A date for your diary. As busy as 2018 was for me it seems that 2019 is following hot on it’s heels. The end of March already, where has the time gone. Behind the scenes my days are taken up with painting and going out gathering references for a new…
Hay Stacks summit sketch. Things are very busy for me behind the scenes at the minute as I prepare and produce new work. I have an exhibition and more talks planned for the summer and I will post more news on those events shortly. In the meantime, some of my…
The power of the big boys. My hand has been forced. Any one who has been following the progress of The Wainwrights in Colour book or may even have kindly purchased a copy from the website here or even attended one of the many talks that I have given around…
A recap. Imitation……the follow up. Readers of this blog may recall a post that I made back in May regarding the Wainwright Society’s Challenge this year “Imitation, the highest form of flattery” which generated a deal of conversation (and support) on social media and via emails and I thank all of…
Capture Lakeland by James Bell I wouldn’t normally write reviews on this website, well it isn’t something that I have done in the past but I thought that it would be worth posting a short piece about this wonderful work, Capture Lakeland by James Bell. James is a skilled photographer…
Borderlines Book Festival- Best selling book!* That’s right you read it correctly, read on… Followers of this website will have seen the recent blog post about my up and coming talk at Borderlines Book Festival in Carlisle. So here is a follow up. I was a little concerned prior to…
Talking the talk. Being asked to either attend events or give talks about The Wainwrights in Colour or my more general work is always a pleasure and those who have been to such an event will understand my passion and joy of giving such presentations. Requests to attend such events…
Blencathra trig ring- now gone. Blencathra trig marker. Obviously when researching the references for The Wainwrights in Colour book I could only record the elements of the sketch as they were on my visit. As the whole project took ten years to complete there will have been changes to some…
Just a quick blog post- literally. Moving pictures. I am currently working on new projects such as The Lakeland 365 which you may be aware of but there is now time for me to work more on paintings and sketches which will be added to this website as and when…
Did you really think that I meant THE palace? if only. This was to Blenheim Palace and a very busy but hot weekend at the BBC Countryfile Live event. We headed off last Wednesday to be part of this huge event down in Oxfordshire with a sense of trepidation. It…
