This is another scene from my walk in the Shropshire hills in January. The wall alongside the track I was following had fallen into disrepair some time ago, and had been populated by holly, rowan and oak. This was near the top of the Stiper…
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A nascent sunken lane running alongside the much deeper Hartley Mauditt Lane (featured in MultiStorey and Mauditt). The group of trees to the right are also shown, from a different angle, in Undertow. Summit, Ink on kaolin-coated board, 12 x16″
Exposed tree roots on the sheer side of a greensand holloway in Surrey. Moss Walk, Ink on kaolin-coated board, 14×11″
Beech trees throw some incredible shapes. This is on the upper storey path from my large drawing Multistorey. Undertow, Ink on kaolin-coated board, 12 x16″
There’s something very dramatic about viewing something “against the light”, or from the shadow side with light seeping around the edges. And I rather like dramatic. This is another scene from Church Lane, in Witley, Surrey. The lane is less sunken here, near the top…
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This fantastic sunken lane has provided me with subjects for several drawings since I first visited it in January of this year. Knave, Knoll, Shadow Dance, and now The Low Road, are all set on Church Lane in Witley near Godalming, Surrey. This, however, is…
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This is part of the sheer side of a track leading from Huckers Lane (in Selborne, Hampshire) to a field gate. Immediately above Huckers Cottage is an outcrop of the Greensand, a small scarp, the southern end of the quarry dug out of Church Meadow.…
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I made this piece as a rolling demo during Hampshire Open Studios at Sherborne St John, 25-28 August 2023. It is a drawing of part of a grown-out hedge on a low woodbank, looking out of the wood to a wintery field. Every time that…
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When I visited the Weald and Downland Living Museum in Sussex last year, I was keen to see the heavy horses at work. I was in luck: a team of three Percherons were pulling a harrow at the far side of the site. There was…
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Last autumn, I picked up a twig with leaves on it and brought it home because I wasn’t sure what tree it was from. I decided that it was probably some sort of poplar and left it outside the back door. In the spring, I…
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