Sam aka LymphomaLass

Want to impress at work by finding an apt, unique, thoughtful, cost-effective gift for a colleague, when the team collection doesn’t exactly exceed expectations?

How about a relevant, printed to your order, artist-designed present, that isn’t as expensive as the recipient might assume?

Maybe:

- A mug of a much-loved holiday destination - £12.33 including UK shipping by 16June

- A zipper pouch for coins featuring a flower for a lady colleague - £9.35 including UK shipping by 17June

- Four drinks coasters featuring sailing boats, I mean, doesn’t everyone love seeing them - £12.95 including UK shipping by 16June

- A baby onesie for the maternity leave gift, after all, young mums always need more baby clothes, don’t they - £14.71 including UK shipping by 16June

- A mouse pad sporting the birthday guy’s favourite wild animal - £17.48 including UK shipping by 17June

- A baseball cap perfect for sunny retirement days pootling around seaside piers - £16.67 including UK shipping by 16June

Prices and delivery dates as at 3pm, 9 June 2026.

Enjoy the options!

Do you love wildlife and want to brighten your home with art featuring a favourite animal? Or are you looking for a unique gift for someone who's interested in wildlife? In case either of those apply, today I'd like to show you my five pieces of wildlife art on display in Gallery 1, Castle Park Arts Centre, Frodsham, Cheshire WA6 6SE, 10-4pm, Tuesday to Saturday, till 1pm Saturday 27th June! Crown Sifaka Lemur - £145 Prints, gifts, etc at:

Blue Wildebeest or Gnu - £145 Prints, gifts, etc at:

African Elephant - £145 Prints, gifts, etc at:

Painted Dog - £145 Prints, gifts, etc at:

Senegal Parrot - £95 Prints, gifts, etc at:

Last week while on holiday in Tenby, after dinner most nights I enjoyed watching some lovely free video tutorials by Diane Hill on painting Chinoiserie.

So today I made time to try out the techniques and to show you some of my work-in-progress!

I'll share more when these pieces are finished!

Thanks!

How was your week?

We just got back yesterday from an amazing 7 nights in Dinbych-y-pysgod, "little fortress of the fishes", otherwise known at Tenby, in Sir Benfro, Pembrokeshire!

It's a very beautiful area and I took so many photos to create art from. Now the question is which to paint first! Please do let me know which would be your choice!

Thanks!

Today I’m delighted to share my “African Painted Dog”!

I think I was influenced in creating this piece by my husband Steve telling me about Flint, a remarkable painted dog featured in the BBC production "Kingdom" narrated by David Attenborough.

The original framed A4 painting is available in Gallery 1 of Castle Park Arts Centre, Off Fountain Lane, Castle Park, Frodsham, Cheshire WA6 6SE, 10am till 4pm each Tuesday till Saturday, until 27th June.

Prints and the art printed on all sorts of things are available at:

Thanks!

"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." (J.R.R. Tolkein)

I just saw the above quoted by a contact, and had to re-share it.

About 10 years ago I got given more time than I expected, when my treatment for lymphoma (a blood cancer) was successful. I felt obscenely lucky and made a conscious decision what to do with that time.

I decided to use it to create images and I now have something else to be grateful for - that people value them! And that through my art I've stayed relevant and found a place in our society!

Thank you!

"Amazing Nature" by Eddisbury Artists:

The exhibition's on in Gallery 1, Castle Park Arts Centre, Frodsham, WA6 6SE - 10am-4pm, Tues-Saturday till 27th June!

And the lovely park, beautiful walled garden and cafe make it a wonderful day out too!

Thanks!

Just to share a little of how I see the world.

It's been said that jays and magpies collect shiny things. I'm not sure that's scientifically true, but I know I collect pretty little images, especially of flowers.

All I have to see is a flash of an interesting colour, and I'm there!

I hope you enjoy the past few days' crop!

The real "sepia" has arrived!

You may remember my family had bought me a set of watercolour paints (for my birthday), finding the all different colours from a number of suppliers.

It was a really lovely gift!

Unfortunately, one of the suppliers had sent a half-pan of "sepia" paint which was actually blue, not the brown it was supposed to be, and then they relied on a time-limit for returns which landed before my birthday.

But now, a fair time after, I've managed to source the right "sepia" from a more reliable supplier, so I can use the full set!

Do you like having a "full" collection of things too?

I think it may be a part of many of our natures to "collect".

Dw i'n teimlo'n freintiedig iawn o fod wedi gweld y barcutiaid coch yn cael eu bwydo yn Fferm Gigrin, Rhayader, wythnos diwetha, ac ro'n i isio rhannu ychydig o luniau ohono efo chi!

I feel incredibly privileged to have seen the red kites being fed at Gigrin Farm, Rhayader, last week, and wanted to share a few photos of it with you!

Mwynhewch! Enjoy!

Lle es i?

Where did I go?

Dach chi'n medru dyfalu?

Are you able to guess?

Diolch! Thanks!

Happy National Biscuit Day!

I’m celebrating with Party Ring Biscuits on a Cornishware plate in watercolours!

To find out what biscuits mean to me, and to see all the print options, please head over to:

The A4 original is available for £75 unframed, or £95 in an A3 frame. Please just email me at [email protected] to make your purchase.

Thanks!

May I share some creativity with you? 🎨

I just couldn’t resist the wordplay!

It’s been a busy month! So I hope, if the pun isn’t to your liking, something else in May's creative output cheers your day! 🧑‍🎨

There's lots of 20 x 20 cm art all for £20, in Gallery 2, Castle Park Arts Centre, Frodsham, WA6 6SE - 10am-4pm, Tues-Saturday till 27th June

- including 4 of mine, the 5th having already sold!

Thanks!

This month in my "Alphabet of Art" I intended to move on from last month's "A is for Art" to B and talk about balance, but I got distracted by ACEOs and after a fair amount of research, I decided to tell you about them instead!

You can read more about this delightful and largely undiscovered part of the artworld in the notes to my YouTube video at:

Thanks!

Gobeithio eich diwrnod chi'n wych!

Hope you're having a great day!

Heddiw, dw i isio rhannu ein hymweliad ni â Phlas Mawr yng Nghonwy, Gogledd Cymru, wythnos diwetha!

Today I thought I'd share our visit to Plas Mawr in Conwy a week or two ago!

Mwynhewch! Enjoy!

Hope you're having a great weekend!

I've been harnessing the power of sunlight to make cyanotype blueprint botanical photographs!

Watch this space for when I offer them for sale!

Thanks!