The lovely Laura Stamps invited me to go along to Wimbledon Art Studios Open Studios. I went with a friend and spent a lovely lazy Sunday afternoon pottering around the sprawling complex. My little brain could hardly take in the myriad of different styles and media, all packed together in one massively creative hub of a building. It was incredibly inspiring and made me feel that I would love to be a part of a community or place like this – a space to spend hours sketching, creating and expressing thoughts in a way that I so rarely do whilst caught on my hamster wheel in London. Of course I am completely ignoring the more stressful bit where creativity needs to earn money!

Either way, I can’t wait for the next Open Studios for another dose of inspiration, and maybe some Christmas presents too by then!