Plum Tree, Winter
Acrylic on 2 stretched canvases , over-all size 120cmWx 90cmH The tree near my studio
Farringford House, home of poet Tennyson
This oil painting of Farringford House at Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight, once the home of the celebrated Victorian poet, Alfred Lord Tennyson was completed in the early 1970s. It was sent to me earlier this year from Canada by Simon Ruddell, son of its original owner who bought it while staying at Farringford, now an hotel. The gateway has changed little, though the windows of the house have been restored to their earlier dark wood colour. I was delighted at how fresh the
New Compton Beachscape
the beach at Compton
