across this painting. I am taking a perverse pleasure in painting a winter scene at the beginning of summer though I don’t expect this theme to extend for long. There is a weak afternoon light that is just catching the top of the hills which are icy cold, I like this effect. There is also a quarry on the left. The whole scene does have a beauty despite it being winter. It depends on your disposition but to me winter can have all the beauty of a summer. These are not the bleak, post nuclear vile visions that Lowry painted. Possibly the worst landscape paintings in art history?
Winter, near Thropton. Day 2