tree engravings

Alfred Wallis was a seaman, ice cream seller and rag-and-bone man before he took up painting in old age. He said he painted ‘what used to be’ and many of his works depict a remembered past.

Wallis seemed to belong to the tradition of rustic characters common in literature, and represented a link to an apparently timeless English culture.

Grain tower, Isle of Grain, Sheerness

my paintings

John Piper

Journeys

 

 

Before his gaze, ships are being launched
he inspects the forts and shipyards

Above him toll the bells
of century old towers

marsh scene

acrylic on paper

No. 3

No.9 Around Shakespeares Country

No. 2 The West Country

A Book of Inns - series documenting the different places you can stay around Britain, "to help the traveller and weekender to find adequate accommodation."

Dovecote

Irish tower

Antrim round tower, Ireland

“It always seems to me
that I should be happy
anywhere but where I am
and this question of moving
is one that I’m always internally
discussing with my soul.“
Patrick Keiller

found watercolours