Cathy Burkinshaw

A lovely sunny Autumn walk in Kenwood - a typical morning with many people out with their dogs

Small painting of my grandson when aged 3. Painted in oils from a series of photos I took on a walk in Highgate Woods

Chloe, my granddaughter, painted for her 5th birthday

Lucia and Oscar- painted for a friend for her daughter's 3rd birthday. Oscar is my dog!!!

A painting for my grandson's 4th birthday.

Chloe, my granddaughter, feeling a bit sad as mummy was away working in Madrid

A scorching hot day sunbathing in Kenya. Painted last week for the Highgate Watercolour Group Facebook Post from a photo I took way way back!!!!

Chloe and Max enjoying being away from London during the summer. This private beach is in Northern Ireland

The family home of my son-in-law in Northern Ireland. The garden runs down to the beach. However there is a high sea wall

A very bright, sunny and windy day in Le Touquet. Sand yachts are very much part of the beach scene

Painted from a series of photos taken in September 2019. This walk down to the beach is right beside my favorite hotel

Beautiful light and strong shadows early in the morning while having coffee in the garden!!! Ginnie, the cat curled up in her favorite plant pot!

My garden drenched from a Spring shower!!! Too wet to go out so a good opportunity to do a bit of painting

Ginnie the cat enjoying being with us for morning coffee!!!

I already painted Monica's Summer garden last year and got inspired to do a Winter version after popping round in late February before Lockdown.

Wonderful to see loads of cow parsley this Spring in Kenwood!!

The first painting I did during Lockdown in March from a series of photos taken in the Autumn 2019. This site is full of beautiful (mostly) self-seeded scrubs, grasses and wild flowers

Such a wild area as part of the land Fill site attached to Cold Fell Woods - it feels quite remote from urban London!!! With the tall dries grasses it reminds me of holidays long ago in Yugoslavia!!!! (now Croatia)

I love the creamy white cows lying in the fields as seen when driving around the Northern French countryside!

A fascinating tree in Chiswick Park - a painting done in situ for one of the last exhibitions I took part in before the world turned upside down!!!

A crisp sunny day in Paris last year - a short trip but great inspiration for my paintings

I have spent many days walking round Richmond Park this year. Wide open spaces as well as wooded areas. On many visits, not a deer to be seen

Lauderdale House is very much part of life for the Highgate Watercolour Group. Sadly our annual show has been rescheduled for Spring next year.

A beautiful Grade 2 listed building in Highgate, now the Ghana Consulate. I pained this in situ and was shocked to see how dilapidated the building had become, cracked brickwork and shabby windows lacking paint

Painted at the beginning of the year for an exhibition - Shop Fronts - for the Highgate Watercolour group. Very vibrant back in February - almost deserted last time I drove past

A friend commissioned me to paint a House Warming picture for her son of Brixton Market where he had just bought a flat. I found the market fascinating and actually completed 3 painting!!!

A second of the series I painted in the market. Such a great subject, somewhere I will definitely be returning to when things are back to normal

A still-life study for the Highgate Watercolour group. I forget the title of the theme, (probably Vegetables) but I do remember buying the string of garlic especially for the painting

I picked up these berries on a walk! round the corner from my house! The pruned branches were piled up and ready for the compost heap. The red glossy berries inspired a number of paintings

Another still-life painted in 10a South Grove in Highgate, the meeting room for the Highgate Watercolour Group. I really love painting glass, the transparency and gloss are such a challenge