Mark Preston - British Landscapes - Red Rag Gallery (Stow)

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

All paintings are Acrylic and are available on receipt of this brochure Open every day from 10am

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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