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I am always grateful in having a patient, supportive wife, for without such my artistic efforts would would certainly be much curtailed. The reason I say that is because as well as the ongoing sculpture, my ink work is also progressing. The research into my woodland project is tricky at the moment due to mobility issues, therefore most of my thinking is done around the many thousands of photographs which I have taken over the past few years. The above, which I finished yesterday is a good example. It is of a lane in the Bocage, near to Valognes in Normandy. the area is full of tiny deep, wooded, winding lanes, which twist endlessly around equally tiny fields and hamlets. Liz and myself had a super week there a few years ago with friends.

At the same time the boats are coming along just fine and are such good fun. Above is a Star Wars X winged fighter flying above the rest of the sculpture. The fighter is held in position by fine wire, which is positioned and painted in such a way as to be almost invisible. Ridiculous yes, but I am enjoying myself