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Wantage – the Market Place & King Alfred’s statue

February 26, 2023.Reading time 1 minute.

One Saturday back in October last year I made a visit to Wantage in SW Oxfordshire. When the market packed up in the late afternoon I had a go at drawing the Market Place looking towards St.Peter’s and St. Paul’s church. Here is my view and my sketch in-situ. With the town quietening down in […]

The Madonna of Stellario, Lucca

November 21, 2017.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Here is another of my watercolours, this time from Lucca, Italy. This is a view of the Statue of the Madonna of Stellario which is sited at a main crossroads on the NE side of the city- a few minutes walk from its famous amphitheatre. If you are in Lucca this is worth taking the […]