My hand has been forced

The power of the big boys. 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 the country on the subject,…

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Imitation……the follow up.

Wainwright Society Challenge Book

A recap. 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 you who got…

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Capturing Lakeland’s Beauty

Capture Lakeland James Bell

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…

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Borderlines bestseller*

Borderlines Book festival signing

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…

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Borderlines Book Festival

Borderlines Book Festival 2018

 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…

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Blencathra trig marker- an update

Blencathra summit ring

Blencathra trig ring- now gone. 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 of the scenes…

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Moving pictures

 Just a quick blog post- literally. 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 they become…

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Appointment at the palace….

Andy Beck BBC Countryfile Live

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…

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New project underway

The Lakeland 365 The observant amongst you may have noticed a new feature on this website’s front page, The Lakeland 365. This is a new project which I have rencently embarked upon. This is no way as big or intense as The Wainwrights in Colour but it does have some…

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