A 1000 year anniversary

Currently working on sketches of the historic Chapel of St. Anne d’Entremont near Falaise in Normandy. Built by the Countess Lesceline, the great aunt of William the Conquerer in the 11th Century just prior to the Norman invasion of Britain, it is coming up for its 1000 year anniversary and so I thought that a painting might be in order to celebrate the occasion.

RBSA Watercolour Prize

I was very honoured to have been asked to be one of the judges of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Watercolour Prize Exhibition, taking place in their gallery in the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham. Many thanks to Ed, Rachel and Daisy for their hospitality and to my fellow judge, Lesley Samms. They also very generously hung one of my landscape paintings, ‘Millstone Grit. Brimham Rocks’.

Distinguished company....

In Falaise with No.10, the very first works Bentley to compete at the Le Mans 24 hour race in 1925, driven by Dudley Benjafield and Bertie Kensington-Moir. I think I’ve got my facts right….if not, the other three gentlemen I’m with, will definitely be able to correct me.