Sarah Pollock Studio Diary

Maintained by central Pennsylvania pastel artist, Sarah Pollock, this web log includes the artist's thoughts about her recent works and contemporary topics related to her painting. Check for new postings weekly. All materials on this web site are © 2010 by Sarah Pollock.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Back from London

At Westminster Abbey

The London Business School invited my husband to be a visiting scholar for a couple of weeks, and I got to tag along. We recently returned from a wonderful trip to London. It's an expensive city (yikes!), but well worth the journey. Fantastic Indian food! And we did many of the typical tourist things, such as visiting St. Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, and a stroll along the River Thames.


We had delightfully mild weather. In fact, I wish that I would have packed shorts. With very little rain and several days of sunshine, I picked up lots of inspiration for new work that you'll see in the coming months. There was the expected, such as Big Ben, and then there were some unexpected things. I can't wait to get back to work with these ideas.


Tomorrow I'm going to have some additional lighting installed in my studio because the grey days of Pennsylvania's notorious winter are already upon us. Snow is in the forecast already. Ich-h-h-h. But I've taken some time this month to rest and regroup after a busy show season and I'm looking forward to settling back into my work during cozy winter days here at home.