Alasdair Paterson - On the governing of empires

My Dad has a new collection of poetry out today! His poems are extraordinary and I find them endlessly inspiring. I have to admit I been shamelessly plundering Dad's poems for ideas for many years and I know they will keep me well stocked up for the rest of my days. One line that I always come back to in his poem 'Fishermen' spurs me on to keep on plugging away..."and everything that matters is just about to happen".

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Governing-Empires-Alasdair-Paterson/dp/1848611161/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1271292174&sr=1-1

Green!

My very talented and amazing friend Mark Sperring has a new picture book out. Mark first showed 'Green' to me about 6 years ago and I absolutely loved it - a very funny, witty and ever so slightly dark story of sibling rivalry. Of all of Mark's many, many stories it has remained my number one over the years so I was very honoured indeed when he dedicated the book (wonderfully illustrated by Leo Timmers)to me! So if you have a little person in your life or if you just love the colour green, then I heartily suggest you hop over to Amazon and pop it in your basket!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Green-Mark-Sperring/dp/1845394534/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1268948535&sr=8-1

New prints for sale on my Etsy shop!

My new print 'Wild At Heart'is now in stock in my Etsy shop. A giclee print run of 250, they around £92/$150 dollars. The print is 400mm x 400mm.

New website

My new website (complete with shop) is now finished! It was designed by my good friend and designer extraordinaire Sim Wishlade...here's the link: www.alyspaterson.com

Art Group - Art On Demand

Got a bit excited when looking at the Art Group website when I realised I was in the same category as Picasso, yes...admittedly this is only as I have a surname starting with a 'P' but hey I'm going to enjoy it anyway!!

Weird colour test picture

I finished a big painting today that I have been working on sporadically for 9 months...it's been a bit of a labour of love! This is one of the many scrappy bits of paper I have colour tested on - I always like these weird little pictures!

Say it with snails!

When I was listening to Adam and Joe on BBC 6 some time last year they read a poem written by a listener when she was a child called ' Say it with snails' - I thought was the best thing ever....so I made some brooches in honour of her. They are lazer cut acrylic on screen-printed card backs. I have some in stock at the Here Shop in Bristol if you want to say it with snails, or cats..or leaves, I think they are £8/£9.