The Wild Moor

Acrylic on hardboard 12" x 12" finished (framed) size

This is the third and final one of this little series of older landscapes I am offering at the special "direct from the artist" price of £115. The other two have sold as you will see. As with the others the framing is beautifully and professionally done and really complements the painting. Just email me if you are interested.

To the Hills

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Oil on hardboard, professionally framed, finished size 12" x 12"

As with the previous painting, this one is being offered at the special price of £115 plus postage & packing, to anywhere in the world. Please email me if you are interested in a purchase. This is one of 3 paintings which were displayed at the Society of Women Artists exhibition at the Mall Galleries, London in 2009 and it's one of my own favourites. (ps. yes, that is a little cyclist in the distance there).

There will be a third and final framed painting up for sale in a couple of weeks time. I am off to Ethiopia tomorrow and back on 23rd October. Please email me if you are interested in a purchase. I probably won't be able to open my blog but I should be able to receive and send emails.

Shining Water

This painting has now been sold



Oil on board, beautifully, professionally framed painting, finished size 12" x 12"

Fans of Stalybridge paintings, don't faint. You thought I had finished with old Stalybridge didn't you. In fact this is not a new one but an old favourite of mine as yet unsold. I'm offering it at a special "direct from the artist" price of £115 plus postage and packing to anywhere in the world. This is typical north of England countryside, only a couple of miles from where I live. ps. the colours are ever so slightly cooler in the real thing.

I am feeling the urge to maybe get back on the Stalybridge band wagon, especially since Pennine Gallery are now promoting my work (click on their website opposite), so watch this space. I'm away now for a couple of weeks so if you are interested in a purchase drop me an email and I'll be able to arrange shipping end of October.

Pennine Gallery

My Stalybridge paintings are now being showcased by an exciting new venture, the Pennine Gallery, which aims to represent artists who are based in this area of the north of England and whose influence is prominent in their work. This is both an online and a "bricks and mortar" gallery where you can see the work face to face so we get the best of both worlds. I am really happy to be part of this with my Stalybridge work. Please click on the link above or in the side bar to see more.

An April day on Woodhead Road (1)

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Oil on hardboard 21" x 9" (including frame)

Please check my other blog

For visitors to this blog, sorry there has been no new work lately. It's not the end of the line for Stalybridge paintings, just that I have been busy on my other blog Real Art. Please click on the link to go there.

Paintings selected for Society of Women Artists exhbition 2010

Four of my Stalybridge paintings have been selected for the Society of Women Artists' exhibition at the Mall Galleries London from 1st to 10th July 2010. They are: Ploughed Field; Shining Water; To the Hills; The green, green grass. (Sorry, I can't get the links to work - you'll have to do a search for each painting individually using the blogger search box top left)

Travelling travel train station platform north england sun shadows

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Acrylic on board 12" x 12"

This is Stalybridge station in sunlight. I have painted it before. It always carries an air of expectation and anticipation. I have left from here to go to far flung corners of the earth! Making several connections along the way of course. They are always "improving" it - at the front there now stands a kind of glass and metal shelter with hard, cold, metal seats no one wants to sit on. Before that they had old wooden benches, glossy with so many layers of paint. They were worth the graffiti and the pen knife assaults because they were warm and friendly. The shape of things to come, eh?

An old college friend nodp

I would like to draw your attention to a new blog, set up by an old college mate of mine (sorry Brian, you are not so old!), called Brian Melling. I only had formal art school training for two years and Brian was a classmate in the first year which I spent at Heginbottom School of Art in Ashton. I would love you to look at Brian's sketches which are the first things he has posted on the blog. The reason is not just that I think they are marvellously fresh and unique but they depict the very area - Ashton and Stalybridge - which my blog here focusses on.

Click here to go to Brian's blog.

A light snow landscape painting north england stalybridge snow

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Acrylic on board 12" x 12"

This is based on photos taken a couple of years ago when we had light snow falls and some winter sunshine. See what I mean about the same scene never looking the same two days running?

Canal view canal factory industry north england stalybridge

Acrylic on hardboard 8" x 8" Please contact me if you are interested in purchasing this painting

It's nice to have a change from the snow! Love these stately old factories and work sheds.

