Lake District Art
I’m a Lancashire artist inspired by the landscape of the Lake District and West Pennine Moors. I love the Lake District’s changing seasons, misty hills, high grassland and deeply wooded cloughs. Closer to my home, the Pennines are a contrast of wild and uninhabited moors and busy, industrial towns and painting them is a constant challenge but it’s a challenge that I relish.
My paintings are a way of exploring the landscape visually; understanding how it works, why the colours are so beautiful, and why the landscape is so much more than the sum of its parts. As a Lancashire artist I’m lucky to live and work in one of the most beautiful parts of the county and I hope you enjoy my paintings as much as I enjoyed painting them.
I’m mesmerised by the effects of light: how sunlight breaks through clouds, how the rain clouds bring drama to the high moorland landscape, how sunsets create contrasts that defy description with just words. Colours amaze me: subtle greys and pale misty tints in the woods in the rain, the fresh green of new leaves in the spring, the contrasting reds, orange and blues of a dramatic sunset over the sea.
If you can’t find the painting you want, I offer a range of high quality print reprodictions of my work. Find them at https://davidpottart.co.uk/prints
Recent paintings for sale
Here is a selection of recent paintings. All these paintings are for sale, with free postage for UK customers.
Yorkshire Paintings
I keep going back to Whitby, a favourite location of mine for painting. The beach and the harbour are perfect for my style of paintings – blending traditional seaside, working harbour, abbey and characterful old ‘yards’. I visit regularly and every visit inspires more paintings.
About
I’m a northern artist who was born in Bolton. At the moment, I specialise in Lake District art, painting the awe inspiring landscapes of Cumbria. This is where I feel most at home, and it’s this landscape that inspires most of my paintings. My most recent paining are Lake District Paintings but you will also find lots of Lancashire Paintings and Whitby Paintings.
Studio Newsletter
When I finish new paintings, organise a new exhibition or have other exciting news, I send out a studio newsletter.
Langdale Beck painting finds a new home
Here’s another of my paintings in a collectors home. I love the framing of this painitng, using a cardboad matt between the painting and the frame really works well. The woodburner looks great too!
Interview for Cumbria Magazine
I was interviewed about my inspirations and influences in February 2023’s edition of Cumbria Magazine.
Great frame, great location.
I like it when people send me photos of my painting in their homes, especially when the painting is beautifully framed and and in just the right place. Here’s one of my Lake District paintings in a fantastic frame and looking great in the home of one of my collectors.
About me
I’ve been selling art online since the late 1990s. I’m proud to say that hundreds of my paintings have been sold to collectors worldwide. My studio is in Horwich, near Rivington. I’m married with three children.
Working techniques
As most of my paintings are based in the landscape, I spend a lot of time outside, just walking and sketching. Back in the studio I usually work in oils or acrylic paint on traditional canvas or smooth MDF panels, starting with a smooth surface and building up layers of luscious paint. The way I paint is very laid back – I seldom pre-plan my paintings and I usually just ‘go with the flow’. I do work slowly and build layers of paint over an initial sketch – often revising and removing previous layers of paint. As the painting progresses, I add details and constantly adjust the colours, tones and shapes so that slowly but surely the image emerges from chaos.
Phone 07528 358827 or email david@davidpottart.co.uk