When I had to move into a bedsit accommodation and lost a 'studio' I found myself having to scale down my work to a handbag. Studio in a bag. I have always been an avid sketchbook enthusiast, but over the years they grew to be much more. The books started to tell a story. Working with this idea I have explored different ways of working in different books. I have allowed text and image to flirt with each other and memory, fantasy, observation, description onto the pages.

I have enjoyed encouraging my grandchildren to draw in this years visual diary. Their drawings are delightful and add a charm to my page.

Experimenting with the random line that runs through my previous diaries, I decided to use orange Brusho dye to create shapes and spaces that I could respond to. I also decided to do observational drawings of life in front of me, and doodle when nothing around me interested me. I also decided to remove text and let the drawings speak for themselves. When reality became too hard I allowed fantasy to completely take over.

This visual diary was made as a gift for a friends Judy and Graham who were kind enough to let us holiday at their lovely home for three Cape summers in a row. Many of the memories were shared between us.

'Me at Sea' was a diary completed on a sea cruise from Genoa to Cape Town. It was exhibeted on board and at the Wells Contemporary Art Competition, in Wells in 2014.