Greetings & Apology!

Merry Christmas to you too and all the best for 2015. Lovely to see your work again.

All the very best Fiona and look forward to your postings in the new year.

Beautiful work fiona and I hope you are leaving all your gallery there because I hope to explore them. Great works and merry Christmas

A lively, crisp painting, the sky and bare branches give it movement. Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year to you, also :)

Thank you very much Lesley, Michael, Dennis and CA for your kind comments, they are much appreciated. I won't be removing my galleries Dennis.

Very nice Fiona, and in oils too! A look forward to more in the new year, all the best.

Merry Christmas Fiona, love the hues in this one!

Merry Christmas Fiona. This is lovely in oils.

This is brilliant, Fiona! There's such immediacy and such lively brushwork, and so very apt for Christmas. A very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you! I look forward to your new postings in the new year!

This really stands out on the gallery! A beautiful scene that you've painted with such vitality, it's lovely. Have a happy Christmas and creative new year.

Stephen, Debs, Carole, Seok, Avril, thank you all so much for leaving such generous comments. They are always very welcome!

Fiona, Happy Christmas. Beautiful; painting

Hi Fiona glad to see you on here nice painting,have a great xmas and a creative new year!!!:)Linda

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Fiona! Lovely card :)

Many thanks Glennis, Linda, Sarah for your lovely comments, have a lovey Christmas and New year! X

This is a lovely bold and "free" painting. I like it very much. Thank you for your recent note. Much appreciated. Life has not been very kind recently. In fact, retirement itself has not exactly been a barrel of laughs. Never mind- it's got to get better next year. I'm really looking forward to seeing your most recent works that you have promised to post. Who knows, I may have another go myself! Meanwhile, may I wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year - and my wife, Mary, says thanks for the seasons greetings that you sent. Lionel. x

Lionel, thank you very much for your comment and good wishes. I hope my courage will hold out to post the recent stuff I've been working on. I'm sorry that you are having hard times at the moment, and I hope you are right about next year and it being a turning point for you both. Keep well and all the best, Fiona. X

Thank you Annette, It's nothing too exciting, but it's very different for me.

Hi Fiona, poor painting ? You must be joking, its a really nice seasonal work and your tree is so expressive - just right. Hope you have a great Christmas, and that 2015 brings a whole new world of creativity.