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My first love will always be for the moorland landscapes of Northern England, particularly those in my native North West and Cumbria. I am an ardent walker in all weathers and I aim to capture in my sketch book those special moments that all of us walkers chance upon. I usually sketch in either charcoal or watercolour, and my sketches later form the basis of studio works in watercolour or mixed media. Quite often, I actually like the original sketch best. Lynne
Paintings for Sale
Winter Hill
Image 17cm x 17cm
Framed 39cm x 39cm
Acrylic
£180
The first overnight frost up on the hill. I somehow lost Scout Road and most of the A675. It was the cold morning after a very cold night. Brrrrr...
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Great Mell Fell from Castlerigg
Image 17cm x 17cm
Framed 39cm x 39cm
Acrylic
SOLD
You might well say “No way! Great Mell Fell is much further away than that from Castlerigg” but I assure you it wasn’t.
And it appears just as prominent from many other viewpoints in all directions around it.
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Colours of Autumn
Image 17cm x 17cm
Framed 39cm x 39cm
Acrylic
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Every now and then at any time of year, Mother Nature will suddenly light up your daily humdrum with an amazing palette of colours. And you just walk on past as though it will still be there tomorrow. But you will never see the same place like that ever again.
Of course, all dog walkers are accustomed to this and we just wait for the next miracle tomorrow evening.
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The Copse in Autumn
Image 17cm x 17cm
Framed 39cm x 39cm
Acrylic
£180
That scruffy old stand of (maybe six?) raggedy trees that grew up in the old garden after demolition of the old house. It will never win a beauty competition and we all duck and weave through it without really noticing. But if you mention “the copse” to anyone at all, as part of directions, say, they will immediately say “yes”. They have quietly become a landmark in our time.
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Towards the Moor
Image 28cm x 28cm
Framed 51cm x 51cm
Acrylic
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This caught my eye as so often because of that interesting contrast of the clear light which is in front of you and the subtle shades of the light beyond. They go so well together and I never get tired of it.
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Stubble Field
Image 36cm x 36cm
Framed 59cm x 59cm
Acrylic
£390
I painted this from a super photograph shown to me by a fellow artist. The crop had just been harvested, revealing the bare bones of the year. I had one of my Van Gogh moments and was so tempted to add in a few black crows..
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Ingleborough
Image 36cm x 36cm
Framed 59cm x 59cm
Acrylic
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People often use the word “Lordly” in respect of a high mountain standing aloof from the valley. And Ingleborough is surely the all-time classic example here in the Yorkshire Dales.
And of course even more so when it catches the first snows of winter approaching.
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Wonderland
Image 28cm x 28cm
Framed 51cm x 51cm
Acrylic
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What is it about an unexpected snowfall which brings out our inner child ? It must be because of the sheer wonder of that very first snowfall we ever saw.
Only pawprints so far today, here on the Dogs Field.
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Solway
Image 28cm x 28cm
Framed 51cm x 51cm
Acrylic
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Solway never ceases to inspire me.
It is never the same place from one mouthful of sandwich to the next. So you have to be quick.
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Salt Marsh
Image 28cm x 28cm
Framed 51cm x 51cm
Acrylic
SOLD
So I went out with a Penrith Art Circle group, headed by Jamie Oldham, an inspirational artist and always generous with his sound advice. And of course, I will seize any excuse to be on Solway.
We all had a lovely time gazing out across the salt marsh and catching glimpses of sunlight reflecting from the estuary waves.
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Buttercups
Image 25cm x 25cm
Framed 46cm x 46cm
Acrylic
£240
You can’t argue with Buttercup yellow and buttercups made a great show this year. They appeared bang on time and then just didn’t want to leave for ages. This was quite late on in the year but the stragglers were still enjoying their time in the sun.
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Snowbound
Image 32cm x 32cm
Framed 60cm x 60cm
Acrylic
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Down in the valley from Winter Hill. I have painted this farm many times before. Only this time it was snowbound and I thought, it might be days before they get out? But somehow, I think they won’t mind that.
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Midnight
Image 32cm x 32cm
Framed 60cm x 60cm
Acrylic
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I had wondered for a while if it were possible to paint a picture of the night? And this is my first go.
Not an actual, but based on a sketch which I did a while ago, along the Old Coach Road.
And I really enjoyed doing this.
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Towards Mungrisdale
Image 32cm x 32cm
Framed 60cm x 60cm
Acrylic
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The road to Hesket Newmarket from the A66 is full of interest at every twist and turn, demanding the driver’s careful attention. And especially across that unusual flat prairie alongside Carrock Fell, where suicidal sheep and rabbits roam freely across the road.
I went there on a “plein air” painting day with Penrith Art Circle in December (2024) but we all froze to near-death after a couple of hours and I had produced very little sketch work before we decided to finish early.
However, I had no sooner set off back, towards Mungrisdale, when there was this celestial event taking place in front of me, So I had to stop.
That was actually Clough Head on the horizon and no sign of Helvellyn.
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Season’s Song
Image 38cm x 38cm
Framed 64cm x 64cm
Acrylic
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You never see the same landscape twice. They are in constant change.
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The River
Image 18cm x 18cm
Framed 39cm x 39cm
Acrylic
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After many days of travel, just when we had given up all hope, we crested the shoulder of a ridge and there was the river.
