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1917-WW1 in Teesdale
1917-WW1 in Teesdale. In summer last year there was quite a bit of excitement here in Teesdale when word got out of a major film being shot up at Low Force. Rumour had it that it was a First World War epic- 1917. And the rumours were right. Of course,…
New ”Small sketches” page added.
New ”Small sketches” page added. Behind the scenes I have not only been working on new projects but I have been spending time working on features of my websites. It has been hard to focus on what is important as I tend to get rather excited about new ideas, especially…
The Wainwrights in Colour at Christmas
The Wainwrights in Colour at Christmas. The present for lovers of the Lakeland Fells It’s coming round to that time of year again, time to buy family and friends something special for Christmas. Socks, chocolates, gin?…..again? Why not get them something really special, especially if they have a love of…
An evening at the Beeb
It’s that time of year
Where has the year gone? It only seems a short time ago that we were hanging up the 2019 calendars and turning the page to the month of January. Now we are half way through November and December beckons. I have spent some of the time in recent weeks adding…
A page from my book
A page from my book. Tucked away in the corner of my workshop are two boxes of The Wainwrights in Colour books. These are only about 16 or 17 in number and they are (or were) never again to see the light of day, this was due to the fact…
Another great weekend
I am just back from another great weekend promoting and selling The Wainwrights in Colour book. This was the third time that we had been at Keswick Mountain Festival and amazingly this was the best so far. The weather was better than expected, the rain that was forecast for the…
Hay Stacks- a classic view
Following the recent completion of my watercolour painting of Striding Edge on Helvellyn (which you can read about here) I am continuing with the “Classic View” theme by presenting this new watercolour below of Hay Stacks from Peggy’s Bridge. This scene is one that is often observed by those who…
On the Edge
Whilst working away in the studio producing new work my mind often wanders back to memorable days out “On Location”. So it was recently when I was painting a new version of a classic view- Striding Edge on Helvellyn. Originally I produced a small sketch of this scene for The…
