07/10/2026
Some paintings seem to find their own way home. 🎨❤️
On 21 September, during a plein-air painting day with the POGO group, I knew as soon as I saw this view that I wanted to sit down and paint it.
The sunlight filtering through the trees, the shadows falling across the little path leading down to the sea… but what captivated me most was the almost circular pool of light at the bottom of the steps — soft, shimmering and a little mysterious, like a doorway opening towards the sea.
I’ve always been drawn to these circular areas of light in a composition. To me, they invite the imagination into another space, another world… as though all you have to do is step through that circle of light and you’ll find yourself somewhere entirely different.
That was all I knew when I painted this scene. I had no idea there was another story hidden within it.
After the painting day, I shared a short video on TikTok. By chance, Edwina came across it and sent me a message. It was her home that I had painted, and the tree in my painting was a tree planted by her grandmother.
Today, Edwina came to collect the painting. She is going to give it to her grandmother as a Christmas gift. 🎄❤️
When I began painting, all I saw was a beautiful scene that moved me — the light, the shadows of the trees, and a little path leading down to the sea.
I didn’t know that the painting would come to hold a piece of one family’s memories.
And I certainly didn’t know that, in the end, it would find its way back to the very place where its story began. ❤️
