Dear Cleo,

Well I am now only two days away from the exhibition, most of it is done and I only have a few bits to do tomorrow, which luckily is a Bank Holiday, so the pressure is off. I have spent many weeks picking things up from around the country, framing pictures and generally organising things. The one thing I haven’t been doing in this period is painting. Tonight, I did the first painting for the next exhibition, I have been thinking lots and imagining the future and I painted this.

Cotswolds #04 Oil on Canvas Board 40 x 30 cm

It felt so good to be painting again, feeling the brushes in my fingers, getting paint on my fingers, and dancing at the easel at last. Its been a while, but it is good to be back, and it felt like the paints welcomed me with open arms, I must spend the time at the exhibition before I am completely free to paint again but this painting is the beginning of a new chapter in my exploration and I am looking forward to exploring it further.

Lots of love

Mickos