Back in 2003 the Yorkshire Wolds was a completely new area for me. Up till then I had been concentrating my paintings in and around the Yorkshire Dales and the North Yorks Moors National Park. Imagine my delight then when I was introduced to this relatively unknown and unspoiled part of my beloved Yorkshire. Although not as wild as its more famous cousins it has a charm all of its own. It’s rolling Wolds and quaint villages give it a character that you do not find on the more well known tourist spots. It has certainly not been revered by painters to anything like the same degree as the Dales or Moors. The location for this painting is on the road to Burton Agnes from Lissett. I was being introduced to the area by a fellow artist Tony Hogan and we just pulled into the side of the road and painted this typical Wolds scene. You can see the pencil marks from my original sketch. We had to work quickly but luckily it was dry so I could get on with it. It was painted wet on wet just dropping a few colours in together and you will notice ‘bleed’ marks in several places where the paint was not quite dry enough from the previous wash but this just adds to the freshness of the painting. I was pleased to find a record of it as it portrays all the excitement and eagerness I was feeling about painting the Yorkshire Wolds outdoors for the first time.
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