Portugal sketches old and new

Over the years i have spent a lot of time in Portugal. here is a few years worth of sketchbooks from the Algarve and beyond. 

reflective times in sw7

City VS country is the theme these days, I'm dividing my time between the 2. Gazing through bus windows along the A303 is giving me plenty of time to ponder on which environment is simply better for a girl like me. THEN i realise i dont have to decide, and i find myself in Vauxhall where young children, dogs, pretty flowers, community and craft life exist despite the urban surroundings.
Heres' a garden corner i painted as the seasons turned. I learnt to use mortar, fell in love with raspberry coloured paint, battled with rain, broken mirrors and crumbly old walls! and I thank the Brookes for giving me the challenge.

This is the mock design i worked from using images from THIS incredible flower website
I also found time to skate around Stockwell, eat sushi in Soho and see the sun rise on a stupid night out on Brick lane. now THATS the city life i miss!!!

Heriz Payne Architects Glastonbury

An office mural commission turned into an entirely different project recently when i worked on a huge canvas for a week in solitude instead of having public interaction at each stage as usual.
I was happy to paint in my own space as it helped the non-plan i had of lines and shapes when i started and saved any embarrassment from all of my old cassette mix tapes that i listened to whilst i worked!

As i reflected on my younger years during piles of analoge recordings i couldn't help but feel really very happy about how far we've all come since the Alanis Morrisette era.




Heriz Payne Architects www.herizpayne.com

underwater love

To bring a new dimension into the krumble Empire photographic studio, i spent a saturday night in a turquoise dream with my brushes and then dusted off the Ariel costume.



Thanks to the melancholy rhino for his shooting skills and endless patience with girls getting into stupid costumes!!!