Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Date of birth: 1981 Qualifications: Degree in Literature & Art History Website: www.elitrier.com One day Eli Trier had a brilliant idea. Suffering with depression, she had started writing down all the things she was grateful for in her life in the hope that it would lift her spirits. But she wanted to do… Continue reading INTERVIEW: Eli Trier ~ Writer, Artist, Coach
I promised I would post photos showing how one of my paintings emerged over the Bloom True Art course I did in June. ‘Emerged’ is the perfect word. Flora Bowley teaches you to add layer upon layer of paint. Averaging two layers of paint a week, the painting s-l-o-w-l-y transforms before your eyes over 5 weeks.… Continue reading A painting in 12 stages
Remember those sketches I did the other day? Well, I have now added some shapes to one of my canvases and I thought I'd share it with you so you can see how it's developing. This is the 6th or 7th layer of paint (I'm beginning to lose track!). The next layer is due to go… Continue reading Art: A peek at one of my canvases
Two weeks ago I went to St Ives in Cornwall for a break. (I didn’t blog about it because I needed a break from life and, more specifically, from staring at my computer screen.) Before the holiday I searched online for a place we could afford to rent - a tinsy winsy cottage with a… Continue reading How St Ives restored my mojo
Ahem. As I always suspected. We are geniuses.
Katherine Bassford 