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Ceri Allen - Red Interior - oil on canvas

Our Summer exhibition is open every day until 7 Sept 10.30 - 4.30

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2022-08-05

Sketch of the Day: Miriam and Viola in Longsleddale, 2018

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2022-08-02

Our summer exhibition is open today 10.30 - 4.30 and our resident artist at the sales desk is Marion Bradley

Nocturne - linocut by Angie Mitchell

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2022-08-02

On until 7 September, the exhibition at Grasmere has begun

It includes a painting by our very own entitled "may this universe not deceive you"; gouache and ink on paper


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2022-08-02

Day 211 - St Bees beach on the west coast of Cumbria.

The red Permo-triassic sandstone is about 200 million years old (known more commonly as St. Bees Red Sandstone) It’s used for buildings, paths and walls and frequently seen around the local area.

Watercolour

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2022-07-31

🎨 exhibition at Grasmere starts today, and runs to 7 September

It includes my painting "may this universe not deceive you"; gouache and ink on paper

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2022-07-30

Throstle Gill, Lake District, Cumbria.

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2022-07-29

My painting entitled "may this universe not deceive you" has been selected for this years exhibition at Grasmere.
The exhibition runs from 30 July to 7 September.

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2022-07-22

Our summer exhibition is almost ready!
So many talented artists both members and non members from all over Cumbria showing their incredible work.
Doors open Saturday 30 July 10.30am - 4.30pm

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2022-07-22

Enjoy an exhibition of work by artists from across the north at Zenith Summer Art in Carlisle's Creative quarter 🙂
https://t.co/wg8x71Il3B

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2022-07-13

Last chance to bid for your favourite artist postcards on this charity auction at eBay UK! All proceeds to My “Blueberry Rose” is amongst them, no. 1083 🌹 Thanks to for organising! https://t.co/PW5FdbGPJs

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2022-07-08

🎨Robert Brindley (English painter, b. 1949) - Light and Sheep, Scotby, Cumbria

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2022-07-05

A 'hob-thross' lived in Millom Castle. He slept by the fire during the day, and worked all night, doing the chores the humans didn’t want to do. One harsh winter he was offered clothes, a terrible insult to a hob-thross, so he left.


art: Eric Edwards

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2022-06-30

Village of Renwick in 1733 :

"derived from a circumstance which happened about 200 years ago, almost too ridiculous to be credited, an ancient possessor being said to have slain a noxious, cockatrice”

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2022-06-29

Renwick in 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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2022-06-25

Along Hardknott Pass, Cumbria’s Faerie King Eveling holds his court. He's an intriguing figure, his name may be connected to the Avalon of Athurian legend



La Mort d'Arthur by James Archer 1860

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2022-06-23

"Long Meg" is the story of a witch and her daughters and their meeting with a mysterious fiddler during Summer Solstice (Source: Taffy Thomas' Cumbrian Folk Tales).

Image: Tiffany Turrill's "Long Meg and Her Daughters"

Source: https://t.co/3xiLXoQdQk

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2022-06-21

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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2022-06-19