Hepple Village from Bickerton - Original Painting geology ready to burst into blossom

ready to burst into blossom and leaves

Gesso board has been the favoured material for paintings for millennia

Nestled into the curve of the ancient Roman frontier

It’s a subject I’ve painted many times

It can be found in The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore

Hepple Village from Bickerton - Original Painting geology ready to burst into blossomA symphony of warm greens, this painting is of The River Coquet as it meanders its inevitable way down the Coquet Valley. Weaving past small villages Alwinton, Harbottle, Hepple, and Thropton it grows larger and more staid all the way until it reaches Rothbury. Then it continues eastwards, growing ever bigger and bolder all the way, gliding through the larger villages and towns until it reaches Warkworth and Amble, where it loops and flows into the