Welcome to Yorkshire- Art and Heritage Trail 2013

Welcome to Yorkshire have launched a new leaflet featuring atists (including me) and galleries working in the county of Yorkshire.

‘Art and Heritage Trail – Yorkshire Coast and Countryside’

This Trial highlights the excellent art and heritage offering visitors can expect to find along the Yorkshire Coast and Countryside. The Yorkshire Coast and Countryside boasts an array of extremely talented artists and practitioners, exquisite and stunning galleries, craft centres, art workshops, museums, theatres, an abundance of heritage sites, fabulous examples of public art and a host of art and heritage exhibitions, events and festivals of all disciplines. The trail will appeal to the cultural tourist and to encourage them to visit, stay longer and spend more in our fabulous area.

To view the leaflet click here.

Below is a small selection of my work inspired by and made in Yorkshire.

Malham Tarn, Yorkshire Dales

Waxwing sketches, Helmsley

High Blakey Moor, North York Moors- watercolour

Floodwater at Coxwold- watercolour

Curlew

Red Grouse amongst bilberry- watercolour in sketchbook

Tree Sparrow studies- watercolour

Cock Red Grouse

Woodcock in snow- watercolour in sketchbook

Shaggy Ink Cap- watercolour in sketchbook

Snow fields- painting in sketchbook. Minus 2 celsius, snow showers.

Floods at Byland Abbey last February- watercolour

Resting Lapwings SOLD PRINT AVAILABLE

Stormy sea at Scarborough- oil

Storm at Sandsend, oil SOLD

Puffin at Bempton Cliffs

Scarborough, 25th September- watercolour sketchbook study

Bramblings in our garden, Ampleforth

Male Brambling- watercolour in sketchbook

Bramblings have been visiting our bird table since December. We have up to 14 at a time including some really brightly coloured males.

BRAMBLING UPDATE- this morning, 2/2/13, we had 21 Bramblings on the bird table.

Hawfinch in St Hilda’s churchyard, Ampleforth- 17th January

 

Hawfinch- pencil in sketchbook

With the temperature down below minus 10c overnight, I was driving past St Hilda’s church, Ampleforth and noticed the unmistakable heavy outline of a Hawfinch in the top of some beech trees. I pulled over and had good views of this massive billed finch as it surveyed the churchyard probably attracted by the yew trees on which they are known to feed. I hope to have more sightings over the next few days. Hawfinches are very elusive though so watch this space…