What do you do when the busy slows down?

We all know that feeling of over-promising and then the current of a very busy period. It seems summer is always like that for me. This year I only opened my studio for one weekend in June, but that was on the heels of a series of fabulous exhibitions and a sense that life was coming at me rapid fire, so it didn’t feel like a quieter June.

at the Society of Women Artist’s exhibition with ‘Cat Yoga’

When I’m busy I pine for the studio, no matter how much fun I am having. Although I don’t find it difficult to begin again, I worry that I might when I am not working. I try not to do that, but I’m not an expert on letting things go, all the time!

on our studio crawl on Stuart Morris’es couch

So we returned from Dublin; I opened my studio; I cleaned up for visitors; I went to exhibitions and to see friends, and made a few trips to London, while dodging the sun and heat. Imade some work in the middle of all that. And then suddenly it was quiet.

NIght Owl, egg tempera on panel, egg tempera on panel, 29.5 x 30 .5 cm, July 2025

Floribunda Pinkaholic, egg tempera on panel, 30.5 x 30 cm, July 2025

This time, I went looking for a little eye candy, did a little garden maintenance but mostly set up arrangements and painted.  What do you do?