No need for comment, really – the event was well supervised. The Lincolnshire artists’ Open Studio scheme (Art on the Map) struggles with the geography – studios are relatively few and far between. Some people who visited me yesterday had driven 200 miles between studios, but few people are that dedicated! Actually it’s the local people who don’t seem interested, despite all my efforts, but I always meet some really interesting people from further afield.

I parted with one picture yesterday that felt like an old friend; this was a large collage of our garden which won a prize last year. Sad to see it go – but great to see it go to a good home. It clears the mind for new work….