Grune Point gale

A rather windy walk out this morning with 50mph or more winds and the odd squall...good to be out but not easy to hold a camera still!

Duncan McGill Gallery exhibition

A good day out to visit this lovely gallery in Castle Douglas. Another cracking exhibition by John Threlfall and Lisa Hooper ….so here are the highlights for me - and once again more inspiration. Apologies for the reflections in the glass!

Buttermere oil

While the weather is still fairly grim, here's an oil painting from our walk the other day. Click here for the walk. Comb Beck was in full spate as the water poured off the fells.

Bluebells and wood anemones

Following on from the dragonfly gelli prints click here I wanted to apply the same technique to a new subject. The shapes need to recognisable, so I gave bluebells and anemones a go....in hope of spring! Cutting the stencils was testing! Leaving enough white was also challenging and inevitably my favourite print was a ghost pull when cleaning the plate at the end! The colours aren't displaying too well -  the greens are a lot more vibrant than shown.

Great Gable over Innominate Tarn

With Storm Dennis scuppering our half term holiday plans....a trip to Islay, I find myself at home with an empty week. So it’s time to try and stay motivated and make the most of it. To start with, an oil painting of Great Gable. Hopefully I may do some more experimental work later in the week! Unfortunately though I don’t have access to my computer as everything is being transferred to a new non windows 7 one, which means no ‘my pictures’ folder which is a pain to say the least....

Oil and wax painting

Life's been hectic, so a brief blog to show three experimental oil and cold wax paintings based on pebbles and water - based on our many trips to Ennerdale and the river Liza.

Round Ennerdale

Another rubbish forecast for the weekend, so round Ennerdale it was, before storm Ciara hits. Not a lot to see but some nice wintery colours.

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River Liza.

Gooseanders.