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Bamburgh (In the Footsteps of Turner)
‘Bamburgh’ oil on canvas 100cm x 100cm The beach to the north of Bamburgh castle has to be one of England’s best kept secrets – a huge stretch of fine sands and…
April 10, 2017 -
Richmond Castle (In the Footsteps of Turner)
‘Richmond Castle from the North’, Ink on sketchbook page
January 15, 2017 -
Rain Hushes River (In the Footsteps of Turner)
‘Rain Hushes River, Hackfall’, mixed media on sketchbook page 26cm x 17cm Hackfall is at the Masham end of the village of Grewelthorpe in North Yorkshire. The landscape that can be seen…
January 14, 2017 -
Edge of the Woods, Hackfall (In the Footsteps of Turner)
‘Edge of the Woods, Hackfall’, oil on canvas 5′ x 5′ Turner tended to focus on the follies in Hackfall woods but for me (and in a different age) the woods themselves…
September 15, 2016 -
Bend In The River (In the Footsteps of Turner)
From studies made in Hackfall woods ‘Bend In The River’ oil on canvas 120cm x 80cm Turner visited Hackfall in 1816 and the following painting is based on a sketches made during his…
September 14, 2016 -
Morning Jubilee, Ripon (In the Footsteps of Turner)
‘Morning Jubilee, Ripon’ Oil on canvas 91cm x 76cm On a summer’s morning in 1797 the 22yr old JMW Turner set up his easel outside what is now David Stead Gallery and made…
September 11, 2016 -
In Hackfall Wood
A new painting in the ‘In the Footsteps of Turner’ series: In Hackfall Wood. Set in a 350ft gorge near Ripon, Hackfall was bought in 1731 by John Aislabie, famous for his…
August 23, 2016 -
Fountains Journey
I’ve started an oil on canvas 1200mm x 600mm of Fountains Abbey as part of the ‘In the Footsteps of Turner’ series. It’s from a mixed media piece I did recently and…
July 2, 2016 -
Fountains Abbey (In the Footsteps of Turner)
I’ve been working on the ‘In The Footsteps Of Turner’ exhibition . This study is of the World Heritage site Fountains Abbey which I have painted many times. Turner sketched and painted…
July 1, 2016 -
In The Footsteps Of Turner
In 1797 the young Joseph Mallord William Turner (then aged 22) stood outside what is now David Stead Gallery and began a drawing of Kirkgate. He was in Yorkshire at the invitation…
June 20, 2016
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