For my section of this painting, I was inspired by my surrounding area. The Peak District and this time of year the wonderful old cottages and their cottage gardens.
As well as an artist I’m a keen photographer and I love rustic, anything with rustic charm. Like the broken gate in this cottage scene.There is something about worn, old and rustic scenes that just appeal to me. The cottage I painted is from imagination, like a lot of my paintings, but based on a village near the spa town of Buxton called, Ashford in the Water. Known locally as Ashford in the Watercolour. As this village so pretty, every corner you turn has a paintable scene.