by Sammy Hexter-Andrews | Jan 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
The New Year always makes me feel a mixture of sadness and happiness. The sadness from another year has closed without my parents and other family members, who are no longer here. But there is joy and laughter and happiness we have shared in 2024, as well as all the...
by Sammy Hexter-Andrews | Dec 3, 2024 | Uncategorized
1st December is the start of Christmas for me, the start of shopping, yes I know that will freak a lot of you out, but I cannot bring myself to start any earlier. When I was in my teens working as a Saturday girl in a shoe shop, for the whole of November our manager...
by Sammy Hexter-Andrews | Nov 28, 2024 | Uncategorized
Wowzers 28th November already, where has the last month gone!! I have been involved in a lot of admin trying to get ahead of myself for 2025 but I know it won’t workout how it looks on paper. Yes I still put pen to paper to organise all the stuff floating about...
by Sammy Hexter-Andrews | Oct 29, 2024 | Uncategorized
This month I have been reflecting on my journey within the art world and as I was writing notes for this blog entry I was thinking about past tutors, who without their encouragement, knowledge and guidance shared with me, I know I wouldn’t be here, in my studio...
by Sammy Hexter-Andrews | Sep 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
September has arrived and time for the new school year to begin. Children moving up the years groups are now old hands at the school but in contrast the ‘newbies’ in reception class and year 7’s enter with a mix of excitement and nervousness in equal...
by Sammy Hexter-Andrews | Aug 21, 2024 | Uncategorized
So this was me just a few weeks ago. I had seen that there was an art show coming up and that it would be a good thing to enter to see if my work would fit in with other artists in North Cornwall and Devon. I knew that back in Surrey that my art was a good fit and I...