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West Tanfield (In the Footsteps of Turner)
‘River Ure, West Tanfield & a Trout Rises’, oil on canvas 100cm x 100cm Joseph Mallord William Turner RA visited Yorkshire many times during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. On one…
September 15, 2017 -
Rainy Kirkgate (In the Footsteps of Turner)
‘Rainy Kirkgate’, ink on sketchbook page. This is the opposite view to that painted by Turner in 1797, so here the cathedral is behind us and we are looking towards the market…
September 14, 2017 -
In Production
The television film ‘Vistas of Longing, Painters and Their landscapes’ is now in production; German/French release date is provisionally sometime around January 2018 and a wider release some months after that. More information…
September 14, 2017 -
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‘Fountains Autumn’ (In the Footsteps of Turner)
‘Fountains Autumn’, mixed media on collage 42cm x 42cm One of the glories of a visit to Yorkshire is Fountains Abbey, one of the largest and best preserved ruined Cistercian monasteries in England…
September 8, 2017 -
Norham With Ina, Jens & Resa (In the Footsteps of Turner)
‘Norham With Ina, Jens & Resa’, oil on canvas 50cm x 40cm This is the first view of the castle David had as he drove into Norham village with the German film crew…
September 7, 2017 -
Vistas Of Longing
As part of the ‘In The Footsteps Of Turner’ project, David Stead has been working on tv film called ‘Vistas of Longing – Painters and Their Landscapes’, with a film crew from…
August 28, 2017 -
Filming Norham
I spent yesterday on the banks of the river Tweed making studies of Norham Castle for a German tv film about JMW Turner. In the morning we did some location shots and…
August 20, 2017 -
Evening Cathedral, Ripon (In the Footsteps of Turner)
Acrylic & mixed media on canvas 59″ x 59″ Turner visited Ripon on his major expedition north in 1797 and again in 1816, on the latter occasion collecting subjects to illustrate Thomas…
August 14, 2017 -
‘Wind Against Tide, Dunstanburgh’ (In the Footsteps of Turner)
‘Wind Against Tide, Dunstanburgh’, oil on canvas 80cm x 80cm This is one of David’s favourite places to visit and to paint. Remote and beautiful, it has remained largely unchanged since Turner’s…
August 6, 2017 -
Richmond Castle (In the Footsteps of Turner)
‘Richmond Castle’ oil on canvas 80cm x 80cm Turner visited Richmond on both his 1797 & 1816 tours of the north making studies on the spot which he later worked up into finished…
April 14, 2017
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