Crawshawbooth paintings

Earlier this year I was commissioned to paint some scenes of Crawshawbooth in Rossendale. It was nice to focus my attention on the area where I grew up. Rossendale is full of terraced houses built in fabulous sandstone. As soon as I started to paint I could feel memories start to flood back, just from the colour of a stone or the shape of a window. I painted 9 paintings in all, many of them catching the low lying mist of the valley in winter. I felt that as I progressed my palette improved and I really captured the colours and atmosphere of that small part of the valley.

I am know looking to paint some more of Rossendale, maybe starting in Stacksteads where I lived the first 10years of my life.

Of the 9 paintings 7 have now sold to private collectors and the remaining two will hopefully help me secure an exhibition at the Haworth Art Gallery in Accrington later next year. I may also make available some limited edition prints of the paintings.

The snow has just eased and I may venture out into the Xmas madness to continue my studio move.

NEW Studio Arrives!!

After a long wait and much deliberating the new studio arrives, I planned this 5 years ago when I first moved here! Any way it is in and up!! MBT installations from Halifax came to build it after i had been let down. They arrived at 8am and the cabin was up by 2.30pm amazing!

So now begins the process of moving from my old place..started today in full snow and ice, didn't realise how many paintings I have! I have been at the current studio 5 years and it shows! I will have to be super ruthless with my work only saving what I think is important. Tempting to do a Bacon and just destroy all of it and forge ahead with new work! something tells me this would be foolish but is so tempting.

Other news is that I have spoken with the SAU unit at Hope Hospital and they would like to exhibit my remaining six Salford as it is paintings. Just need to type up a proposal and get the ball rolling...

Concrete Delivery!

This is the concrete delivery system I built for the base of my new studio!, a chute from the top layer then barrow across next on and then over the wall and into the frame! It took me and two lads 1hr 30mins of constant barrowin to move 5m cubed or 10 tonne!! Absolutely knackered afterwards and then had the joy of going to the dentist afterwards!!

The base was then tampered buy my chief navvy and I (mum) and left to go off! typically it was the only frosty night we've had , but seems to be fine!!

Publish Post

Studio will be delivered next Thursday and built on Sat , Sun! cant wait to get in, have started some new Newcastle paintings as all of my Rossendale paintings have now sold!!