Cloud shadows over Blencathra Acrylic Print

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Blencathra, otherwise known by the more down-to earth name of Saddleback, is one of the most impressive mountains of the English Lake District, standing at 868 metres (2848 feet) high. It is one of what are known as the Northern Fells and accessible to walkers who can attain magnificent views over nearby Scotland as well as South to the Lake District generally. Clouds shade the gleaming slopes.

I was born a Manxman - a native of the Isle of Man in the centre of the British Isles - and my heritage from there sometimes brings a Celtic element to my work. However, another side of my personality has often been expressed in my acrylic painting and photography in a more extraverted, Mediterranean way. This has no doubt been influenced by the fact that I have travelled through Europe and elsewhere in the past, but I have come to look for inspiration nearer to my home in recent years in a beautiful part of the north of England. My Christian faith underlies what I do in art as in the rest of my life. I am a retired clinical psychologist and am married with children and grandchildren. I have no formal artistic qualifications but am...