News about the Wainwrights in Colour project.
A simple “there and back” route to visit the summit of Castle Crag in Borrowdale. The area described by Alfred Wainwright in his sixth Pictorial Guide- The North Western Fells. On Location: 19th September 2010 Parking: Limited parking in Grange village or Pay and Display at the National Trust car…
A long high level route around the Easedale valley near Grasmere. The area described by Alfred Wainwright in his third Pictorial Guide- The Central Fells. On Location: 14th September 2008 Wainwright Fells: Silver How, Blea Rigg, Calf Crag, Gibson Knott, Helm Crag Parking: Pay and display parking at Grasmere village…
Did you know that there was a free DVD with every copy of the Wainwrights in Colour Book? Check out the inside of the back cover, a 17 minute film with a background story behind Andy painting the Wainwrights. It is now also available to watch on YouTube.
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…
Bringing back memories. An order this week for copies of Great Gable pages from my “Pages from my book” offer has brought back lots of memories for me. So I have written a short blog post about it which you can read here. Even though I am the artist who…
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…
Time to move on. After well over ten years of devoting my time to The Wainwrights in Colour I now have to move on to new ideas. Of course I will not completely forget that work, I can’t, I still have books to sell and talks to give but now…
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…
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…
