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  • Turner In The North

    Ripon artist David Stead has been following in the footsteps of JMW Turner and researching his travels through the North of England for many years. He has made drawings, watercolours, acrylics and…

  • 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…

  • A New Video From David Stead Studio

    https://youtu.be/-O9DzW7yD74
  • Open Studio This weekend Fri – Sun. 15th – 17th

    Norton Conyers House and Garden are open to all this weekend (Fri, Sat, Sun) and my studio will be open too. Come along and see a fascinating house, beautiful gardens, recently completed…

  • Teaching At Norton Conyers

    It was nice to be teaching again this week and for the first time in my own studio. It takes a while to get used to a new working space but having other…

  • Making A Clean Breast Of It

    I don’t know about you but I can get more bored, more quickly in a ‘stately home’ than almost anywhere else on earth – rows of marble busts of the nameless and…

  • David Stead at the Alice Hawthorn

    David is holding an exhibition of new original work and limited edition canvas prints at The Alice Hawthorn Inn in Nun Monkton Nr York from Thurs 30th July to Sun 2nd August.…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • New Print

    We have a new, signed limited edition print at David Stead Gallery called ‘To The Deanery Garden, Ripon’.  Measuring 40cm x 32cm it is printed on highest quality stock and is limited to just…

  • Summer Schools

    David will be teaching some 1 and 2 day tutorials in the Yorkshire landscape over the summer so if you would like to join in, send us your email address and we’ll…

  • ‘Spurn Point Light’

    It was a wild and wintery day when we visited Spurn Head early this year, the sea crashing in from the east and threatening to cover the causeway completely and yet the…