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One of the paintings I delivered to @staithes_gallery last week - 'View from the top, Staithes' (oil on canvas, 50x50cm).Lovely to be in #Staithes again, delivering some new work to @staithes_gallery - into the capable hands of Ian @burke1913.A few more views of my studio (& an Upton Studios trail map) ahead of this weekend - Upton Artists & Makers are opening their homes and studios for folks to get a glimpse of the craft and process behind their various art work: 11-12 June as part of @osnotts Festival Fortnight.I'm running an open studio this weekend, 11-12 June - with work in the studio itself and in our old threshing barn (seen here) at High Farm, Upton.I am part of this at the weekend - be lovely to see visitors at my studio (and will have guests - Elsa Rickett-Trueman and Mark Green) …Search Susan’s blog
Tag Archives: Newfield Galleries
Newark ‘Portrait’
Here is another painting in my series of ‘portraits’ of Newark-on-Trent, this of the castle from the towpath below Trent Bridge – currently in my exhibition at the Newfield Galleries. The low afternoon sunlight in this composition made for striking striations of … Continue reading
Kirk Gate, Newark-on-Trent
This second painting at the Newfield Galleries is of Newark-on-Trent. Kirk Gate has a lively mixture of facades ranging from medieval timber-frame through to quite grandiose Italianate Victorian, all following a serpentine line towards the main entrance of St Mary’s Church. Wherever … Continue reading
Derwent Reservoir Dam
Derwent Reservoir recently featured in reportage on the 70th anniversary of the ‘Dam Busters’ wartime campaign, as the reservoir was used during WW2 in practice manoeuvres for the assault on the German dams. I was unaware of its wartime significance at … Continue reading