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I’m very excited to share my newest illustrated pattern, featuring the historic sites of Winchester. It follows on from my first design ‘There’s No Place Like Home‘ which I really enjoyed putting together. Winchester seemed like a natural step on from that with illustrations including the cathedral, the buttercross and […]
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No.18 of my 2018 world series challenge is the Washington Monument. The Washington Monument is an obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. It was built to commemorate George Washington, the first President of the United States. The monument is constructed from marble, granite, and bluestone gneiss. It is both the world’s tallest stone structure and the world’s tallest obelisk, standing 555 feet 5 1⁄8 inches […]
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Here’s a colourful sunset to take your mind off a grey afternoon. It was created as a commission for a 70th birthday present. Titled ‘Sunset Over St Marys Lighthouse, Whitley Bay‘, it was painted with acrylic and ink on paper, mounted within a thin black 60 x 50cm frame. I’ve […]
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No.17 of my 2018 world series challenge is the Grand Canal Venice. The city of Venice (Venezia) is situated across a group of 118 small islands in northeastern Italy. Separated by canals and linked by 400 bridges the islands are located in the shallow Venetian Lagoon, an enclosed bay that lies between the mouths […]
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The weather seems to be turning a little warmer, the sun shining a little more often and perhaps we’ll soon be moving from Spring to Summer. That also means we are firmly into wedding season! Over the years it’s become a bit of a tradition to provide an artwork with […]
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No.16 of my 2018 world series challenge is the Grand Canyon. Grand Canyon National Park was officially designated a national park on February 26, 1919. Named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979, the park is located in northwestern Arizona. The park’s central feature is the Grand Canyon, a gorge of the Colorado River, which is often considered […]
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