Finally got in the studio..for a day.

Other than working in my sketchbook, which I am loving, I have not painted since the summer holiday. I finally got into the studio last weekend, and started this.

Early days.

 Needs work...and drying time.

 Detail

Detail

Looking down into Lancashire

Bleakedgate Moor 

(The Darkside of the Hills)

Oil on canvas

101x75cm

Bleakedgate Moor

Currently at the framers; Granary Framers, Huby

Bleakedgate Moor.

60x60

oil on canvas

Scale Nab; Two Versions.

After a visit to Flamborough and Bempton this summer.

Scale Nab #1

Oil on board

50x50

Scale Nab #2

Oil on board

50x50

Hayburn Wyke

Now framed and at Silson Contemporary, Harrogate.

Hayburn Wyke
oil on canvas
50x50cm 

A Break in the Clouds

Painted during a 'break in the clouds' - my week and a half of painting during the holiday.

Ingress
oil on canvas
60x60cm

From Our Hotel Window.

I managed to grab about a week and a half painting this summer, after our holiday. The rest of the time was spent decorating. This is one of the paintings that I managed to complete. Oil on canvas.

As yet untitled.

Oil on canvas

60x60cm

Rain On The Moors

Rain on the Moors

50 x 50cm

Oil on board

Small Oil Studies

These were painted a while ago now....before we moved into the studio, and came down with chronic cabin fever.

Twilight

Trying to balance very thin films of paint with impasto.

Rising For The Moon

Oil on board
50 x 50cm

Grabbing The Odd Hour.

I am managing to snatch the odd hour here and there after school to paint. Whilst it is stopping me from going mad, it is also frustrating; I have to pack away as soon as I really get into it. It is also changing the way I am currently painting, because the paintings are drying before I can get back to work into them - less wet on wet.
Not sure whether or not to call this one finished.

Hood Hill Top
50 x 50cm

Oil on board

Ure

Into the Vale

Oil on Canvas

50 x 50cm

Nidd Gorge

Nidd Gorge

oil on canvas

100x100cm

First Light

First Light

oil on canvas

60x60cm

Wharncliffe

Again...painted over Easter. 

Based on Wharncliffe Crags, near Sheffield. I spent a lot of my childhood there, starting young with my Grandad Cooke. He would always tell us about the dragon (dated back as far as 1685, as the dragon of Wantley), and we would look for the Dragon's Cave (which does exist).

Wharncliffe

oil on canvas

50x50cm

Crossing the Vale

Another painting from the Easter holiday. Thanks again to Silson Contemporary, and Granary Framing.

Crossing the Vale

oil on canvas

60x60cm
Sold.

Elegy

Living in the very 'cosy' studio, has meant that I have not been able to paint. The combination of this, coupled with cabin fever drove me to going back into school for the first 4 days of Easter to paint in my classroom. Trouble is, it's a thirty mile round trip, which felt like....going into school. Hence only 4 days. This is one of the results, which has just been expertly framed by Granary Framing in Huby , many thanks for the very quick turn around, and is now on sale at the beautiful Silson Contemporary Gallery, Harrogate , well worth a visit.

Elegy

Silson Contemporary Gallery

oil on canvas

60x60cm

sketchbook Pages

I'm tying to keep on top of my sketchbook challenge; a page every day for a year. We are living in a tiny space for the next few months, so I'm not really able to paint, although I have been into school a few times over the holiday to do a bit. Trouble is it's a 30 mile round trip, so it's not really viable - hence the sketchbook. 

There is no real theme; I'm going wherever, and with whatever, my fancy takes me. It's great fun.

Here are the latest few pages:

 Dorothy Clive's Garden

 Near Oulston Reservoir

 Siblings

 The Roman Road

 Near the Roman Road

 Marygate

 Leeds

 On the way home from Liverpool

 On the way home from Liverpool

 Helperby

Liz

 Kilburn

 Alne

 Oulstone Reservoir

 The Roman Road

 The Roman Road

Deliberate Practise

I can’t paint at the moment, so instead I’m working in a sketchbook. I challenged myself  (starting January 1) to complete a page for every day of the year (this replaced last year’s Fitbit challenge). The book is homemade, and I’m two days ahead of schedule, which is good, because I can’t always find the time to work in it. The upside is a noticeable improvement in my drawing (coupled with a broadening of the materials I work in), although some of the pages are a little ropey. The downside is, I’ve put weight on. So has the dog.
Here are some of the 79 pages that I’ve completed so far: