Month: November 2014

I am really pleased as so far we have sold 8 of the prints for the Returning Vision charity, seem to be getting lots of interest but as yet no bids on the original paintings, fingers crossed we get a rush on towards the end of the auction. The elephants seem to be very popular, we […]

Almost there but in need of a background that pushes Thurushi forward and shows off her lovely satin white dress, but not taking the eye away from her beautiful face. Still some contemplating to do before we get to the final stages Okay, so this little girl still has hair that looks a little grey, […]

We met Kumara’s family at the end of our holiday, Thurushi is his daughter of about 4 years old, not yet at school, what a beautiful little girl she is. Although Thurushi could not understand what we were saying she was happy to have her photo taken, a little shy at first but once i got the whole family […]

We decided to venture into the local market in Aluthgama, we met our taxi driver Kumara who took us to the town, we decided to stay with Kumara as he was able to take us places less commercial for spices and soveniers etc. Kumara spoke very good english, he was very helpful and informative telling us […]

And what a great week it was, great weather, great hotel,  great guides and great friends made. We stayed at the ‘Club Bentota’ in Aluthgama, such a great location – on one side we had a river and the other side was the Ocean. Although the hotel was a little dated, it was such great value for […]

As I’m trying to promote the Returning Vision auction, I thought I’d add this sketch of a little Malawi orphan girl. The optometrist volunteers visited a local Orphanage, I found their photos to be very moving, to see so many young children living in the orphanage, the children looked to be enjoying their visitors, possibly they have […]