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  • Turner In Shropshire

    JMW Turner visited Shrewsbury in 1794 and painted the old Welsh bridge. It appears from the painting that the new bridge (pictured above) was under construction at the time. In the background…

  • Open Studios Weekend

    It was lovely to have lots of new people in David’s studio at the weekend at the North Yorkshire Open Studio event. Though normally closed to the public at other times of…

  • New from my YouTube channel:

    My thoughts on what you might carry when painting outside:  

  • 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…

  • Hebden Bridge

    There’s a tendency to avoid people who are going through a difficult time “I’m sure she won’t want to be bothered with us” and when a town gets battered by some near…

  • 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:  

  • 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…

  • 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″,…

  • Canvas Prints

    I have finally found a printer I can trust to make prints of my paintings. Mark takes infinite care to make sure that the colours are right and the ‘feel’ of the…

  • Prints

    Some of the paintings from the River Ure Project are available as large scale signed, limited edition prints, including ‘Bend In The River’. The print measures 824mm x 540mm and is printed…