Wednesday 18 November 2015

Studio wall

It's strange what I choose to hang on the wall of the studio, in theory I don't want anything distracting me from what i'm working on, but on the other hand there are those blank walls crying out for something on them, and I have a large stock of paintings sitting in stacks, so here they are, there are two versions of the one on the left, and the other one hangs in our dining room. the framed image is from the valley of the rocks, in Lynmouth, from the time when I lived in Exmoor, and below is a study of a lump of flint ( which inspired the painting on the left ) 

Saturday 7 November 2015

Looking West towards Grovely Woods

This is the view of Grovely Woods from below the A36 , with the willows in the foreground, which gave Wilton its name, where the Wylye river flows, and the hill rises like a formidable bulwark. The Roman road runs straight ahead from this point of view at the crest of the hill, the Roman Rd from Old Sarum West climbs up the hill to the East of this view, descends into Wilton, and then climbs this hill again from the left of this depiction. To me this corresponds to the description of Wilton by Asser , with all the identifying aspects apparent. The Nadder river runs in the valley to the left of this picture, south of the hill.