Tuesday 21st July 2020Prudhoe Gallery in Kingfisher Northumberland Guide
You may spot the gallery in the latest Kingfisher hardback guide to Northumberland, which is full of information on galleries, restaurants, country houses and more to visit in our area.
Tuesday 21st July 2020Moor House Farm Feature
Thank you to the Tyne Valley Express magazine for this feature about my pair of Moor House Farm paintings. I enjoy painting abandoned buidlings which are fragile and fading, so that I can capture their fleeting beauty.
Wednesday 17th June 2020Gallery Open by Appointment
The gallery is now open by individual appointment if you would like to browse the prints and paintings. Just email me via the website's contact area to make an appointment.
Teaching is on hold, sadly, until we have further guidelines of what’s safe and practical. The situation will change in due course.
Take care and very best wishes from myself and Alison.
Wednesday 06th May 2020Homage to Riddlehamhope
I have just started sketching out this homage to Riddlehamhope - a building I have painted several times.
Wednesday 29th April 2020Moorhouse Farm
'Moorhouse Farm' is now completed and prints are available from my website or the gallery. This old farmhouse is near Allendale, Northumberland, and I am also working on a window painting from the same building. I am continuing to paint from my Prudhoe gallery, although the gallery is closed right now, of course. Take care.
Wednesday 11th March 2020Madeira - Tyne Valley Express Feature
Thank you, Tyne Valley Express magazine for this article about my work and time in Madeira, and the painting of the same name -
'Madeira' - such a beautiful island. Prints are available online or from my Prudhoe gallery.
Friday 06th March 2020Moorhouse - Work in Progress
My latest work in progress features Moorhouse, above Catton in Allendale.
This time last year, I was going for a blood transfusion in Hexham hospital. My good friend Chaz asked me I wanted to go anywhere, and we drove to Moorhouse and discovered these cottages. The photographs were quite inspiring and may lead to further paintings in due course.
We also went to
Limestone Brae, which also resulted in the painting below. Prints of 'Limestone Brae' are available and you are welcome to come into the gallery to see 'Moorhouse' develop.
Thursday 05th December 2019Great Whittington Fell - Progression
'Great Whittington Fell' is the painting Countryfile filmed me painting, and they asked to see this progressive sequence of the work developing. The window is probably an old pantry window and the abandoned building is just north of Corbridge and Stagshaw, near the Errington Cofffee House.
The image on the left is the finished painting and print. In fact, when I returned to Great Whittington Fell with Countryfile for the filming, in the strong light of day, I saw that the stone had a slightly greener tinge, and I needed to rework it. The painting and prints are now on show in my gallery in Prudhoe.
Posted on December 05th 2019 on 02:27pm
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Saturday 30th November 2019Countryfile - Great Whittington Fell
This is the painting that will feature on Countryfile tomorrow at 17.20pm -
Great Whittington Fell. The Countryfile team filmed me exploring the abandoned building, near Corbridge.
This is the Countryfile website right now, which outlines the show tomorrow.
Posted on November 30th 2019 on 03:04pm
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Friday 22nd November 2019Great Whittington Fell, Countryfile
Countryfile filmed me painting in two Northumbrian locations - the show will be screened on Sunday 1st December. One location was this old building just north of Corbridge, above Stagshaw, near the Errington Arms - many of you will recognise it.
Great Whittington Fell
Matt and Dan from Countryfile filmed me painting from the inside of the old building, looking out through a window to the north. The second location was Wall Fell Farm and they also filmed me in my Prudhoe gallery.
Posted on November 22nd 2019 on 12:22pm
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