Spring in the Studio

Spring has moved quickly this year — a season of making, preparing, packing, and showing, all threaded through with those quieter studio hours where the work finds its own pace. It’s been a full few months, and looking back, there’s a sense of momentum that feels both grounding and energising.

March opened with the Dorset Spring Fair, the first event of the season and a gentle step back into sharing new work in person. There’s something about early‑spring light — still cool, still shifting — that always finds its way into the paintings, and it felt right to begin the year’s exhibitions there.

April followed with Art at the Duchess, a two‑week show in Dorchester that allowed the work to breathe in a different setting. Longer days, more colour in the landscape, and a sense of things opening up again — all of it fed into the pieces I was finishing at the time. Exhibitions have a way of creating their own rhythm: the quiet of the studio contrasted with the conversations that happen once the work is out in the world.

And now, from 23rd March to 7th June, I’m part of a two‑week‑turned‑season‑long exhibition at Langham Wine Estate for Dorset Art Weeks — showing alongside six wonderful artists whose practices bring a richness to the space:

• Sally Pinhey — botanical illustrator
• Elly Harvey — silversmith and jeweler
• Nix Hawkins — ceramicist
• Jo Sadler — willow maker
• Sarah Jane Jefferies — abstract landscape artist
• Sue Gunn — abstract artist

Working alongside them has been a reminder of how varied, tactile, and deeply personal making can be. The conversations, the shared preparations, the mix of materials and approaches — it all adds a kind of quiet electricity to the experience. For more info on Dorset Art Weeks please click here.

A selection of my current paintings is on show there, along with limited edition prints and framed prints. Seeing the work gathered together in that setting — surrounded by vineyards, open sky, and the hum of visitors moving through — has been a highlight of the season.

Of course, the lead‑up to all of this has been its own kind of marathon: varnishing, edging, framing, checking, re‑checking, and making sure everything is ready in time. The practical side of being an artist isn’t always glamorous, but there’s a certain satisfaction in those final touches — the moment a piece feels complete, sealed, and ready to meet the world.

Spring has been full, steady, and quietly exciting. And as the season shifts again, the studio is already gathering new ideas, new colours, and the beginnings of what comes next.

Warm regards,

Magda