River Ure Project

Like the river itself, the River Ure Project oozed slowly from the sphagnum moss of my imagination; taking time to form into a coherent idea. It started with a couple of fast scribbled watercolour drawings in the winter of 2013 and has been meandering along ever since. I live and work close to the river and this project has taken me to many places I might not otherwise have visited, including the river’s source high up on the pennine watershed above Mallerstang, and all the way to its mouth in the Humber estuary at the haunting Spurn Point. The river Ure is unusual in that for no apparent reason it changes its name to the Ouse above York (the Ouse being a tiny beck which flows into the Ure) and later still becomes part of the humber estuary so in effect has 3 names.

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‘Otter Swims, Crows Fly West, Ulshaw Bridge’ watercolour

 

Fountains Autumn

‘Fountains Autumn’ mixed media on collage 42cm x 42cm

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‘Deep In The Bluebell Wood, Hackfall’, oil on canvas 100cm x 100cm

Rain Hushes River

‘Rain Hushes River, Hackfall’, sketchbook page

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‘After The Harvest’, oil on canvas 100cm x 100cm

 

 

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‘Barrage at Westwick Lock’, w/colour & graphite

 

 

Above Hackfall with Kate_edited-1

‘Above Hackfall With Kate’, oil on canvas 100cm x 80cm

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‘Bend In The River’, oil on canvas 120cm x 80cm

Early spring river_edited-1

‘Early Spring River’, mixed media on collage 35cm x 28cm

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‘Thunder Rolls Over The Ure’, oil & grasses on canvas 100cm x 100cm

 

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‘Kilgram Bridge’, w/colour 15cm x 12cm

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‘West Tanfield Mill’, oil on canvas 120cm x 100cm

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‘Black Sheep Crosses, Masham’, watercolour

To the rooky wood_edited-1

‘To The Rooky Wood’, mixed media on board 60cm x 60cm

Blue Barn, Norton Conyers_edited-1

‘The Blue Barn, Norton Conyers’ oil on canvas 60cm x 80cm

River Ouse At Nun Monkton

‘River Ouse At Nun Monkton’, oil on canvas 100cm x 100cm

Winter Willows

‘Winter Willows, Nunwick’, oil on canvas 80cm x 80cm

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‘Squirrel Deep, Trout Rises’, Acrylic on board

Spring Path

‘Spring Blossom, Path By The Ure’, mixed media on handmade paper 31cm x 31xm

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‘Sleningford River’, oil on canvas 100cm x 100cm

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‘Footbridge by the Ure’, sketchbook page

Under Wild Boar_edited-1

‘Under Wild Boar Fell’, oil on canvas 80cm x 80cm

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‘Fishdock Regeneration, Grimsby’ oil on canvas 100cm x 100cm

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‘Walking The 3 mls To Spurn Head’, mixed media on paper.

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‘Wind Turbines Nr Spurn Point, Kestrel Hovers’, mixed media on paper

Spurn Light

‘Spurn Light’, oil on canvas 100cm x 100cm