Happy New Year!
I hope you are all having a good start to 2025.
We have had a second fall of snow this winter, and it is only the first week of January. The landscape looks dramatic; trees are laden with snow and field boundaries are inky lines between white fields. I miss being outside, but plein-air painting and drawing is tough when it's cold.
This year I am really excited to be working with Wildegoose Nursery. I will be exhibiting with them and some wonderful artists and makers, including Sharon Griffin and Glen Farrelly, in early September. I will keep you posted.
I will also be drawing and painting in and around Cantlop and beyond for my online shop, next drop will be in March.
Do take a look at the Available Work page as there are still plenty of affordable works looking for a good home.
As always, a big thank you to all of you wonderful customers, I hope you will enjoy following my progress and hopefully come to the exhibition at Wildegoose later in the year.
Thank you, with love, Mary x
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Available work
This is a collection of sketches, drawings and paintings on paper with...
News
Delighted that this painting 'The Last Cut - Warings Ley', has been selected for the Royal Cambrian Academy Open Exhibition in Conwy. The exhibition opens 11th January 2025 with an opening event from 2-4pm. Do come!
The Garden
When we moved into the Shippen, the garden was a grassed area bordered by a traditional mixed hedge. It was a blank canvas. Wildegoose Nursery planned and planted a wonderful mix of perennials that have matured into a haven for birds and insects.
Seasonal sketches of the garden will be for sale in the Garden Collection and Available Work.
Cantlop
Cantlop is the geographic centre of Shropshire. The name was first recorded in the Domesday Book as Cantelop and could have been named by Norman knights, from chante lou (sing wolf). These days it is a slightly untidy group of houses, converted barns and farms, and is pleasantly unremarkable. Ancient field names indicate the character of the site or the owners registration.