Snow in the valley II landscape stalybridge north england painting snow winter

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Acrylic on board 12" x 12"

Seen from the same vantage point as the painting below but I have swung round a few degrees.

Snow in the valley I landscape north england painting snow winter hills houses

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Acrylic on board 12" x 12"

This painting shows the valley of Stalybridge during the recent snowfalls. It's a view I have painted a few times before as seen from the top of Cocker Hill where there used to be a church and graveyard. I love the view because it is different in all weathers. It's never identical from one week to the next. As you can see the light levels were low and the sky heavy with more snow to come.

The empty notice board landscape painting stamford park winter snow england stalybridge

Acrylic on hardboard 8" x 8" (approx)Please contact me if you are interested in purchasing this painting

Stamford park in snow. This notice board really stood out with its empty ochre boards and its indian red painted supports. I never noticed it when the park was green and leafy and hit by dappled sunshine yet I suppose it has been there a long time.

The Post Office landscape painting england snow winter street scene stalybridge

Acrylic on hardboard 8" x 7.5" £65 (please contact me if you are interested in purchasing this painting

Lots of Post Office buldings have sadly closed down in the UK but the one in our small town has managed to survive. It's a beautiful old building next to the Library (another beautiful old building). If you have ever bought a painting from me, then this is the place from which it was shipped. (But we don't often see it covered in snow!)

Snow on the tops painting landscape stalybridge england english snow winter street scene

Acrylic on hardboard 8" x 7.75" Please contact me if you are interested in purchasing this painting

These little terraced houses seem weighted down by the heavy snowfalls. Well, if you're going to have snow you might as well have it proper. Those are the lower slopes of the Pennines you see in the background. We call them the moors and often "the tops".

Waterloo Street in snow landscape painting northern north england stalybridge snow winter

Acrylic on hardboard 8" x 8" Please contact me if you are interested in purchasing this painting

Got to get these snow scenes out of my system! If we get any more I must revisit my mill chimney areas. I never thought of doing that but it was really quite difficult walking in the thick snow in heavy boots. (What a whimp).

Snowy day, Market Street landscape painting street scene stalybridge north england snow winter

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Acrylic on hardboard 8" x 7.5"

The snow gave all our streets a totally different character and the red brick buildings shone out more in contrast with all that white.

Cart track farm land fields north england english rain landscape painting

Acrylic on hardboard 8" x 7.5" (please contact me if you are interested in purchasing this painting)

Up here the farmers' cart tracks are often filled with rainwater making very muddy exits and entrances. Mist, fog, rain, its all part of the scenery up north.

Reservoir landscape painting north england reservoir

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Acrylic on hardboard 7.5" x 7.5"

Signal landscape painting north england fog rain wind>

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Acrylic on hardboard 8" x 8"

Today I went back to my gessoed, sanded hardboard panels. I have started to use the gesso much thinner so the panels remain very smooth and I lightly sand them in between coats. I enjoyed working in a much freer way with this painting and it was a relief to be able to make a mark and have it stay that way! I felt with the linen it was almost beginning to dictate the way I should work. I'm not saying I won't use it again but I have learned about its strengths and limitations for me.
This painting, "Signal", (I think that is a telegraph pole)is actually based on the same scene as the one below only a little further up the road and closer to the pole.

Grey blanket

Acrylic on linen panel 8" x 8" £65 plus postage & packing (£3.50 to UK; £7 to rest of world)

This is the second painting on linen. I'm beginning to doubt now if it really is for me. Seem to lose a bit of the drawing line emphasis.

Padfield in November padfield landscape painting north england winter mist frost

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Acrylic on linen 8" x 8"

I wanted to try painting on linen and to stick with the acrylics to see how it all handled. I didn't have any linen and didn't want to invest too much in the fabric so I bought a rough linen weave tote bag and cut it up to make two panels. I stuck it onto 2 of my hardboard squares using matt glazing medium which makes excellent glue. When that was dry I coated the painting surface of the linen board with a couple of coats of white acrylic primer and just started work. This was a totally new, challenging and enjoyable painting experience. If you click on the image to enlarge it you will be able to see the linen weave quite clearly. What I liked about it was the irregularity and naturalness of the surface which was quite a change from painting on a very smooth surface.

