I began writing for Art etc magazine in 2024.  The magazine was a subscription-based service.

Unfortunately it has now ceased trading, and the links to the online subscriptions are no longer valid. I will add the text to this website at a future date.

Journal Making

I always have a huge pile of books from the library

November 2024

Image of a blue grey background with a white book cover, decorated with illustrated flowers in blues reds and oranges and white text saying The Flower Garden

Inspired by Nature

Hello!  Hasn’t this summer felt like a whirlwind?

October 2024

Black and White

Hello once again, hasn’t it been such a wonderful and amazing summer already?! Rainy and cold, followed by sunshine, humidity and heat!

September 2024

Colour

Hello again, I hope you are all enjoying the “summer” that we are having here in the UK, it is giving us all a bit of a run for our money isn’t it!

August 2024

Image showing a green background and a pink book cover depicting a red and white paintbrush, a green pencil and black text

Humans

Hello Readers, this month we are going to be looking at “Humans.”

July 2024

image showing woman smiling in front of art in monochrome and a banner saying A trip to the Library with Donna Holmes

A Trip to the Library with Donna Holmes

A Mixed Media Artist and Librarian, Donna shares with us her breadth of artistic and literary knowledge each month.

June 2024