Summer 2003

Steps to the garden at Blawearie, Bewick Moor, Northumberland.

Blawearie

First view of Blawearie taken from a walking guide from a Northumberland National Park Publication.

Pages from My Sketchbook

Gravestone in the churchyard at Holy Trinity Church, Bewick.

Cups and Rings.

A circle of Alders on the moor.

Inside the World War II pill-box at Bewick hill fort.

Pages from My Sketchbook

Map of home (bought in 1963).

Folktales of dead souls inhabiting crows and returning to their home.

Cups and Rings.

Hello

I am a Northumbrian in exile longing to return home. I visit whenever I can. meanwhile my painting is all about Blawearie.
Blawearie in Northumberland.
It's on the moors above Old Bewick.

Some of the things I'm looking at with this project are-

Layers of Time
Mingling of the Past with the Present
Artist as Explorer and Storyteller
A Labyrinth of Connections, Associations and Narratives
Cups and Rings
Burial Cists
Hill Forts
Secret Gardens
Abandoned Home