There’s a certain poignancy to Andrew Wyeth’s work that draws me to it. He’s a supreme technician, working in watercolour and tempura. He can capture the ephemeral fragility of a scene in one frozen moment.

 

 

Wyeth will spend a long time at certain locations. I love how he sees a building, or the movement of a breeze, and how he puts his paintings together. I discovered him at art school and his work still resonates with me.

I am holding a celebration sale, as it’s four years this month since I picked up the keys to the gallery, and I am celebrating Father's Day too. I have had great support in this time from Alison, family, friends, students and neighbours and the gallery is developing still.

 

From now until 25 June, ALL of my originals and prints are reduced by 20%, so, for example, the original ‘Chamba’ will be reduced from £1 450 to £1 160. 

 

 

(Please call/text ‪07968 990552‬ to order and we will discount the price on the website for you. Some prints may take a week to arrive from being ordered.)

 

Chamba >> http://www.paulstangroom.co.uk/originals/the-himalayan-collection/paul-stangroom-chamba-c18363d183129.html

Gallery visitors are often curious about the garden behind the building, and Alison and I spend a lot of time there. Alison tends to the flowers and I look after the vegetables, berries and the greenhouse. This May has been perfect for sitting outside in the evenings, and my art students occasionally sit out on the patio too, in their breaks. I've had to relearn the mechanics of running a greenhouse and em enjoying growing so much of our own food from the garden.

 

We grow flowers, chives, mint, rosemary, potatoes, onions, tomatoes, gooseberries, blackcurrants and much more from the sunny plot and also have a variety of seating areas to catch the best light. Sometimes on quiet Sundays, I leave a 'Working in the Garden' sign on the gallery door, and visitors can seek me out there.

 

Thank you to the Tyne Valley Express for publishing this article about my Windows paintings, my inspiration for them, and the abandoned buildings that I paint.

 

Lifestyle magazine have interviewed me about where I eat - my first foodie article! It was good to be able to mention the local restaurants and suppliers who feed us so well - as well as eating in France and the Himalayas and growing my own food in the garden.

 

Thank you to Helen Compson for visiting the gallery and writing about my travels in India and coverage in China.

 

 

 

 

It's interesting to see the gradual development of this painting of a Tuscan cellar here, from start to (almost) finished. I've enjoyed working on it and have often been up at  four in the morning lately to finish it. This is a slightly unusual medium for me, because of the use of pencil, alongside the watercolour I often work in. This painting will soon be available as a print on my website.

 

 

 

 

Following my slot on Look North as a judge for the Weather Calendar last year, I was invited back onto the show. Paul Mooney, the Look North Weather presenter, asked me to give a few hints to photographers looking to submit a photograph for the show’s calendar this year. I enjoyed chatting to him about it.

 

You can see the clip from the programme, shot in my gallery in Prudhoe, Northumberland, by clicking on the link below.

 

Watch Look North, Paul Stangroom Fine Art Gallery: https://m.youtube.com/watch?t=132s&v=GdpNLr8BkFk