Spring has sprung and the days here are crisp and golden.

Its been a monumental time in the Studio with a portrait donation to the inaugural Save he Children Fund ball, group exhibitions at Traffic Jam Galleries in Sydney late August, another group exhibition (Four by Four) opening at Jah Roc Galleries in Margaret River late December, Bumper to Bumper group exhibition scheduled for February 2012 at Traffic Jam and a solo at Traffic Jam in September 2012.

In the meantime there has been the Black Swan portrait award to enter and the portrait of celebrity chef Anna Gare ("and Anna laughed..") back from the Archibald Prize entries of 2011.

To top off this marvellous cake of opportunity for work I have been lucky enough to gain representation this week in Auckland at Rinke Design and will be sending work there in the next week. Youll find a hyper- link to there and all the other galleries on my Home page.

Better sign off and get back to the easel!

Jane