For the first time ever, The Wainwrights in Colour Film is now on YouTube- in full. I still love chatting to people about The Wainwrights in Colour. I can’t deny it. After all, it was a huge part of my life for over ten years. It still plays a big…
Great Gable makes a front cover. Once again I was rather pleased when asked recently to provide an image for the front cover of the winter edition of the Wainwright Society quarterly magazine “Footsteps”. I offered up a selection of images which hopefully fitted the bill, not easy as the…
A look at the new “Wainwright” rucksack from Home of Millican It was a mixed day weather wise yesterday so we opted to take a short local walk along the River Greta up to God’s Bridge, a natural limestone feature which will be recognised by many, especially those who have…
Not such a Happy New Year. I suppose everyone wants to start a new year being positive and looking forward to what lies ahead, so it was for me, as we moved into January I was very upbeat, the sketches were nearly all compete for the Wainwrights in Colour project and…
Whilst researching information for my forthcoming book The Wainwrights in Colour I came across an interesting letter written by Wainwright on 8th November 1965*- yes, exactly fifty years ago today. In the letter he states a couple of interesting details which I thought I would share with you. Firstly, he…
Wednesday was one of those rare days when I was able to break out of the studio, this time it was for a meeting over at The Keswick Museum. Some of you may already know that over the summer the museum is holding a major Wainwright Exhibition, A Love Letter…
My “Wainwright” moment. As some of you may already know, during the coming summer Keswick Museum and Art Gallery is having a Wainwright Exhibition about the man and his love of the Lake District. I have been asked to provide exhibits from my Wainwrights in Colour project including photographs and…