Day's end: Flamin Nosh small town oil painting street road restaurant night lights nocturne

Oil on hardboard 8" x 8"

Flamin Nosh is a pizza restaurant close by to where I live. We once went as a whole family to celebrate a special birthday and the kids were allowed to create their own pizzas and see them put into the ovens. It always looks great at night because the banners are orange and look really good lit up.

Day's End: Speed Check small town oil painting street road night lights nocturne

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Oil on hardboard 8" x 8"

Day's end: Waterloo Road oil painting street small town england english sunset

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Oil on hardboard 8" x 8"

I have painted Waterloo Road before - this building - but it was called Daybreak, so dawn rather than dusk (to check it out it's the posting of November 21st 2007). I like this building. It's now housing the police but I'm not sure what it was originally built for.

Day's end : across the valley mill factory small town landscape sunset stalybridge england english oil painting

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Oil on hardboard 8" x 8"

Quite a romantic view - an old mill chimney highlighted against the setting sun. That's the 'Bridge for you (although the chimney is probably in Dukinfield or Ashton looking at the distances). We are nothing if not exploitative.

Day's end Stamford Street (II) small town sunset stalybridge england english oil painting

Oil on hardboard 8" x 8" Please contact me if you are interested in purchasing this painting

Day's end Stamford Street (I) small town sunset stalybridge england english oil painting

Oil on hardboard 8" x 8" Please contact me if you are interested in purchasing this painting

I have a little series of sun-sets. The same sun setting over Stalybridge as sets over Los Angeles, Dar es Salaam, Paris and so on - just add your own place to the list. Here the sun's setting behind us and lighting up the advertising hoarding on the wall there (which incidentally is for Sainsbury's bank - I went and had a look last night).

Hillside (keywords: painting oil landscape england english)

Oil on hardboard 8" x 8"

This is the last of the landscapes for now. I'm working on my other blog at the moment but am sure to be back here in the not too distant future.

Lone Tree (keywords:landscape painting trees fields hills england english)

Oil on hardboard 8" x 8"

There's something strong and independent about a lone tree. It has resisted the buffets and blows of the weather and man's hand with a chain saw. A true survivor!

Ravine (keywords: hills fields glossop england english landscape painting)

Oil on hardboard 8" x 8"

Compared to many ravines this is a tiny one I know but it's a deep cutting in the landscape through which a river runs so, I suppose it's a ravine of sorts. Again in the Glossop area. Dried, autumn grasses in front and the evergreens in the background.

Striated (keywords: hills fields england english landscape)

Oil on hardboard 8" x 8"

I haven't been able to find a really good definition for that word "Striated" but I think it means striped or wavy. Just how the earth looks sometimes.

The A624 (II) (keywords: landscape painting england english hills fields motorway glossop)

Oil on hardboard 8" x 8"

These two paintings are of the A624 to Chapel en le Frith as seen from the Glossop end. It's a busy road but not too wide and you have wonderful hills and fields on both sides.

The A624 (I)

Oil on hardboard 8" x 8"

Wheat field

Oil on hardboard 8" x 8"

I think it was a wheat field anyway - a very gentle kind of yellow.

Tree shadows II (keywords: landscape painting england english glossop hills trees fields green blue)

Oil on hardboard 8" x 8"

I did a painting based on this scene a couple of years ago, called Tree Shadows. So this is version II. It's such a beautiful scene and I'll never tire, I don't think, of trying to capture it.

The green, green grass

This painting has been selected for the 2010 Society of Women Artists' exhibition at the Mall Galleries, London 1st - 10th July.



Oil on hardboard 8" x 8" Please contact me if you are interested in purchasing this painting

i decided to test myself by doing a mini-series of landscapes. I decided on 12 as an appropriate number as I am basically an analogue girl rather than a digital one (12 shillings to the pound - no you won't remember). It wasn't easy - a bit like taking medicine - so I have been completing 2 or 3 each day over the past few days. Today I finished the twelfth but I will put them up in ones and twos. I am putting them up in the order in which I painted them. They tend to get brighter as I go along, LOL. Also I introduced some new colours - alizarin crimson instead of indian red and turquoise which makes nice greens mixed with yellow ochre.

Gully

Oil on hardboard 8" x 8"

Long grass

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Oil on hardboard 8" x 8"

This is around the Charlesworth area near Glossop. Lovely dips in the landscape.