LIVE ART CHAT May 2021 A New Studio

The second episode of LIVE ART CHAT with Sally-Anne Ashley comes live from Sally-Anne’s new studio in Southend on Sea. Before the painting demonstration, we take a look around the new space and hear about Sally-Anne’s exciting plans for art workshops and...

Travelling without Knowing

A post on my inspiration for Landfall and Harbour Light.  Two paintings currently in my portfolio and available from Number Four Gallery St Abbs. Exploration I’m interested in exploring, and this includes both our inner and outer worlds. As a...

Digging Deep – My Inspiration

Landscape, history and archaeology inspire me. I am fascinated by what has gone before.  I also love walking and exploring.  A few years ago I had occasion to spend some time on the south coat down in Dorset.  We were staying in Weymouth with a group of...

Build Your Confidence Challenge

Are you thinking that you might be interested in building your confidence as an artist? In my experience confidence is often based on how we account what we are good at, how much our self-limiting beliefs and critical inner dialogue affects us, how we prioritise...