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Commission
I’m just back from a delightful trip to St Mawes in Cornwall where I have been working on a commission. I stayed at the Idle Rocks hotel (highly recommended) which looks straight…
August 29, 2013 -
New Painting
My latest painting ‘Above Hackfall with Kate’ is attracting a lot of attention over on my Facebook page My daughter Kate and I spent a beautiful, warm afternoon together by the river and…
July 24, 2013 -
Teaching 2
I have just finished teaching a two day course at The Stable Gallery, Old Sleningford. I haven’t taught for many years and was pretty nervous about the whole thing. The Gallery and…
June 21, 2013 -
Teaching
I’m looking forward to teaching next week (Wed 19th & Thurs 20th June) at Old Sleningford Mill
June 10, 2013 -
Tickets
The usual pile of bills hits the mat on this dour day of gunmetal skies, drizzle damp pavements and hissing traffic. Ok – the winter has been a good one with some…
April 29, 2013 -
Horses
Another bitter day and snow is whipping in from the east. I’m going up to Kilgram bridge to make a snowy picture of the river Ure but already as I set off,…
April 18, 2013 -
A Walk By The River Ure (By Kate Frater)
A Walk By The River Ure After the assault on the old stone bridge the river comes to quiet, pestering the banks; the skeletal roots of trees. The trout are…
April 17, 2013 -
Head of the Ure
It’s not that I’m completely unsociable – I can talk shite over a pint of Black Sheep as well as the next man, but when I’m working I have to give it…
April 16, 2013 -
Maquette
When I was a teenager I was lucky enough to work on a farm run by two brothers who kept Clydesdale horses. As young men they had worked the farm with horses…
March 16, 2013 -
River Ure Project (Video)
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March 14, 2013 -
Will Loves Georgie
Leaving the car in the lane I wander off down the deserted side track. On the left, piles of steaming manure are speckled with rooks, crows and Jackdaws like currants in a…
March 12, 2013 -
River Ure. An article for Caught by the River
The river Ure: It is my definitive river, the one I grew up with, the one I understand, the one I thought I knew. I had swum in it and played by…
March 1, 2013
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