I am writing this on New Year’s Day 2021. Although we are all glad to see the back of 2020, it was a good year for my painting. With amazing weather as well as being confined to home, I spent much of the spring gardening. This didn’t allow me much time for painting, but I was able to tend, grow, pick and photograph many beautiful flowers.
![](https://marionderrett.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2020-07-11-Garden-2-Resized.jpg)
The spring was also a good time for selling paintings online all over the world as everyone went into lockdown and galleries were closed.
The summer was not quite so good weather-wise, so I picked up my paintbrush and started painting some of those flowers:
![](https://marionderrett.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Spring-Bouquet-Resized.jpg)
![](https://marionderrett.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Hydrangeas-Cornflower-Fennel-2-Resized.jpg)
The birds were busy in the garden throughout spring and summer, and a joy to watch, photograph and paint.
![](https://marionderrett.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Catching-the-Worm-Resized-233x300.jpg)
![](https://marionderrett.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/The-King-Surveys-his-Realm-Resized-225x300.jpg)
Birds have now become a favourite subject for me now, and I keep stretching myself with new techniques and use of colour.
![](https://marionderrett.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Flying-Stork-Resized-300x233.jpg)
![](https://marionderrett.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Silent-Hunter-Resized-300x298.jpg)
![](https://marionderrett.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Great-Tit-and-Peanut-Resized-251x300.jpg)
I still have not achieved what I am striving for, but maybe that is what painting is all about.
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