NEWBY HALL
Original media: Inks, gouache, acrylics, coloured pencil, pastel, gold leaf and gold thread.
“Painted in 2019 for “Catching the Light”, a solo exhibition at Chantry House Gallery.
Newby Hall, North Yorkshire. I tried to get as many different sections of the formal garden into this painting as I could. There is Sylvias Garden under that beautiful big Scotts Pine. Beneath it is a Dogwood tree in blossom; Newby has a huge collection of Dogwoods. Then there is the enclosed Summer Garden to the left of the herbaceous border and path to the house. The Autumn Garden on the right. I failed to get in the amazing swing boats, much to the twins disappointment”.

AUTUMN LIGHT AT GIBSON MILL
Original media: inks, gouache, acrylics, gold leaf and gold thread
“This scene, down at Hardcastle Crags, is always lovely, whatever the season and whatever the weather. I walked down there to draw in Autumn 2020, when the leves were just on the turn. I love the way it smells in autumn – all mulchy leaves and woodsmoke from the mill. The waterfall and the river will be noisy, but the mill pond mirror still. I also turned this little painting into a tea-light lantern so I could turn the lights on inside the mill. Several lovely friends have been married at the mill. It is a magical place”.