I just thought I would share a couple of photos from this morning, I went to Conder Green on the Lune Estuary. Such a beautiful day that even the mud looked nice – reflecting the blue sky. I love the shapes carved by the tidal channels in the salt marsh and mud, and the birds […]
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I’m currently showing my work at Pittenweem Arts Festival, in venue 82. Ovenstone 109 is a fledgling brewery and lovely new festival venue which opened this year – formerly a John Deere tractor showroom – (my siblings and I used to enjoy passing by!) Here’s some photos. There are 11 other artists and makers exhibiting
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May and June are my favourite time of year. These watercolours are of gowans, lovely big daisies, which fill up the edges of our garden at this time of year, roses, and just the general joy and chaos of spring. I painted the deer at Leighton Moss, a nearby RSPB reserve. I’d gone with a
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The artists who work at Halton Mill are having a group show which opens on Sunday 4th June. It was looking really good when I left yesterday, quite varied work including prints, drawings, costume design and paintings. I’m showing two paintings: ‘Ash Trees, Hutton Roof’ Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 cm Borders Landscape (Clearfelling).
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I’ve been working on a few different things recently, and painting the canal has been one I’ve really enjoyed – probably more so than painting the back door, which has been another project. The door was easier though. These are mixed media paintings in watercolour and acrylic paint. I live very near the Lancaster canal and
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I have a lot of friendly looking neighbours with black and white spots. I like to say hi when I walk past with Ashby my dog, and I recently decided to draw some of them. These are cows from the dairy herd belonging to John Carr, of Clevely House Farm in Forton, and prints of my cow pictures
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Update: The paintings are for sale here. My exhibition ‘Lune Year’ opens next Saturday at Halton Mill – a series of paintings and drawings of the River Lune since last December, after Storm Desmond. I thought it might be nice to put them all online as a gallery. So here they are 🙂 or rather, this
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My exhibition of drawings and paintings, Lune Year, will be on show at Halton Mill in December and January. The exhibition opening is between 12 – 4 pm on Saturday 3rd December, and all are welcome, do come along if you’re free. There is also an arts and craft fair at the Mill on the
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Probably the most fun I’ve had with my art classes for a while! We spent much of last week drawing cats in ink. I love how expressive ink is, particularly Quink ink. As long as you apply enough water first, it does a lot of the work for you, conveying the fluffiness of their fur
Here are a few sketches from over the summer. I’ve been sailing, (doing my Day Skipper course, with Scotsail based at Largs on the Firth of Clyde, who I really recommend). I forgot to take any Paynes Grey or blue watercolour paint, other than Cerulean (sky blue). Most of the landscapes I saw were either