Kingfisher Bank Hawker Typhoon We followed the path that

We followed the path that ran from the farm winding its way up to the spout and over the top

Calke Abbey

Nick Stein and hangs in his private collection at home

The Fitted Carpet

I couldn’t resist capturing its appearance in the 1930s with the white cottage appearing as in the painting

Kingfisher Bank Hawker Typhoon We followed the path thatI think in a lot of situations, the simpler the composition of a canvas the better. This is another example of myself not having to travel very far to get a good subject for a painting. It was very tempting to paint in more buildings in the background, in fact I did, but not only did it spoil the composition, I did in the end feel I wanted to catch the place accurately. The buildings were duly painted out and replaced with a Kingfisher looking down on