A little update about Christmas markets....
I will be at Eumundi Market this Saturday and then on Sunday in Brisbane at the Young Designer Market. The following Sunday ( the 11th Dec) I'm taking a flight down to Canberra for the Bus Depot Markets. Haven't been there in two years so I am really looking forward to it and to catching up with some good friends as well.

I'm currently flat out...I've got that usual pile of emails piling higher. Over the next two weeks I will be finishing off 6 commissions and then when I get back from Canberra another 4 before Christmas. They are all mandalas except one. The mandala above is one nearly finished for Ann.

"Hold On Let Go "
60 x 60 cm (23.5 x 23.5 inches)
Acrylic on Canvas

Original Sold

"Flower Child"
Acrylic and Mixed Media on Canvas
30 x 20 Inches (76 x 51 cm)

Original Sold



New painting...
..plus look what arrived in my mail box this week!
They are available to buy in my Etsy shop now and will be posted out from Friday the 25th Nov.

Along with my commissions other things in progress......

"Flower Child"

"Hold On Let Go"

"Something In Common"

"Intuition"

New bookmarks in my Etsy shop...plus a new woodblock print "Friendship". Also the book is almost here!! :) I will have my copies hopefully by next week.

"To Be Able"
75cm x 100cm ( 29.5 x 39 inches)
Acrylic on Canvas

Original Sold.

This painting has been done in memory of my late uncle and below is one of his many beautiful poems that he left behind...xx

To be honest
in a way
you are able

To be able
not to say
the things you want

To be softer
on yourself
than on others

To forgive them
for things said
all unaware

To be trusting
to admit
you really care

To be bigger
than the smallest
broken hearts

To be greater
than the sum
of all the parts

To be worthwhile
as a human
at the last.

Copyright Allan Longhurst July 2002