The long wait for winter. As I near the end of the Wainwrights in Colour project I work away in the studio by mostly completing the last of the sketches of the fells during the day and then, late into the evening fine tuning the book. After the set back…
Nearly there! As the year nears its end I thought it would be a good time to post word about the Wainwrights in Colour project and the progress of the forthcoming book and of course to wish you all a very Happy Christmas! Firstly I must thank everyone for their…
Whilst researching information for my forthcoming book The Wainwrights in Colour I came across an interesting letter written by Wainwright on 8th November 1965*- yes, exactly fifty years ago today. In the letter he states a couple of interesting details which I thought I would share with you. Firstly, he…
Blencathra- the biggest in the bag. From early on things didn’t go according to plan. I struggled with one or two of the larger sketches, the painting just wasn’t going well and with watercolour the more you work at it the more laboured it looks. Several attempts were made but…
Wednesday was one of those rare days when I was able to break out of the studio, this time it was for a meeting over at The Keswick Museum. Some of you may already know that over the summer the museum is holding a major Wainwright Exhibition, A Love Letter…
The Wainwrights in Colour Book- Update. It’s all go behind the scenes here and in fact I have had very little time to even get a decent walk in recently as the highest priority is to now complete the final few fells and piece together the text and sketches for…
Congratulations to the winner. Well done to M. Ainsclough who’s name was drawn out last night from the list of subscribers to this new website and who has won the original pen and ink drawing of the Scafells. Many thanks to all the subscribers to not only this page but…
The Teesdale Gallery fades. I have taken the decision to clear the old Teesdale Gallery website, all that is left is a simple page which may have directed you to this new website. It served it’s purpose since 2000 but this new system seems to meet my new requirements. If…
My “Wainwright” moment. As some of you may already know, during the coming summer Keswick Museum and Art Gallery is having a Wainwright Exhibition about the man and his love of the Lake District. I have been asked to provide exhibits from my Wainwrights in Colour project including photographs and…
Here at last! As you can see, I have been busy again with updating my website presence, this time it’s a site devoted solely to my artwork. It goes without saying that this site will mainly feature all the sketches and information on The Wainwrights in Colour project. It works…
