Saving Ron's Place

18/08/2026

Hello friends! This week's reminder is from famous Roman poet Ovidius, who wrote these powerful words we must all have heard at some point in our lives. Meaningful progress takes time, and many worthwhile goals require persistence before visible results appear. Let's remember it before we decide to give up on our plans as it might happen that the result is just around the corner. Small actions repeated regularly over occasional bursts of effort.

06/08/2026

Every person you meet, whether a friend or a stranger, offers a chance to choose kindness. These words from the Roman Stoic philosopher Seneca are a reminder that helping others is a natural duty of all of us, an important value that is right for your character. Hope your week goes well and treats you with the same kindness as you treat others!

28/07/2026

One of our favourite and most recognizable Ron's creations, paired with a powerful quote by Marcus Aurelius. Our inner world shapes the world around us and resonates through our feelings and actions. Food for thought for your mid week, dear friends!

15/07/2026

One of Ron's lesser known paintings is this portrait of Carl Jung, kindly shared with us by Ron's friend Peter from his private collection.

What does Peter have to say about it?

'Jung has been my favourite psychologist for many years. I commissioned Ron to do this painting and provided the source material (I had all the pictures professionally framed myself). Ron had not painted a portrait for a long time, so I had to convince him to do this one. I knew that only he could capture that twinkle Jung always had in his eyes. In the end, Ron enjoyed creating it. (...) You will notice that there is a mystical green background in the painting; this was my preference.'

Grateful to Peter for sharing this fantastic piece with us, his own perspective of it and to know Ron's art is still bringing joy to people's lives!

07/07/2026

We are naturals in avoiding hard truths sometimes, but another hard truth is that reality will always eventually catch up to us and make us face the things we spent our time running out from.

This week let’s remember that even though we can sometimes detach ourselves from pain, there is eventually growth and learning, and wisdom coming from what we might try to avoid. Wishing you a wonderful week and courage to face everything you might be feeling like running away from at the moment. You got this!🦁

29/06/2026

Good morning everyone, we hope you had a good couple of days despite the scorching weather! This week's reminder is from Aristotle - persistance and consistency are hard, and we sometimes lose motivation or even give up before reaching our goal. Let's remember what are we working towards and that even the smallest steps are moving us forward. Maybe where we are now is a place where we once could only dream of being? It's so easy to forget that we are already doing well enough.
Have a wonderful week!

18/06/2026

Starting something is arguably the most difficult part. Whether it's uncertainty of next step, lack of clarity, your fear, perfectionism, overthinking... don't let these thoughts to stop you from starting - that's where all the growth and magic happens. Wishing you courage to persevere through whatever challenge you are currently facing!

12/06/2026

Hello friends! It's this time of the year again - this weekend belongs to Wirral artists and creatives, and as always we encourage you to check out some of their fantastic studios, support work made by human hands and people passionate about their craft. There is an absolutely amazing variety of local artists of different disciplines taking part in this event. Some of them open their spaces starting tonight, if you are looking to spend a lovely evening meeting interesting people.

Please find more information, including the full artist listings and a downloadable brochure at www.wirralarts.com or Wirral Art & Wirral Open Studio Tour 😊 Wishing you an amazing weekend, everyone!

The Wirral Open Studio Tour returns this Saturday and Sunday (June 13–14)

09/06/2026

New week - new challenges ahead! But as Homer once said - 'be patient, my heart'... 🦁Ron's Minotaur room is filled with little portraits of some of history's most known philosophers and poets, and this one is among of my favourites. If you look closely, you can still see Ron's careful pencil sketch underneath the paint. Wishing you all a great week!

01/06/2026

Happy Monday, everyone, and happy first day of June! Almost half of this year is gone already, when did that happen?

Today's reminder is from Marcus Aurelius - to reach within ourselves in search for goodness, to find it within your own thoughts, to bring out to the world with your actions. Never forget that you are good enough and worthy of a good life just as you are. Have a wonderful week! ☺️