Hay Fever
A painting of a stall at Stroud market covered in colourful bottles. The sunshine has illumated the bottles and the sneezing stallholder.
It’s a dog’s life
This is a painting of one of the small dogs spotted at Stroud market a fortnight (2 weeks) ago. This tiny girl was waiting for her people to stop talking so she could carry on leading the way forward.
Playing the Market
Markets provides me with inspiration. There are lots of things to look at, the light, in particular, is what attracts me, whether it’s indoors or outside, there is always lots of natural light at a market. I also like the distracted people, and also the bright colours of the stalls and the people shopping or sitting outside at cafes (both in summer and winter).
Cotswolds Tracks and the Chalford Donkeys
Chalford Hill and Chalford have an extraordinary number of paths winding up the steep hillsides. Until the 1930s donkeys were used to deliver goods up and down the hill.
Cotswolds roofs and chimneys
The part of Eastcombe that I have painted here is accessed down a steep single track road and it can be pretty treacherous in the winter ice.
The Waving Trees of Stroud
Delighted to say I have just SOLD “Stroud” via Artfinder – this is a naive painting of Stroud in the Cotswolds, England – I loved the higgledy-piggledy nature of the buildings, all bunched up and leaning against each other for earthy warmth and support. A fellow artist said…
Lady Sheep
This is a new painting – “Lady Sheep” – a sheep of the manor overlooking a beautiful hilly estate in The Cotswolds, Gloucestershire. My parents live in the Cotswolds, which is delightful place. I am always surprised by the amount of buildings stuck into the hills and valleys.…
Stroud from Rodborough Hill
New oil painting “Stroud from Rodborough Hill” – £295 . “I often catch the train to Stroud in Gloucestershire to visit my parents who live in Bussage, above Stroud. This painting reminds me of the excited child-like feeling as the train pulls into Stroud train station, when…
