This week I have a fellow artist join me in my studio as I continue to work on my large abstract painting based on visits to Honfleur and my friend has a week of en plein air and alla prima painting in the country lane in Northern France.

This week has been a busy week. I have been on a pilgrimage to the source of the Seine in France and followed this beautiful river as far as Troyes, before heading back to my studio and starting my large abstract painting inspired by a visit to Honfleur and the mouth of the Seine. I have also been updating the Available Works section of my website on www.helenalicejohnsonartist.com.

Join me this week as I begin to get my head around the painting based on a visit to Honfleur much earlier in the year. This large abstract painting is finally beginning to take shape and I am looking forward to sharing the journey with you.

this week I am out and about. Apologies if the blog is not the usual standard, but it has all been done on the phone without wifi! The miracle of modern technology !

This week I am out and about in the UK, attending a social event at Hallbankgate Hub, visiting Rydal Mount, home of William Wordsworth in the Lake District and dropping off a painting at AKA Contemporary Gallery in Cambridge. But I still managed to get time for some painting in the studio as I continue to work on my large abstract landscape painting inspired by Kew Bridge, next to Kew Gardens in London.

This week has been a busy week again in the studio. I have been out and about painting en plein air as well as painting my latest large abstract painting inspired by Kew Bridge in London, as well as a couple of Snowdrop paintings inspired by the Orchard at Les Gaigneres, my French studio.

This week I am out and about in Brighton and London. A busy week exhibiting art work, then delivering large abstract paintings to The Old Cinema in Chiswick for sale, as well as working en plein air for my next abstract landscape inspired by Kew Bridge. Join me for a quick look at what I've been up to!

This week I am in Brighton for The Cab Run 2 art exhibition, run by Do Not Obstruct Gallery. Join me as I prepare for the exhibition as well as delivering my large colourful abstract paintings and garden diptychs to the tunnels underneath Brighton Railway Station. The exhibition is full of contemporary art and a fabulous selection of artists

Join me this week as I return to my studio in Cumbria, finish a landscape painting of the South Tyne river in the North Pennines, as well as adding a touch of magic to the home with some fairy doors.