The rain stopped, the sun shone today, I didn't watch the news and I planted more seeds...Happy Solstice

Four individual small framed still life oil paintings on wood panels now listed. Found objects and favourite things.. etsy.com/uk/shop/MoiraM… #stilllife #oilpaintings #womensart #storytelling #favouritethings #nature #butterflies #birdsnest

This mornings harvest. The round yellow courgettes are so beautiful and much more tasty than green ones. I moved some into a wildflower bed for better pollination.. #growyourown #foodforthought #wildgarden #bees #artistsgarden

New copperplate etching, nearly finished. It's a real place, a cottage set back in a field, along a little lane. Here it is, in late autumn, seen through overgrown bracken and berried climbing bindweed.. #ruralart #countrycottage #etching #womenartists

Pesky printmakers problems- constant checking for red spider mites...all clear, roll it through, hold your breath and check... #copperplateetching #redspidermites #printmaking #aquatint #womensart

A few more Sketchbook pages, from my daily journals. Tiny fragments of each day.. #LockdownDiaries #sketchbook #ruralart #rurallife #printmaker #Watercolour #womensart #artistsoninstagram

Bee orchids and marsh helleborine found this week on a little walk looking for common spotted orchid. #NationalMeadowsDay

Beautiful shafts of light in the studio. Also useful for proving bread😀

The sun's out- let's paint some snow! Forward planning..

Another tiny decorative box of etchings completed and listed.This one contains snippets of treecreeper, kite, song thrush, swallows,hare,Fountains Hall etsy.com/uk/shop/MoiraM… #originalprint #handmadewithlove

Starting to see progress of the wildflower and grass seeds in a little area I planted in spring. Now attracting butterflies, bees and moths and a constant hum of insects. A work in progress #wildflowers #wildflowergarden #meadow

Bringing some light and sunshine from the garden into the studio on a cold rainy day.

The swallows have fledged from the nest in the barn. Printing this etching today, made a few years ago, but only part of the edition got printed. ' The last day of summer' ( I hope not, but it feels like it here!) #swallows #etching #aquatint etsy.com/uk/shop/MoiraM…

Preparing a new etching plate. Filed and polished, such beautiful copper... shame to spoil it.... #etching #copperplate #ruralartist

When I started writing my Diary in March 2018, aged 13, to express my isolation due to bullying and being autistic, my curiosity and joy in nature...I was writing my way out of grief, to make sense of the world. I never imagined this could happen to me! CHUFFED!

Work in progress on the new wildflower and willow warbler etching.. #wildflower #etching #printmaking #rurallife

Well deserved GCSE results from Nidderdale School students who worked at Number6StudioGallery with our tutors to produce such amazing work. Well done to you all!

Autumn seems to be coming far too quickly. Gorgeous colours. First batch of crab apple jelly made. Spiced up with chillies and star anise this year...

At long last, the ‘Still’ Print Exhibition is now open and will run from 25th Feb to 17th June! “An exhibition of serenity and calm capturing the stillness of time and simplicity of a still life.  Sarah Du Feu and Moira McTague come together in this group exhibition.” #whatson

Have you seen Still yet? On until 17th June. “Sarah Du Feu and Moira McTague come together in this group exhibition of serenity and calm capturing the stillness of time and simplicity of a still life.”