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Dorset Landscape with Cow Dung (30 x 48 in). In th

Dorset Landscape with Cow Dung (30 x 48 in). In those Dorset days, when I lived miles from anywhere in a rickety farmhouse, surrounded by White Park cattle, I did some experimenting, making paint from cow dung. So you could have paintings of the land that were more utterly of their subject matter. I had a bucket and spade, a stick and a binding agent, and all seemed to work quite well. I like the colour - like Winsor & Newton’s Olive Green, but with more bits.

Sandwood Bay (24 x 30 in). Sometimes written up as

Sandwood Bay (24 x 30 in). Sometimes written up as the most beautiful beach in Britain, Sandwood has remained remarkably unspoilt. It sits in the remote far north western corner of Sutherland, 5 miles south of Cape Wrath and a 4 mile hike from the nearest you can get to by car. But it’s worth it. There’s a sense of otherworldliness, heightened by strange geography. The pure strip of sand is guarded by high cliffs, backed by dunes, behind which is a freshwater loch. Your first sight of the beach, the sea on one side, the loch on the other, is unforgettable.

Bridport (30 x 48 in) 2009. Bridport was my neares

Bridport (30 x 48 in) 2009. Bridport was my nearest market town for a few years. Bohemian and traditional, arty and agricultural, it was charming and friendly and fascinating. The back lanes told you a history of rope-making, the quirky shops flattered you with recognition and friendship, and in the warehouse studios by the river, you could find really nice furniture for next to nothing. #dorsetlandscape #bridport

Wilcot (24 x 30 in). Wilcot has a magical ring to

Wilcot (24 x 30 in). Wilcot has a magical ring to it. It was our grandparents’ house when we were growing up. At the end of the village lane, almost touching the church, it smelt of farmyard. On the way down to the lake, there was (and is, I’m sure) a big round dovecote, dangerous inside. And across the park the famous Ladies Bridge, built over the canal, leading nowhere. An extravagance demanded in payment by a previous owner, for allowing the Kennet and Avon to run through their land. #kennetandavoncanal #wilcot #wiltshirelandscape #pewseyvale

Brooms to Askerswell (35 x 35 in). The earlier map

Brooms to Askerswell (35 x 35 in). The earlier map paintings came from walks tracing Dorset field systems and earthworks. This circular walk started out at the farmhouse (at the top edge here, at 11 o’clock), up and over the Iron Age hill fort of Eggardon Hill, down through Spyway and along Askerswell Down, before climbing back up by the Two Gates Neolithic burial chamber, and down to West Compton with its Romano-British field traces and cropmarks. My local patch.

The Dart at Stoke Gabriel (24 x 30 in). This part

The Dart at Stoke Gabriel (24 x 30 in). This part of the Dart, gently narrowing as it snakes upstream from Dittisham, is gorgeously wooded, with the hint of discoveries and secrets round its steep bends. High on the west bank, breaking through the trees, is Robert Taylor’s Sharpham House, a glorious set piece. What eccentric partners they are - refined classicism and rural Devon - but what wonderful bedfellows, and what energy their union imparts.

Some water pictures to sprinkle on this wet weathe

Some water pictures to sprinkle on this wet weather

Cornwall Green - Parishes (24 x 24 in). This was a

Cornwall Green - Parishes (24 x 24 in). This was an early encounter with land and mapping, from 2006, where I took the shapes of various parishes in Cornwall and reassembled them into some sort of presentational hill. A celebration of land in its local - its parochial - form.

Broad Haven (24 x 30 in). Even in August the beach

Broad Haven (24 x 30 in). Even in August the beaches on Pembrokeshire’s south western flank are hardly packed. To get to some of them you have to earn your way on steep rutted paths, but the rewards are rich. Broad Haven, mostly pebbles at high tide and tough on bare feet, is a splendid sward later on. The edge of the beach a smaller version of that edge of the coast.

I am always imagining houses, sifting architecture

I am always imagining houses, sifting architecture in my mind. It must partly have come from my father who built houses with us in the woods. Here, I am the tiddler, (youngest James must have been at home). The second image, an interpretation of the scene - Waverley (24 x 30 in).

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