I have just been prompted to attribute this painting of mine (from an old blog post  here ) entitled "Flamenco" to John S...

*Dog watch , in  marine  or  naval  terminology, is a watch , a period of work duty or a work shift , between 1600 and 2000 (4pm and 8pm)...

I f you thought I had committed blog suicide, so did I, yikes - having posted nothing since August. So I am just back from the brink with...

A plaster cast from the Parthenon Frieze to go with the hand I bought in a specialist Paris art shop  and the foot from the Sir ...

Please look away now if you don't like ex-animals (below).  I painted them  at The Prince's Drawing School   in Shoreditch under th...

My virtual world of horsewomanship .. All images © Rosie West

I n haste before pushing off for a week's holiday. It's that horsey thing again.  Fascinated by them but still pretty scared of the...

M indfulness Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, me?  Well oddly enough, yes.  I signed up for the course only because I like and admire Steve Was...

N ow that London's Royal College of Art's Secret Sale (in aid of student bursaries and support) is over, I can reveal my contr...

A nightingale sang... And in Moscow.  I always wondered how a nightingale really sang.  Wait for its sublime little voice to devel...