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…
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 exhibition for the summer. More…
I have been meaning to write this blog for some time but two things happened in recent weeks which have motivated me to put my thoughts down in writing. You could say that these two things were “both sides of the same coin” which is a bit ironic as this…
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. 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,…
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…
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. 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…
Knipescar Common is one of Wainwright’s Outlying Fells and it is located just east of the village of Bampton Grange. It is one of The Lakeland 365 . This was my first visit to this low fell and I picked a rather poor day for it. However, it is an ideal location for…
