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I live on the outskirts of the historic city of Salisbury, just a few minutes walk from the site of the ancient hill fort of Old Sarum. The city, its Cathedral Close and beautiful surrounding countryside, are a constant source of inspiration.

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The Two Sarums
2007. Pastel on Paper. 13" x 10".
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The view across the Harnham Water Meadows, based on the pastel sketch show below

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The Two Sarums - sketch.
2006. Pastel on card. 11" x 7"
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Mounted and framed, frame size 18" x 14"

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Coombe Bissett Downs from the Village Cricket Pitch.
2007. Pastel on Sanded paper. 10 " x 6".
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Another view of Coombe Bissett , this is the view looking south from the village cricket pitch, towards the nature reserve.

Coombe Bissett Downs from the South.
2007. Pastel on Sanded paper. 11 " x 8".
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Coombe Bissett is a lovely, small village, a few miles south of Salisbury. Above the village is a true area of outstanding natural beauty were wild flowers are in profusion.

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View from Castle Hill Downs
2007. Pastel on Paper. 13" x 10".
£140.00
Mounted and framed, frame size 27" x 18"

The view from my local downs' path which circles the city.

The View from Stinkpot Bridge
2006. Pastel on paper. 15 " x 10".
£130.00
Mounted and framed, frame size 23" x 19"
The view across the water meadows at Stinkpot Bridge over the River Avon. (Yes, that's its name) based on the pastel sketch shown below

"Stinkpot"
2006. Pastel sketch on paper. 11" x 7"
£75.00
Mounted and framed, frames size 18" x 14"

View from Clarendon Palace
2007. Pastel on Paper. 13" x 10".
£150.00
Mounted and framed, frame size 23" x 19"
The view from the ancient Bishop's Place at Clarendon
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Regeneration
2008 Pastel on sandpaper. 12.5 " x 10.5 ".
£170.00
Mounted and framed, frame size 23" x 19"

Old Sarum's west side was overgrown with scrub, under which hardly anything grew. English Heritage recently cleared it, to the outrage of local ecology groups. It looks awful now, but EH hopes that the scrubbed land will grow back as grassland, more in keeping with the rest of this ancient monument. This painting is based on the "Old Sarum Scrubbed" sketch below, but my main inspiration is Paul Nash's "We are Building a New World" .

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