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Lordfetch'd - Hunting Horn Class
Horn is based on the Northumbrian pipes.

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2022-04-17

Got a way to go with this but thought I’d share this (oil on linen).

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2022-04-10

In Cumbrian dialect, 'wiggen-tree' is the rowan tree. Plant a rowan tree in your garden to ward off evil influence, and provide a home for benevolent faeries


art: Arthur Rackham

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2022-04-07

7 April 1770. Poet William Wordsworth was born in Cockermouth, Cumbria. He was Britain’s poet laureate from 1843 until his death. He helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with his joint publication Lyrical Ballads with Samuel Coleridge.

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2022-04-07

Would it be rude to suggest a selection of my own this

Exploring 'birth and rebirth' and its lack of inherent existence; and containing elements of Greek, Egyptian mythology; Tarot

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2022-04-06

Living in Derbyshire, I don't get to see many of these beautiful birds but a trip to Northumbria gave me chance to sketch a few for painting. Love their beady red eyes. Oil on canvas board.

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2022-04-05

Anne Mason kindly dropped off a number of new paintings.
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Can you recognise where these locations are in the ?
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2022-03-27

Enjoy the work of Dorothy Ramsay at until Sun 17 April. Realism versus Abstract features work in both categories.
More info: https://t.co/lYYEHwN9lV

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2022-03-27

Cumbrian folklore for

Renwick 1733: a Cockatrice took up residence in the ruined church. John Tallantine killed the creature using rowan tree branch, although some believe it can still be seen flying around the church at night.

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2022-03-24

Maisy Drew was taught to paint by her mother. She has discovered a love for bird watching & takes her camera into the garden or on walks, using the photos as reference for her art.
https://t.co/kbe5yQs1Ai

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2022-03-22

John Sibson paints landscapes, marine environments, & industrial scenes inspired by his love of walking the fells & dales as well as sailing & the sea.
https://t.co/MNOw2lON6z

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2022-03-20

There's music in Penrith town centre this afternoon at St Andrews 🎵🥁🎻🎺
Thanks to Penrith Town Council UK for funding EVAN's musicians. More to come on 19 March in Angel Square😉🎶

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2022-03-12

In a tavern at the now 'Angel Yard' in Kendal, 1745, the apparition of an angel brandishing a sword appeared and saved a child from the marauding Jacobite army.


artist: unknown

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2022-03-12

Many Ulverston locals will avoid the eerie woods at Plumpton, and lurking in the water of the flooded iron mines nearby, lives Jenny Greenteeth, a 'river hag' who pulls children and the elderly into the water to drown them


artist: unknown

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2022-03-11

Just a little sketch of a swaledale sheep called Swithbert!

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2022-03-10

Happy 3rd Birthday

Along Hardknott Pass, faeries have their home. Cumbria’s Faerie King Eveling holds his court. He's an intriguing figure because of his mythological connections, his name similar to the 'Avalon' of Arthurian Legend

art: James Archer

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2022-03-01

Just posting these paintings from a while back because the sun is shining despite everything….#trees

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2022-02-25

People are a major focus of Joan Prickett's work. Her portraits, life work, & un-posed studies in oils or mixes of ink & paint express feelings as well recording what she sees.
https://t.co/sVdJPiqwPz

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2022-02-22

There's a tale from the Solway Firth of a mermaid who fell in love with a sailor whom she rescued when his ship ran aground. She slipped a gold ring on his finger and promised to return, but after many years, he died, alone.


art: Arthur Rackham

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2022-02-22