Somerset Art Works

Open Studio Event

20 September - 5 October 2014

It has been a fantastic fortnight and I have really enjoyed welcoming people into my home. Showing the views from my front and back garden to others makes me appreciate them all the more and I never tire of looking. The changing conditions are what inspire me to paint, I suppose. I see the beauty in the low winter sun on the hill or a dark, threatening cloud mass building up behind the trees and I want to capture it and ‘keep’ it.

Thank you to all the people who wended their way down the lanes to North Wootton and came to see my work. It’s been a joy to have visitors to my studio, a place of solitude during the rest of the year!

Somerset farms. Pennard Hill, Somerset.

Somerset farms. Pennard Hill, Somerset.

36" x 24".

Early sun. Kendijack, Cornwall.

Early sun. Kendijack, Cornwall.

16" x 16".

The monumental mining relics. Botallack, Cornwall.

The monumental mining relics. Botallack, Cornwall.

16" x16".

The sun catches the river. Queen's Sedgemoor.

The sun catches the river. Queen's Sedgemoor.

10" x 10".

Brightly rose the sun. Worminster, Somerset.

Brightly rose the sun. Worminster, Somerset.

16" x 16".

Dusk stole up the valley.

Dusk stole up the valley.

10" x 10".

Green the corn. Early summer evening.

Green the corn. Early summer evening.

10" x 10".

The tall, quiet trees.

The tall, quiet trees.

36" x 24".

Black tin barn.

Black tin barn.

16" x 16".

Ancient fields. Sancreed, Cornwall.

Ancient fields. Sancreed, Cornwall.

16" x 16".

Blue tin barn.

16" x 16".

The first frost. Westholme, Somerset.

The first frost. Westholme, Somerset.

40" x 30".

Cider apple orchards. Pennard Hill.

Cider apple orchards. Pennard Hill.

10" x 10".

Hill top farmhouse. Batcombe.

Hill top farmhouse. Batcombe.

24" x 24".

England's lovely fields.

England's lovely fields.

24" x 24".

Fieldfares in winter. Batcombe, Somerset.

Fieldfares in winter. Batcombe, Somerset.

36" x 24".

The brightness of the spring grass.

The brightness of the spring grass.

16" x 16".

Granite chapel.

Granite chapel.

48" x 48".

Fields of colour. Ham Hill, Somerset.

Fields of colour. Ham Hill, Somerset.

10" x 10".

Hill House Farm at Launcherly, Somerset.

Hill House Farm at Launcherly, Somerset.

10" x 10".

Crow conversation. St. Just, Cornwall.

Crow conversation. St. Just, Cornwall.

10" x 10".

Travelling the dark lanes. West Cornwall.

Travelling the dark lanes. West Cornwall.

16" x 16".

The day's ending. Glastonbury Tor shimmering blue.

The day's ending. Glastonbury Tor shimmering blue.

16" x 16".

Evening sets. Creech Hill, Somerset.

Evening sets. Creech Hill, Somerset.

40" x 30".

White spring morning. North Wootton.

White spring morning. North Wootton.

10" x 10".

The bridge at North Town.

The bridge at North Town.

10" x 10".

Old houses. Sticklinch, Somerset.

Old houses. Sticklinch, Somerset.

10" x 10".

Autumn fields from Ham Hill. Somerset.

Autumn fields from Ham Hill. Somerset.

10" x 10".

Hogweed. Summer will turn to autumn. Cornwall.

Hogweed. Summer will turn to autumn. Cornwall.

10" x 10".

Deep tractor ruts. Queen's Sedgemoor.

Deep tractor ruts. Queen's Sedgemoor.

16" x 16".