Jafabrit's Art

Oil on woodGlass HousesThere is something very healing  about taking a negative situation or feeling and using art to get it out of your system. The icing on the top is when your art ends up visually representing exactly how you feel &nb...

 In many ways my mouse drawings and clay figures are autobiographical, or moments in  my imagined world as a child.  No, we didn't have a swing or a lantern like this as a child in the mining village. However I do remember...

Oil painting on wood of sketchbook on coffee table Back in the day when I was working full time in the business of being an artist I'd often hear that statement. Here I was working full time in my home studio and getting national  o...

This is me in the doctor's office I felt like getting my nail file out and sharpening my claws and giving him the death stare. I am 69, a child abuse survivor, a breast cancer survivor, hiker, swimmer, health food fan , and intermit...

 Back in the day, circa 1961, about the only thing called free range were chickens. In our mining village in the north of England  parents, generally speaking,  did what is now called free range parenting.  We were...

For the day, for the month As we head into Summer &Sunshine and rattlesnakes and dusty trailsMay speaking Rabbit! Rabbit! Bring you luck...

Sunday afternoon snoozies for the little mice at Cheddar Hall Cottage. They live in a little forest near the bluebell bog. Such is my imagination as I go about  adulting, dealing with oncology tests, foot therapy,  watching...