View from Pwll Deri YHA (6)

This is a painting from a photo I took while walking with Ally on the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path in the summer of 2006. We stayed at Pwll Deri youth hostel on the first night. We arrived at this remote hostel perched on a cliff top after a days walk to find that it was closed. So we sat down on the grass and enjoyed the magnificent view while we waited for it to open.

This is another naïve and sketchy painting, but the teasels silhouetted against the sunlight reflected off the sea give this peaceful scene a feeling of drama.

Overstones Farm, Stanage Edge (5)

My fifth painting was of another ‘edge’ – a scene taken from Mum’s trusty Peak District photo book. Stanage Edge in Derbyshire stretches for about 6km and is the largest and most impressive of the gritstone edges, and a popular walking spot.

I was drawn to the photo because of the autumnal colours and the hazy, dream-like quality of the landscape. The farm buildings seem to blend into their surroundings. This is another sketchy, naïve painting but I think it suits the subject very well.