Countryside Landscapes, Nature, Images from Imagination...a few paintings from over the years.

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My paintings are inspired by nature, folklore, stories and the countryside landscapes of rural England and Scotland, reflecting the beauty and peacefulness of idealised country life.

Some influences and favourite artists:  William Morris; naturalistic painting; the exquisite detail in great Victorian paintings; the Pre-Raphaelites; the Arts & Crafts Movement; Art Nouveau;  Alphonse Mucha; J.W. Waterhouse; Samuel Palmer; The Brotherhood of Ruralists; David Inshaw landscapes; Annie Ovenden; Ann Arnold; John Byrne, Gordon Beningfield; Helen Allingham;  Eric Ravilious; great book illustrators such as Beatrix Potter; Arthur Rackham; Howard Pyle; Edmund Dulac; Jessie M. King; Inga Moore; Burne-Jones; Hans Holbein; Vermeer; Millais; William De Morgan; Pugin; Gothic & Medieval art; Illuminated books such as the Lindisfarne Gospels and The Book of Kells; woodcuts; Mediaeval & Victorian tiles...