Next journey

Some of you may have noticed that for someone cycling the coast I've been doing very little cycling! Last week I was working on the only painting I have in progress wondering why on earth I feel like I have no materials. Well, it's because I actually don't have any material! Last summer's journey series (Folkestone - Dungeness - Eastbourne - Beachy Head) was then actually 9 months on the making. I finished the last in that series in April, discounting the Beachy Head painting which was only completed in May! (See my "Line" blog entry) Since last August I've only had two paiting-related cycle trips, both out of convenience rather than planning since I had to deliver paintings near Poole and the Isle of Sheppey. I've done a couple Poole area paintings but Sheppey was decidedly uninspiring.

I had an exciting day last weekend planning a four-day excusion to finish much of the south-eastern coast! Then I had a less exciting day this week re-phoning everywhere because I'd booked the trip for the same weekend as Urban Art, 21-22 July. How can an artist forget about one of her best annual events?!?! (anyone have a wall I could hit my head against?)

So now I'm having a lovely 2 days cycling Chicester to Portsmouth then around the Isle of Wight. A small interval for Urban Art weekend (boy will I be tired! I have to cover 50 miles to get around the Isle on Friday). Then 2 days cycling Chicester to Littlehampton, then Littlehampton to New Haven harbour. I'm so looking forward to it! I'm particularly hoping for some rain (yes, I'm odd) as I've not done a rainy sea yet and that seems to be the weather at the moment. Though at the end of a day preferably so I'm not riding all day in wet gear of course.

And a whole new set of paintings will be born...