After the joy of having my painting selected for the Royal Society of British Artists, it is time to get the paints out and work on others. With the Byard Art Summer Show and the Cambridge Drawing Society exhibition coming up, it is time to show a little bit of what I am working on at present.

Here are two areas of a new painting, not sure of the title yet but it looks as if the well-to-do lady has lost her parrot! Inspired by the Northern European artists of 600 years ago who made the Bestiaries (books that help the congregation keep the a righteous path), based on drawings I made at the Parker Library and other places as well as searching online to get me into the art of years ago.

In the meantime I have visited the Siena exhibition to see how the Italians depicted the same era. Absolutely beautiful paintings but I like the European work better as it is not so religious, maybe one can have too much gold and halos?

After missing the Private View of the Royal Society of British Artists at the Mall Galleries in London, I was determined to see the exhibition before it closed and it was really lovely going with my husband and daughter.

The standard of artworks was really high and the exhibition was beautifully hung and I was chuffed to see my painting hanging below one of my favourite artists who also loves colour plus zany weird creatures. The exhibition was really busy and people took a long time seeking out their favourites. As I watched, I was delighted to see so many people take a photograph of my work, I almost wanted to go up and ask if they would like to photograph the artists with her work.

So pleased to be there and realise that yes, people (well not all of them) like my work and that it is not overshadowed by other other artists.

Gave me a huge boost. Thank you to the organisers and to everyone who visited.