First of all Happy 2019 to you all. I had wanted to make this first post of the year a lighthearted post but having watched my partner fall to pieces over the holidays has as you can imagine changed my mind. Andrew, as I've mentioned before is a good, kind man who works hard  and well who has been nevertheless illegally fired after nearly 5 years of service by The Stars Group, PokerStars, Amaya, Rational Group or whatever the fuck they are currently calling themselves. He'd done no wrong (they claim otherwise and supposedly have witnesses but Andrew has recordings of conversations and emails that show the true story), but that didn't matter according to them he can be fired for any reason. They told Jobsplus (the Maltese job centre) that he'd resigned presumably so that they can employ a new victim either here or more likely in Bulgaria for which they had already been advertising whilst Andrew was still employed and where labour is cheaper. So here we sit in the shit wondering where the next euro is coming from. So beware people if you want to work for an igaming company choose well or you could end up in the same boat.

They also lied to Jobsplus about his job title which had been Junior Web Publisher Since Feb. 2017. He hadn't held the job title shown below for nearly 4 years. Here's some proof that they are liars.

Passage from termination letter:

From the email Andrew received from Jobsplus:

So if ever you thought you may buy a piece of my art then now would be a great time to buy.

Hi and welcome to whoever is reading this. I hope you've all recovered from the festivities. I finished what will probably be the last painting - well at least on canvas, for this year. It's another in the white, gold and charcoal series.

40 by 40cm on deep edged canvas and at the moment available .Lots of faces and creatures to be seen, I'm hoping that you the viewer will weave a story around it. If so I'd love you to let me know.

The wintry sunlight lays the most beautiful highlights and shadows. Here's one of my paintings being lit up by the soft light

I could feel winter in the air last night - well it had to come sometime  So I created this fun little digi using hot colours to warm me. Don't worry we also have a heater in the house  ,

I'm a bit peeved at the mo., the painting below which I had just finished after several evenings work, is no more. It had taken probably 10 hours of work and after I decided it was finished sprayed it to fix the charcoal and drifted off into an unremarkable daydream whilst spraying - when I came back to earth I had sprayed way too much and now the charcoal was in a puddle grrrgh - I left it to dry and then tried going over the lines again but the spread of the fixative meant that many of the lines had bled into the canvas and just could not be saved. Ah well that'll teach me to pay attention

So I've done something that I rarely do - I've entered a competition: https://www.facebook.com/Wraptious/posts/2134185066643940

Here are my entries:

Please consider voting if you like them. Thanks a lot

Above is one of selection of pillows that are available from:https://fineartamerica.com/featured/wcs-4-c-laf-art.html?product=throw-pillow

The images were originally some of my watercolours which I then altered slightly. The material is of good quality and goes happily into the washing machine.

Today I actually left my house for the first time since finishing Radiotherapy nearly 4 weeeks ago. Yay, its been a gorgeous day, perfect weather for walking. Coming back I decided to be a good girl and have a studio cleanup. I found this half finished painting with it's face turned to the wall, got the brushes out and finished it.It's been a good day so far.

It's a 60 by 90cms acrylic on deep edged canvas.

And sometimes I like to paint amid the chaos on my studio floor.:)

Well it's a dull and rainy day here today - but it's winter so what the hell do I expect haha. Anyway I've had the inks out today - and the last of my lovely Yupo papers - must re-order.

Here's one 20 by 30cms, ships rolled in a tube - easy peasy, so if you like it just msg me :)

Morning all and what a gorgeous autumn day it is - the sun is shining and I'm still in flipflops :)

Because I'm in such a good mood this painting that I'm about to post is in yellow and not only that cos I'm feeling happy it comes with a hefty discount.

The original price is 1700 euro for this 60 by 90 cm acrylics on deep edged canvas but I'm happy to let it go for750 euro. This is through Saatchi Art . It rolls in a tube for convenience and cost. Although if you'd like to have it delivered in a crate then please contact me.

Either way don't be shy , just drop me a msg via the contact form on here, facebook or Instagram at laf.abstracts. Hope you're having a good one

So Friday was a big milestone day for me cos I finally finished Radiotherapy. Yay. feel like I've been let out of school. I want to say a massive thanks to the staff at the Radiotherapy Dept. of SAMOC in Malta. They have been brilliant and made the whole process much easier than I thought it would be  So Thanks a lot lovely people.Fingers crosssed for a good result now. So that was my finish. My start was my use  of Instagram  - I know always late to the party haha. I haven't been painting much due to lethargy and lack of creativity,   so I've spent a lot of time sitting on the sofa using my tablet as I have Artrage on there as well as Insta and all the usual suspects haha. Anyway if you'd like to see what I've been up to recently why not pop over to my instagram page :https://www.instagram.com/laf.abstracts/. I'd love to see you over there.

Here's one of my recent photos - I think this is like looking at spun gold