'Byland Abbey, North Yorkshire'

How did this get no comments, for Gawd's sake? Must have been shunted at speed off the front page. A striking and effective painting: it captures the isolation and dominance of the abbey, and is a comment both on the brilliance of its construction and on the destructive and arrogant stupidity of that petty tyrant Henry VIII. I look at this and hear the claim that this is a Christian country with utter scepticism - the powers that be believe in nothing except that which reinforces their power. And the great monasteries stood in the way... I swear the world was better off when the dinosaurs ruled it, but perhaps I've just had a bad day......

I think you must have had a bad day Robert! Thank you though for your kind comments - I really appreciate them. There is so much good work on here that pieces don't stay long in the limelight. And, as I readily hold up my hand to admit, many people just don't spend the time to look through or comment upon the great work on this site.