Studio Notes

Welcome to Studio Notes — my little corner for meanderings, musings, and all the in-between bits of life as an artist. Think of it as a mix of behind-the-scenes studio stories, experiments (some successful, some… less so!), and whatever sparks my curiosity along the way.

I’d love for you to join the conversation — if something here sparks a thought, makes you smile, or inspires an idea, drop me a comment! It’s always a joy to hear from fellow creative adventurers.

Carolyn Roberts Carolyn Roberts

take one picture…

I don’t know about you, but even though I create lots of work I like, there are always some paintings that particularly resonate with me, that just click, and you can almost hear yourself shout ‘Yes!!

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take one picture…

The air is crisp & sparkles dance among the dunes. Wooden fences are cloaked with frost. There’s a stillness, before the seas come and wash the glinting diamonds back into the depths…

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Carolyn Roberts Carolyn Roberts

take one picture…

“Kissed by the Water’s Edge” is a mixed media painting inspired by the reeds that stood flanking the banks of the river… The way the reeds gently danced, swaying to and fro in the breeze, their heads nodding in homage to the water…sending soft kisses on the wind…

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take one picture: wild edges

Those liminal edges between land and sea and sky… Elemental forces at work; fast moving skies, crashing waves, constantly changing shoreline.

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Close-up black-and-white photograph of stacked papers, a bottle, and a piece of string or twine underneath the papers.

FIND OUT…

what goes on behind the scenes, what inspires me, what annoys me(!) & everything in between.

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