Gina Ferrari Artist

I love this quote from Helena Bonham Carter, because it describes how I feel about art. For me art is not only about the paintings that I...

Nothing stays the same for ever and in the words of Bob Dylan, when times are a-changin' we can learn to swim with it or we can sink....

My personal 100 day project to draw 100 amazing faces is coming to a close. I would like to tell you that I have finished but I’m not...

We all lead busy lives, rushing from one thing to another. Aside from work, there are deadlines to meet, family to care for, food to...

I’m sure like many of you reading this, I’m rather addicted to both the Sky Arts TV programmes Portrait Artist of the Year (PAOTY) and...

I have been trying to figure out why selling feels so difficult, so loaded with emotion and so tangled up with long held beliefs, why we...

Babies, even new-borns prefer to look at faces over everything else and learn to recognise familiar faces within weeks, or even days....

For various reasons this week week I’ve been thinking a lot about brand and identity. Mostly there have been many jumbled thoughts and as...

What is it that stops us achieving our goals, succeeding in life, reaching for the stars? What really holds us back? We all have excuses...

For me drawing will always be part of my creative process and I can’t remember a time when I didn’t draw. Whether I’m painting, stitching...

Two weeks ago, we were faced with the announcement of the death of the Queen in the UK. In some respects, it was not totally unexpected,...

It might be true that a picture paints a thousand words and we could argue that our art should speak for itself, but visual communication...

July for me is always about Open Studios. I have participated in Cambridge Open Studios since 2005, missing only a couple of years. It is...

The big question when displaying or hanging textiles is always whether to frame or not. Obviously, this will largely be determined by the...

You may have heard of the 100 day project or maybe not, but the idea is a simple one. You commit to doing something creative for 100 days...

When I sat down to write this blog post, I googled the term artist identity and I was bombarded with articles about how to create an...

As we approach Christmas, I think that most of us turn to thinking about gifts for our family and friends. Izzy and I recorded our latest...

This week the clocks have been put back an hour in the UK and British Summertime is behind us as we head into the winter months. As I...

When I used to write my old blog it was a mixture of art, embroidery, family life, gardening and food. And if I'm completely honest the...

“Art without meaning is just decoration” I’m not sure where I first heard that quote, but it popped to mind when Izzy and I were...