Whats happening

Spring was a productive season, plenty of play with palette knives on landscapes both imagined and actual places. 

 

April brought the biggest surprise with a call for another mammogram at the clinic in Wigan!  20th of April, what would have been my Dads birthday.  More squeezing, it is uncomfortable but necessary. Yes there was something, ultrasound and a biopsy taken. 10 days later its confirmed as early stage invasive ductal cancer, grade 2, ER/PR positive, 14mm.  Surgery happened on the 28th May, lumpectomy and 2 sentinel nodes taken for biopsy. 30th June results are margins clear on the lump which was 15mm on the day confirmed as grade 2 with a ductal carcinoma in situ which was high grade. The nodes were also clear of evidence of cancer.  Now I am waiting for radiotherapy and on aromatase inhibitor tablets for 5 years to reduce the chances of this cancer coming back.

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I tend not to worry over things I have no control over so it has taken its course and the NHS are well practiced in how they treat cancers such as mine.  

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Meanwhile I paint and carry through with the things I have arranged. The weekend at Morecambe Bay Art Fair was amazing. Some great conversations had. Wonderful people met. A sale and a commission whixh is now in its new home.  Setting things in place for my solo exhibition on the walls if the Hive Cafe, Church Street Blackpool. 13th August to 23rd September.  Along with gathering diverse artist friends for 3 weeks exhibiting in Lark Lanes Amorous Cat Gallery Liverpool in October.

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Each of my paintings may draw different sorts of viewers yet all my scenes have serenity at the heart of them

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