Jan Bennett

08/06/2026

05/06/2026

No pressure!!!

22/05/2026

My little guys all done up for Chelsea

13/05/2026

Recently found this delightful, lonely watercolour of the Old Mill at Reigate Heath painted in 1927 by C. S. Button, and would love to learn more about the artist in due course.
In 1864 the mill became a chapel, the only one of its kind, and has since been consecrated, so the back-story itself was worth discovering.
In the meantime, many thanks to Arundel Framing Workshop & Gallery for adding a new lease of life!

11/05/2026

The last 10 days or so have been garden-orientated, with lots of digging, lugging about, cleaning and tip runs. Now glad to get this old friend freshly painted and back in position!

21/04/2026

Today, my studio windows are dedicated to our much-missed Queen Elizabeth II, with photographic montages which celebrated her coronation.

17/04/2026

Came across these Fred Stubbings paintings yesterday. Fred (R.I.O. 1927) trained as a teacher at Steyning Grammar School but latterly lived and painted at Coleshill in Buckinghanshire.
Amersham Museum's website features an interesting article abt Fred - a headmaster of the old school (the like now long gone, just as our local 'Pop' Davies) along with his many other undertakings. Worth a read!