Oak in the bracken +SOLD+
By the river that runs through the temperate rainforest at Cabilla in Cornwall. The preserved wood is surrounded by farmland and the expanse of Bodmin Moor. Less than 1% of our temperate rainforests remain. Up to 20% of the country would have, should be covered in these lichen and fern cloaked woods. Names of the 2,300 different species dependent on oak trees are written into the background. A feathered thorn moth, in the bottom right of the painting is one those 2,300
Watercolour and charcoal on board, framed in FSC wood
Artwork: 32cm x 23cm
Framed: 40cm x 30cm
SOLD
Part of the solo Temperate times exhibition at The Art Stable. Enquire here
Along the bridleway +SOLD+
The lone boundary tree by the wall
Ink, charcoal and watercolour on board framed in FSC wood
Image: 24cm x 34cm
Frame: 30cm x 41cm
SOLD from Adrian Hill Fine Art here
Stream off the moor +SOLD+
By the river that runs through the temperate rainforest at Cabilla in Cornwall. The preserved wood is surrounded by farmland and the expanse of Bodmin Moor. Less than 1% of our temperate rainforests remain. Up to 20% of the country would have, should be covered in these lichen and fern cloaked woods
Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC wood
Artwork: 32cm x 23cm
Framed: 40cm x 30cm
Part of the RI Annual exhibition at The Mall Galleries, London from 28 Mar - 13 Apr
SOLD
Hilltop fog +SOLD+
My favourite stand of beech trees on a misty morning. Silhouettes of moths dependant on the trees are hidden in the painting
Acrylic, charcoal and graphite on canvas framed in FSC wood
Image: 61cm x 91cm
Frame: 65cm x 95cm
SOLD from Adrian Hill Fine Art
Morning in Eartham +SOLD+
Morning walk on the Monarch’s Way where the Roman road passes through Eartham Wood
Ink, charcoal and watercolour on paper framed in FSC wood
Image: 50cm x 68cm
Frame: 69cm x 87cm
SOLD from Kevis House Gallery, Petworth
One of a series of paintings as part of The Monarch's Way exhibition at Kevis House Gallery, July 12 - 30
Puddles in the lane +SOLD+
Longlisted on the Jackson's Painting Prize 2021
There are 1,058 species of birds to bats, fungi to mammals that are dependant in some way on ash trees
Ink, charcoal and watercolour on paper framed in FSC wood
Image: 68cm x 50cm, frame: 87cm x 69cm
SOLD from Kevis House Gallery, Petworth
Mist in the valley NFS
Recent commission from a lovely, patient couple who share my admiration for a muddy lane
Ink, charcoal and watercolour on paper framed in FSC wood
Image: 94cm x 69cm
Frame: 116cm x 89cm
NFS
Mud under Hod +SOLD+
The muddy track that runs next to the Stour beneath the looming Hod Hill. Species dependent on the river are written into the background along with the mayfly that appears in the spring
Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC wood
Artwork: 34cm x 24cm
Framed: 41cm x 31cm
SOLD from The Art Stable Child Okeford, Dorset
One of 30 paintings in my solo exhibition Wend: the Stour from source to sea 11 June to 9 July. Private View Friday 17 June 6-8pm
Reflecting +SOLD+
The remains of Cutt Mill on the Stour north Sturminster
Ink, watercolour and charcoal on board, framed in FSC wood
Artwork: 30cm x 20cm
Framed: 39cm x 29cm
SOLD from The Art Stable Child Okeford, Dorset
One of 30 paintings in my solo exhibition Wend: the Stour from source to sea 11 June to 9 July. Private View Friday 17 June 6-8pm
Stream through the green +SOLD+
The River Stour near Zeals, just below Stourhead, is still a stream. It’s a tranquil, beautifully overgrown spot which makes it hard to imagine what happened here just over 100 years ago. After heavy rain the dam at a Stourhead broke and 18 acres of water suddenly flooded down the valley in a massive wall of water and mud. Many homes and bridges were swept away.
