Autumn over the Saltmarsh Dartington Hall Gardens This is a small mixed

This is a small mixed media work using acrylic and pen on Fabriano paper

Original size: 105mm x 120 mm

Gestural mark making is counter balanced by blocks of russet red and cooler grey blues of the sky and the river

blurring the boundary between representational and abstract art

there is an ancient deer park

Autumn over the Saltmarsh Dartington Hall Gardens This is a small mixedThe carriage driveway on the Sharpham Estate is a walk that I have continued to enjoy over the years. The view over looking the reed beds at Sharpham Marsh, means a lot to me. I have often paused my walk and sat here pondering the view as it changes gently though the seasons. Sometimes i sit and sketch other times I gather things and trundle down the hill to the reed beds by the river Dart. This is the view from just off the Sharpham estate carriage