Mark Preston - British Landscapes
I have selected these paintings from work done over the last eighteen months from numerous painting trips to Cornwall, Devon and the Lake District, but mainly from my home county of Derbyshire. Although these trips are planned in advance, I have often not got a definite plan in mind when heading out with blank canvases in search of a subject. I find it interesting not knowing what the day will bring, but nature always surprises. For me it’s the being there, working all day in the open air and experiencing first-hand the weather, light and colour specific to the different seasons that fascinates me. I hope I have brought something of these experiences and places to my paintings. Mark Preston – April 2015
Front Cover: Morning Light, Crummock Water - 16 x 20 inches 2
Mark Preston - British Landscapes Sunday 17 May - Sunday 7 June 2015
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Gorse and Blackthorn Blossom, Cornwall - 36 x 36 inches 4
Springtime, Ashleyhay 20 x 20 inches
Meadow Flowers, Bonsall Moor 20 x 20 inches
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Almond Blossom, Alport Village - 30 x 30 inches 6
Sunset, Bonsall Moor - 8 x 8 inches
Blue Sky and Thrift, Portheras - 20 x 30 inches
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Bluebells and Gorse, Portheras, Cornwall 12 x 24 inches
Heather and Gorse, Chun Quoit 12 x 24 inches 8
Summer Meadow, Ashleyhay - 18 x 36 inches
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Crab Apple Blossom, near St Ives - 24 x 24 inches
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Sunlit Waterfalls, Fairbrook - 24 x 24 inches
Among the Poppies, Aston-on-Trent - 18 x 20 inches
Autumn Hawthorn, Rosthwaite - 18 x 20 inches
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Summer Breeze, Bonsall Moor 16 x 16 inches
Autumn Reflections, River Derwent - 17 x 16 inches 12
September Evening, Pendeen, Cornwall 8 x 10 inches
Morning Sunlight, Towards Land’s End 8 x 10 inches
Sunlit Silver Birches, Beeley Moor 8 x 10 inches 13
Autumn Sun, Borrowdale Fells - 20 x 22 inches
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December Snow, Chrome Hill - 16 x 20 inches
Clear November Day, Little Langdale - 16 x 20 inches
Marsh Marigolds, Monk’s Dale -13 x 12 inches
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Snow Covered Track, Brailsford - 16 x 14 inches
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Seastock, Braunton Burrows - 14 x 16 inches
Silhouetted Seedheads, Bonsall Moor 10 x 10 inches
Spring Light, Kenidjack, Cornwall - 12 x 16 inches
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Hawthorn Berries, Pilsbury - 10 x 14 inches
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Sunshine and Showers, Beeley Moor - 10 x 14 inches
May Afternoon, Boat Cove, Cornwall - 16 x 14 inches
December Sunlight, Wetton - 16 x 14 inches
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Daffodils and Wild Cherry Blossom, Ashleyhay - 18 x 24 inches
Mayblossom and Buttercups, Ashleyhay - 18 Â x 24 inches 20
Moorland Pools, above Honister Pass - 18 x 24 inches
Evening Glow, Taylor Gill Force - 12 x 14 inches
Autumn Sunset, Gunhills, Derbyshire - 12 x 14 inches
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Foxgloves, Ashleyhay - 20 x 20 inches
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November Morning, Gunhills - 20 x 20 inches
Evening Light, Rosewall Hill - 10 x 10 inches
Sunlit Poppies - 10 x 10 inches
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Winter Sea and Seedheads - 24 x 30 inches
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