Watercolour and charcoal on paper, framed in FSC wood
Artwork: 34cm x 24cm
Framed: 41cm x 31cm
SOLD from The Art Stable Child Okeford, Dorset
One of 30 paintings in my solo exhibition Wend: the Stour from source to sea 11 June to 9 July. Private View Friday 17 June 6-8pm
Antarctica: cold and critical +SOLD+
The sun rising over the the bay near Port Lockroy on my trip to Antarctica a few years ago. The names of wildlife species I saw on the journey are written into the background of the watercolour along with sketches of humpback whales and a map of the Antarctic Peninsula
Ink, charcoal and watercolour on board framed in FSC wood
Image: 34cm x 24cm
Frame: 41cm x 30cm
Selected for the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours exhibition at The Mall Galleries from 30 March to 8 April
SOLD from Mall Galleries
£695 from https://www.cookthepainter.com/contact-us
Ancient woods +SOLD+
Horner Wood. A rare and beautiful temperate rainforest in Exmoor
Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC wood
Artwork: 30cm x 20cm
Framed: 39cm x 29cm
SOLD from John Davies Gallery Moreton-in-Marsh
Spring sun +SOLD+
The muddy drovers lane that goes uphill to Writh
Ink and watercolour on paper, framed in FSC wood
Artwork: 26cm x 15cm
Framed: 39cm x 29cm
SOLD from John Davies Gallery Moreton-in-Marsh
Hoar Cross Hall
Hoar Cross Hall in Staffordshire. An amazing building and hotel surrounded by some beautiful trees
Ink, watercolour and charcoal on canvas
5ft x 3ft
Private commission
Lockdown lane walks: Up to the footpath SOLD
Downhill on French Mill Lane with the steps up to the footpath through the field on the left
Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC wood
Artwork: 28cm x 20cm
Framed: 39cm x 29cm
SOLD
Sun glimpse SOLD
There are 1,058 UK species associated with ash trees, ranging from beetles to birds, lichens to mammals. All will be affected when we lose up to 90% of the UKs 70m ash trees from dieback disease. Research is ongoing into replanting these trees with ash bred with tolerance to the infection
Ink and watercolour on board, framed in waxed FSC ash
11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm
SOLD from The John Davies Gallery, Moreton-in-Marsh
Lockdown lane walks: Just past the smallholding……SOLD
Along the lane, just past John and Carol's smallholding
Ink and watercolour on paper, framed in FSC wood
Artwork: 26cm x 15cm
Framed: 39cm x 29cm
SOLD
Hedgeline sentinel (1707) SOLD
Of the 2,300 species dependent in some way on oak trees, ranging from beetles to birds, lichens to mammals, 326 of them only live on oak trees. This is what makes every tree so important. Our once vast ancient woodlands now only cover 2% of the UK
Ink and watercolour on paper, framed in FSC wood
Image: 68cm x 50cm
Frame: 87cm x 69cm
SOLD
Snow on the track SOLD
This hazel shaded track in West Melbury was at one time the main route for driving cattle up to Shaftesbury. There are still patches of cobbles on the lane and towards the bottom is a field called Halfpenny. This was the land drovers would overnight their cattle in, which cost half a penny. The next day they would herd them up Gold Hill to the market
Framed in waxed and stained black FSC wood
Artwork: 28cm x 20cm
Framed: 39cm x 29cm
SOLD
Daylesford oak (1876) SOLD
2,300 species, from birds to beetles, fungi to lichens are dependent on oak trees. This acorn was sown around 1876
Ink, charcoal and watercolour on paper framed in FSC wood
Image: 68cm x 50cm
Frame: 87cm x 69cm
SOLD
326: Daylesford oak (1460) SOLD
2,300 species, from birds to beetles, fungi to lichens are dependent on oak trees. This amazing tree is in the Dayelsford Estate
Watercolour on board, framed in waxed natural FSC ash
11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm
SOLD
Tank at the top SOLD
There is evidence that people lived on Hambledon Hill 5,000 years ago, 1,000 years before Stonehenge was built. The worldwide human population in 3,000BC was around 7m. In 1964 it was 3,250m, today there are 7,710m of us
Ink, watercolour and charcoal on paper, framed in FSC wood
11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm 15in x 9in / 39cm x 29cm framed
SOLD from the Arts Stable