Tag: countryside

• An oil painting of ‘Maer Hall’, home of Josiah Wedgwood 2nd.

  Josiah Wedgwood 2nd was the son of Josiah Wedgwood the famous potter and lived at Maer Hall. I was commissioned to do this scene of Maer Hall for the present owners some years ago. I remember it being a cloudy day towards the end of a very hot summer, hence the scorched look of the […]

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  Animals, Commissions, country house, Horses, Landscape

  chestnut, country house, countryside, horses, Maer Hall, palomino, stables

• ‘Retired’

  Whilst out walking with an old friend, in late summer last year, we happened across this scene in a remote part of the Shropshire countryside. Scenes like this are hard to find and make good subjects for a painting. As often is the case, it is the simplistic things that we give no thought to […]

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  Landscape, Uncategorized

  chickens, countryside, oil painting, realism, retired, rural, Shropshire, tractor, traditional

• ‘Thatched Cottages’ Osmaston Derbyshire

  These thatched cottages are situated in Osmaston , a small Derbyshire country estate village. This pretty village is the archtypical English village – thatched cottages, village green, village pond – pub and church! Always a good subject when I feel stuck to do a painting. Painting sold, commissions invited, fill out the form with your […]

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  Cottages, Landscape

  atmosphere, chickens, cottages, countryside, derbyshire, light, oil, oil on canvas, Osmaston, realism, rural, thatched cottages, traditional