Lisa Horner Writer & Artist

Occasionally I do get a sale on Redbubble and often from a complete stranger.  Most of my self-publishing for my work on Redbubble on Facebook has been unfruitful so I don't tend to bother anymore. My most recent sale was two Ziggy Lime Green throw pillows  and the buyer was from America (Redbubble's head offices are in USA and Australia).  Inspired by this I looked at my latest piece of art I'm concentrating on at my art group and thought to myself that if I do a set of birds I could make a surface pattern on Photoshop.  This has at least inspired me to find a bit more time to get on with my art.  Hopefully it will be a pleasing result.   This photo shows me resorting to having to use a magnifying glass to do the details of this Greylag goose as my eyesight isn't great.  I have to squeeze my eyes together to see the time on the alarm clock on my husband's side of the bed, perhaps it's time I bought my own alarm clock! The image above is the completed Greylag Go

Sometimes it is hard to do what you mean to do in life because of other commitments and distractions.  I am now getting on with my art since I joined a local art group.  So here are a few of my latest efforts... Billy Hundreds Fish n Tapas Restaurant, Southend Esplanade - Collage & Acrylic Billy Hundreds with Photoshop filters Collage and Photoshop filter of view of Hanningfield Reservoir from Visitor Centre Collage of view of Hanningfield Reservoir from Visitor Centre Quick pen sketch self-portrait https://www.lisajhorner.com/

In 2019 Basildon in Essex celebrated its 70th anniversary and Geraldine was one of the named Basildon Heroes, and she is the lady I will be introducing on Monday to an audience at Vange Library in  Basildon.  Of all the people I have interviewed in research of my two books she has been one of the best storytellers to date.  Up there with Tom King former Chief Features Writer for Echo Newspapers and Vin Harrop, Arts Champion and of course Kenneth Porter, author and Chairman of Basildon Heritage in the Green Centre at Wat Tyler. This is what they said about Geraldine on the council website about Basildon at 70: - "In her role as a publican, Geraldine was a real community leader. She ran a successful local business for over 50 years and raised countless £1,000's for local charities - including the Vange Village Fayre that was run in conjunction with St Chads Church." In her retirement Geraldine has done talks at various places, Women's Institute's and U3A's for e