Holiday in Wales

This is a rather late post of our holiday in wales. During the beginning of Summer, we rented a flawless cottage in wales. Everything about it was perfect.

The stone walls, fire place, Aga and the little details and decorations on the windowsill. Sigh...! Everything that I could dream of!

 We stayed there for ten days and it felt like home.

 We went a few times to the beach.

Olivia and hubby loved body boarding...

... And little Emily can never stop collecting, just like me.

We also went to the Dinosaur park.

 This brought happiness to the little one, as George from 'Peppa Pig' also loves dinosaurs.

There were three little mining caves too in that park. I did not like wearing that silly yellow hat at all, the girls and hubby laughed at me but I am glad I did as my head kept hitting the ridiculously low roof.

Nature is so beautiful and inspiring.

The girls had some fun collecting stones from the water.

 On the other hand I chose to buy my stones, a few more to add to my exciting collection. As far as I can remember I have always throughout my childhood collected all sorts: stones, crystals, twigs, drift woods, feathers and leaves - and I still do. The girls are just like me.
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Another destination of ours was a historic castle. It was such a beautiful ruin. There is something about them that always intrigued me, more than a well kept one. It has so much to explore and figure out about the history. You can let your imagination go wild. Every stone, every nook and corner tells a story and I guess that's what interests me.

Ahhhhhhh! What a lovely holiday was that. This year we decided to just stay within the country for the summer holiday, and to be honest there is so much to see here that we didn't feel the need to go anywhere exotic. This morning I was out in the garden and the air was lot cooler. Its starting to feel like summer is fading. Although, as much as I love Summer, I think Autumn is my favorite season. I love the colours. Most people would want to hold on to the summer a bit longer I guess, but I am looking forward to Autumn already. Strange but that's how I am.

Camping in Lake District

The last couple of days were spent in the Lake District. The weather was a mixed bag of rain, cloud and dry spells. The Lake and surroundings looked spectacular and luckily, we still managed to get some food on our plates in this challenging weather. It was fun and just the right time to head back home. The last night we experienced very strong gusts of wind and rain and made us realize how fortunate we are to have a solid roof over our heads. We also went to the Lake Safari park. Little one loved all the animals while the big girl found quiet moments on top of the rocks with her headphones. Can't believe she will be in her teens soon. Wow!
Sorry about the number of photographs, I tried my best but it is so hard to stop myself from clicking away. I still haven't posted our last little holiday photographs yet. But life has been full on this summer with everything that's been going on.

Hidden Memories

Yesterday was the day for normal household jobs and time spent with family. Today, was a different story. I got some time for myself. Time to finish one of my paintings which I have been working on for a while. Through rain and sunshine I painted. As rain didn't affect me, I was dry in my studio. I decided to paint over one of my old paintings which I no longer liked. It's better this way. The painting has got more texture and depth now. The memories of my past is hidden. Hidden behind the layers of paint. I have even lost the count of layers by now. There is a history to my work now which only I know and it remains a mistery to the viewer. I think I might call this painting 'Hidden Memories'.

In my Studio

 

This is where I have been lately spending my time, apart from going for long walks in the countryside and camping.

This is the one room in the whole house, where I could spend the entire day. I love to paint - my paintings are based on collected experiences and memories being born and brought up in India, my travelling and having lived in England since 2000. I am passionate about colours and I am inspired by landscapes, nature and wildlife for my paintings.

For my abstract paintings, I work from my memory trying to recreate the feelings and the mood that the depicted landscape signifies to me. I do not always produce an accurate representation but aim to evoke a spence of personal experience, to create an image which brings together different aspects of the landscape.