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  • Ripon Canal

      David Stead has been working on a series of pictures in mixed media on handmade paper. this new work is of Ripon canal. The Ripon Canal was built by the canal…

  • Sea Life

    David has been working at the coast recently and this is reflected in many of the new works appearing on the site at the moment:  

  • Back to Northumberland

    David is heading back to Northumberland tomorrow to re-engage with what he describes as a ‘Beautiful, comfortable/alien landscape, I find myself working in a place where there are no divisions between Earth,…

  • Northumberland

          Couple of days in the wonderful Northumberland – this from today near Craster:

  • Colin Kellam

    We’ve just been to Devon to see Colin Kellam to make a new ceramic order.

  • My latest piece for Caught By The River

      The river Ure snakes through a 350ft gorge cloaked with Oak, beech, sycamore and ash; a dramatic and beautiful foreground to a view that stretches across the vale of York to…

  • Foxhounds #3

    The composition is complete but the painting itself has a long way to go. The original painting is oil on canvas & measures 61.5 cm x 112 cm; we will be making…

  • NEWS FLASH!

    David Stead Gallery is expanding: In addition to the gallery and studio on Kirkgate, we are moving into a dedicated teaching studio just across the road on Duck Hill where David will…

  • Foxhounds #2

    The ‘Foxhounds’ picture moves forward

  • Foxhounds

    Though I’m not particularly a supporter of fox hunting, I am very fond of foxhounds – it goes back to formative years in childhood when my Father would take me to hunt…

  • New set of mounted prints

    We have a new set of mounted prints arriving in the David Stead Gallery this week; all are from original pen and ink drawings by David Stead. Each print is 10″ x 8″,…

  • Print Exhibition

    We are really excited to be holding our first exhibition dedicated to prints of David’s work on November 8th between 15:30 & 20:30. The prints are on canvas and the quality both…