In March 2009, I completed a major series of work recording the Derbyshire Portway - a 50 mile ancient trackway. Click here to read about the project and view the catalogue. A 60 page book accompanies the exhibition, and is available to order.

 

Click here to view 2008/2009 paintings


Summer 2009 - Close to Home

From a painter's viewpoint the summer weather has been superb - ominous clouds hanging over the yellow of fresh cuts fields. This landscape is over my garden wall......

 
 
Storm Passing I
oil on board, 25 x 30cm
Available from Tregoning Fine Art, Derby
Storm Passing II
oil on board, 25 x 30cm
Available from Tregoning Fine Art, Derby


Padley Gorge is a deep hewn valley, with ancient oak and iron stained upland waters.

 
 
Summer Mist, Padley
oil on board, 35 x 35cm
SOLD
Padley - Iron Rich Waters
oil on board, 45 x 27cm
SOLD




 
 
Swiss Cottage, Chatsworth Estate
oil on board, 47 x 25cm
Available from Tregoning Fine Art, Derby
Menai Straits Sunset
oil on paper, 25 x 20cm
SOLD



 
Subtly reworked, this painting is now one of my favourites. The Bradfords Dams are close to home, frequently walked and explored, but rarely painted: I am so in awe of this landscape that I have shied away from attempting to capture its allurement.
Available from Tregoning Fine Art, Derby
Oil on canvas, 50 x 60cm




North Devon Series, Spring 2009

Lee Bay I
oil on board
30 x 40cm
available from Iona House Gallery, Woodstock
SOLD




Lee Bay II
oil on board
30 x 40cm
SOLD



Lee Bay III
oil on wood panel
125 x 80cm
available from Bath Fine Art



The Torrs Walk
oil on wood panel
125 x 80cm




Briery Cave
oil on canvas
65 x 50cm
Available from Bath Fine Art



Watersmeet
oil on canvas
65 x 50cm



In April I returned to the landscape of my childhood holidays - the coast and woodlands of North Devon, visiting 4 locations that had left a 20 year impression. Before the trip, I worked from memory, then explored the places with extra fascination as I realised how my mind had evened out the landscape, but remembered the juxtaposition of land and sea, church and wood, trackway and river.



Devon Memory I
oil on board
30 x 25cm
Available from Bath Fine Art


Devon Memory III
oil on board
30 x 25cm
Available from Bath Fine Art


Devon Memory IV
oil on board
30 x 25cm
Available from Bath Fine Art




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