be a better idea?!