by Toni Watts | Apr 3, 2014 | Blog, Out and About
Last weekend saw us up in Cumbria visiting Blackwell, an Arts and Crafts house around three miles from Windermere and one of our favourite places. What was the Arts and Crafts Movement? The Arts and Crafts Movement was basically a reaction to the...
by Toni Watts | Mar 17, 2014 | Recent Work
This painting of butterflies will be on display at Castle Park Arts Centre in Frodsham between 11th April – 18th May, alongside my new painting of a Little Owl. For details, do have a look at the Association of Animal Artists website. This work was inspired by...
by Toni Watts | Dec 20, 2013 | Blog
As I stood in the ruins of Furness Abbey, I wondered…what was the roof made of, when this building was in its prime in the twelfth century? Our village church has a lead covered roof, but it is substantially smaller. And if they did use lead in medieval Cumbria,...
by Toni Watts | Dec 12, 2013 | Blog, Out and About
Furness Abbey lies, abandoned in rain-drenched seclusion, in a valley in southern Cumbria. A vast expanse of red sandstone, it’s ruined now, of course. Some of the large church is still standing, but you can see the crack running up one of the walls. And you...
