The story behind the sketches- No1 Rampsgill Head. As I am in the process of putting the finishing touches to the text for the Wainwrights in Colour Book (more news on that to be posted shortly), I often get frustrated that the limitations in the design of the book means that…
When I was over in Ambleside giving the talks for the Festival of the Fells I was asked many interesting questions about the Wainwrights in Colour project and the sketches. It became apparent that not everyone has grasped the concept about the original paintings. Three years into the undertaking I held…
Talking with a passion. Well that was fun! We have just returned from a couple of days over in Ambleside where, as you may have read in my previous post I was there to give talks on my Wainwrights in Colour project as part of the Festival of the Fells.…
Not long to go now, five days in fact, five days until the Festival of the Fells over in Ambleside. I have been honoured to have been asked to be part of this event which will hopefully put back something into Ambleside after the devastating floods that struck the area…
Another twist to 2016. Yet again 2016 has thrown up another challenge to test us. Back in mid July and totally out of the blue we were given a two month notice to quit our rented house after a period of twenty years. To say it was a bit of…