Well, it was a bit like that when we explored Mungrisdale Common and looked down on the young Glenderamackin.
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The Last of the Autumn Sun
Image 33cm x 33cm
Framed 59cm x 59cm
Acrylic
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You do the same dog walk for week after week and then one evening, just when you were thinking about something else, this happens. And it’ll never happen again exactly like that. But you were there for that moment. Lucky me.
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Twilight
Image 33cm x 33cm
Framed 59cm x 59cm
Acrylic
£250
Even though the year is almost done, still so much incredible colour. Only Mother Nature can do this.
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Red Syke
Image 33cm x 33cm
Framed 59cm x 59cm
Acrylic
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Red Syke from the Wallthwaite Road.
Looking north towards Souther Fell and Mungrisdale.
The word “syke” seems to have an unknown origin, but it is always associated with the draining of the land. In this case helping to drain the extensive bare common land above it into Trout Beck.
Such a small feature along the road, hardly noticeable as you drive past. But it has already seen places that you will probably never ever visit.
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Uplands
Image 40cm x 40cm
Framed 67cm x 67cm
Acrylic
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As I painted this, I happened to hear a Boo Hewerdine song. Call it coincidence.
From my eyes to the river
From the river to the sea
From the sea to the darkening clouds
From the sky back down to me
Brilliant
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Ullswater from the Barton Fell Path
Image 40cm x 40cm
Framed 67cm x 67cm
Acrylic
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A popular route for experienced horse trekkers. Deservedly so. Especially when the clouds are racing over.
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Autumn Field Edge
Image 33cm x 33cm
Framed 59cm x 59cm
Acrylic
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The hay meadows have been cut. The harvest is done for another year. But the uncut field edges remain to also provide for the long winter ahead. Long live field edges !
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Song Time
Image 33cm x 33cm
Framed 59cm x 59cm
Acrylic
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All our birds and animals get up every day and have to immediately start foraging to stay alive. And then they have to also get on with courting and then nest building and then raising their young and who knows what else. And when all that has been taken care of, it is song time. They are an example to us all.
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Winter Hill Embroidery ll
Image 33cm x 33cm
Framed 59cm x 59cm
Acrylic
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We often walk up Winter Hill ramp with our pal and there is a point about half way when the gradient eases a little, the view northwards opens out and the light distinctly changes. Very often that is the place where we will stop for a minute and admire the local landscape, whilst wondering where Louis has got to.. and on a murky day like today, even though the view is completely lost, the light still changes.
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Matterdale Autumn
Image 33cm x 33cm
Framed 59cm x 59cm
Acrylic
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Everyone seems to agree that 2023 has been a very unusual year as far as the weather goes. So, after that strange spring heatwave and a Cumbrian wet summer, no surprise that Autumn happened suddenly hereabouts.
Of course, Gardeners Question Time were very despondent and we all have climate change on our minds and we must reach net zero (and net minus even) as soon as ever we can.
Even so, Mother Nature has been practising this for millions of years and so I am trusting that she will be able to cope until we get there. Fingers crossed as always.
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Sea Mist
Image 12cm x 12cm
Framed 39cm x 39cm
Mixed media
SOLD
If I could build my own house anywhere, I would build it overlooking an estuary.
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Matterdale Common
Image 40cm x 40cm
Framed 68cm x 68cm
Acrylic
SOLD
Matterdale Common is one of those places which are easy to find, but are nonetheless slightly off the beaten track. You can wander about aimlessly for ages, finding interesting nooks and crannies and then enjoy your picnic looking out over Groove Beck or over Wolf Crags.
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Thaw
Image 31cm x 15cm
Framed 54cm x 39cm
Acrylic
SOLD
We have all experienced that particular atmosphere about the landscape when there has been snow for a few days and it is still a bit wintry, but now the thaw has arrived. Above Entwistle reservoir.
The Last of the Sun, from Eycott Hill
Image 25cm x 25cm
Framed 51cm x 51cm
Acrylic
SOLD
Eycott Hill is a geological remnant of some importance, and thereby a complex eco-environment. So, after years and years of abuse, in the name of farming, it is now completely owned and cared for by Cumbria Wildlife Trust. Thankfully.
Although the important stuff is under your feet and all around, the eye is always drawn to the western horizon, mainly occupied by Blencathra and Carrock Fell.
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Solway
Image 33cm x 33cm
Framed 59cm x 59cm
Acrylic
SOLD
I don’t know what it is about estuaries. I do like them. There is something elemental about that messy and transitory meeting place between the river and the tides. They are invariably lonely places, with big skies and ever-changing reflections. Ideal for a moody artist.
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Storm across the Bay
Image 48cm x 20cm
Framed 74cm x 46cm
Acrylic
SOLD
I have spent many happy days sitting in front of my gallery-gazebo on the promenade at Grange-over-Sands, as part of the regular “PromArt” exhibitions which the town sponsors during the summer months.
So I get to watch the Lune estuary in all its moods, both the good and the grumpy. The light is constantly changing of course and you very often clearly see the next weather front moving in like a curtain across Morecambe Bay, for better or for worse.
On this particular day, all the weather stayed on the mainland side, so we were able to observe its passage whilst we sat in the sunshine, holding our breath.
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