Ongoing isolation due to Covid 19 has brought a welcome creative window. It has been as if someone has stopped the clock on the world and it is back to basics.

I don’t think I have ever spent so much time on my own. What a luxury, at such a time of heartache and worry across the world, to be able to indulge in my favourite pastime. Discovering pointillism in the past few weeks has literally been life changing.

I have spent hours every day creating images from millions of dots. It amazes me how it is possible to create depth and structure, light and shade and even texture just by the number and position of the dots on a piece of paper.

Being self-taught means that I have really been on a voyage of discovery every single day. The images lend themselves to merchandising, but that will have to wait until after the pandemic when I can approach companies to produce stock and find retailers to sell it.

It may be time to seek an art agent, which will take me in to new territory, but the only way to make money in merchandising is to sell in bulk, because the profit margins are small.

That requires contacts in the right places. The other option is to explore trade fairs, but that also requires more homework first. My contacts at SDX makers group may prove informative, as it is likely that some of them have already been down that route. That will have to wait until after the pandemic when I get merchandise samples made.

Away from my artistic endeavours I have been, cooking, tidying , walking and supporting my elderly mother , much like the rest of the population.

I await contact from the NHS about possibly returning to work temporarily to assist in the effort as they struggle to manage the covid 19 pandemic. Stay safe and well everyone.

Rhona x