Knight Stainforth

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Lovely, tranquil English scene Ian.

Posted by Stephen Slater on Thu 05 Oct 08:09:49

First class work, Ian!

Posted by Jennifer Brown on Thu 05 Oct 08:17:43

Wow! That's amazing Ian, beautiful work!

Posted by Keith Phipps on Thu 05 Oct 08:58:35

A lovely country scene and painted very beautifully

Posted by David Johns on Thu 05 Oct 10:54:14

Another lovely painting Ian,

Posted by Linda Drury on Thu 05 Oct 11:34:52

This glows! Lovely colour.

Posted by Monica Evans on Thu 05 Oct 11:41:10

Would love to be walking there. Very skilfully done and your palette is so apt Ian.

Posted by Carole Kelly on Thu 05 Oct 13:29:20

Absolutely beautiful work Ian, brilliantly detailed painting.

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Thu 05 Oct 15:16:07

Hang on Studio Wall

05/10/2017

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Oil on Board 8" x 10", Looking downhill from the west towards Knight Stainforth (Little Stainforth) and Stainforth beyond. Knight Stainforth Hall is the white building in the middle ground and now home to a caravan park. Although the date stone above the hall has the building aged from 1707, the building (or parts of it) is far older. It was a miserable day, no bright sunlight, no strong shadows and for that I was quite grateful, more often than not the strong shadows dominate the painting, however I'm pleased to portray this scene in the all-too often 'a bit overcast'.

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Ian Black

Ian was born in Leeds in 1972, he is a self-taught artist living in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, and is undoubtledly proud of his heritage. Inspired by the characteristics of the Dales, Ian is a prolific sketcher and pochade painter who is attempting to capture the spirit of the local…

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