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For all the latest news and updates, check out the articles below and for some classic blog posts from Nikki Loy do dig into the archives…

Bloom! – Nikki explains her recent creation
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Bloom! – Nikki explains her recent creation

Bloom is a bit befuddling. When folks walk into my studio and see her she usually causes a reaction. Some ‘get it’ immediately, they lay their hands on their hearts and I can see they are deeply moved. Some get flustered, they know it means something, but it’s frustratingly passing right over their heads so they harumph and move on. Some think they know, and give me their interpretation, valid I guess, art is always open to the viewer’s interpretation – But, except for a few wise women, they are usually wrong as to my interpretation. So I shall explain her for you…

Quiet Blue – Confessions of a Neurodivergent Artist and A Self Portrait in Blue…
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Quiet Blue – Confessions of a Neurodivergent Artist and A Self Portrait in Blue…

Neurodivergent is not a term that I ever would have used to describe myself. I actually thought I was pretty ‘normal’. I function in the world fairly well, most of the time, and so I have never questioned whether or not I might be neurodivergent.
But then one day, in a strange juxtaposition of events – two conversations with two totally different people back to back – an epiphany occurred, and the effect of this epiphany has rippled through the generations of my family in a remarkable way.

Introducing Artist Lily Loy
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Introducing Artist Lily Loy

INTRODUCING ARTIST LILY LOY Many, many, many of you have commented on the amazing woodcut artworks by Lily that you have seen in ‘Gallery Gladys’ recently, so I wanted to highlight these works here in our online space. Lily Loy mostly prefers to remain an enigma, wandering the beaches of France creating beautiful murals here…

After The Auction!
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After The Auction!

After The Auction… Firstly, let me say a massive thank you to all those who took part, either by creating artwork, or by sharing, or by placing a bid! It was a massive success! All in all we raised £1915 which brings our current fundraising total for the restoration of Small dole Skatepark to somewhere…

The Wandering Gallery and her first ever show
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The Wandering Gallery and her first ever show

WHAT: 27 Custom Skateboard decks decorated by 25 different artists on show at Small Dole Skatepark Fundraising Skate Jam. CHECK OUT THE CATALOGUE Also available: BBQ, Skating, Skooting, Coffee and cakes, mini merch market… Lots of fun! WHERE: Small Dole End of Summer Skate Jam: Mackley Field, Small Dole, West Sussex. BN5 9XR And then…

Shop Update!
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Shop Update!

Just wanted to let you know that there are some new products in my shop! First up this long awaited Get Well Soon card for the broken skaters out there. You can FIND THAT HERE Then also as Easter is coming up I have added a range of Easter greetings cards.. Daft Bunny, Little Lamb…

Open For Bookings!
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Open For Bookings!

Between the crazy ol’ C ovid world and learning to walk again after a broken leg, it’s been a really rather mental few years without much in the way of live shows! But, now that my leg is on the mend I’ve decided it’s time to resume gigging! I am currently offering solo acoustic performances,…

OMG! I Broke My Leg!
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OMG! I Broke My Leg!

Yup, 15 weeks ago I broke my leg, in a freak roller skating accident. I say a freak accident because it’s not like I am a newbie skater, I have been skating for years, and falling without major incident for years so I am pretty well practiced at not breaking myself. But that Sunday afternoon…

The Wandering Gallery
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The Wandering Gallery

That ‘OMG! What have I done?!’ moment when I… uh… rather spontaneously purchased an HGV!?!Yes, she is beyond FUGLY right now but I have great plans! 😳😆😜 These pictures are of Gladys in the first few days that I owned her, a year has gone by now and she has already changed a great deal….

Aylesbury Vale Music Fest
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Aylesbury Vale Music Fest

Had such a fun time playing to the thousands gathered at Aylesbury Town Festival yesterday with my band, and on that stage! It was epic, maybe the best gig we have done yet?! 🤔 Was so happy I almost couldn’t sing straight, bubbly joy is not good for controlling the voice. 🤣😜😍 Thanks to my…

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So You Want To Be A Full Time Musician? – 15 Tips To Get You Started

Since posting my celebratory blog post about having been a full time independent musician for five years a bunch of folks have been asking how I did it. So here are a few tips to get you started! 1. Stash some cash! As with all start-up businesses there will be a period when you don’t make a…

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Van Life Loy – Lessons I Learned About Stealth Camping – The Very Hard Way!

Sooooo.. By now you know that in my time as a van lifer I have, in the dead of night, been the victim of both an attempted break in and a drive by shooting! But I love Van Life. I love the sense of adventure, the ever changing scene, the ‘here today somewhere else tomorrow’,…

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Van Life Loy – That Time I Was In A Drive By Shooting!

Okay, people… Drama has occurred! Now don’t freak out but Luna Van Blanc and I were the victims of a drive by shooting! Sounds mad doesn’t it! Hard to believe but it happened.  On Friday night I pulled over beside Swanbourne Lake in Arundel to make some dinner and put away my laundry.  I’d been stopped…

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The Resilient Dreamer

‘I’m never gonna quit ’til I die!’ ~ I have said it, I have sung it, I have heard it on the tongues of many others too. And I’m sure that more than one or two of you have said it about your own dreams! It’s great to have a commitment to persistence but day in…