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…
Imitation=highest form of flattery. In the ten years of working on The Wainwrights in Colour I was concerned that someone would come along and try to steal my thunder by either copying my idea and in fact there was another artist who attempted to do so but in oils however…
Just a simple Thank You. I have been asked recently if winning the BBC Countryfile Award comes with some financial reward or fame on TV, well sadly not, these awards are a huge honour but no chance of getting out onto the fells with Ellie Harrison just yet. However,…
Award for The Wainwrights in Colour. Proud and honoured to have been awarded the BBC Countryfile Magazine Book of the Year. To find out more information and to take up a Special Offer on book orders then click here. Thank you to everyone who took time to vote. And…
In the finals…..again. Firstly, let me apologise for the lack of blog posts and input to my social media channels over the last few weeks. Just after Christmas I fell under the bug that has been going around and it really took it out of me (it must be something…
I WON! Well, what can I say? Yesterday was a day of mixed emotions when the winners of The Great Outdoor Magazine Readers Awards 2017 were announced and needless to say as you can tell form the post heading, I WON! Honoured, proud and not to say somewhat surprised to…
Being “in it to win it”. Just like the Oscars and the BAFTA’s it seems as if the award season for books is focused at the same time of the year. Firstly, thank you to all of you who took time to vote in the TGO Reader Awards (hopefully for…
Exciting times continue. Apologies for the lack of recent posts on this site recently. Not only am I still very involved with The Wainwrights in Colour Book, giving talks and presentations but also doing the background research on the next project. More news on that will follow shortly. However, I…
And the winner could be….Well it is certainly busy here at the minute, things have hardly calmed down since The Wainwrights in Colour Book was launched back in May. The intervening five months have seen me fulfilling all the orders for the book both from private individuals as well as…
