We haven’t had much snow this year, so far. I love that phrase in the weather forecast – snow on the higher hills. So here is a snowy landscape above the vineyard. Our land is just about exactly where the snow line begins / ends. Climb further up the hill and the road is completely… Continue reading Mrs Summerhouse’s art : first snow
Category: My wife’s art
Mrs Summerhouse’s art : somewhere over the rainbow, a retirement blog
This is our ‘summit of the hill’ walk up at the barn. It’s wild and exposed but you get views like this of the top of the dale. Just round the corner is Scar House reservoir which really is where the River Nidd begins. The rainbow was a bonus. The image is pastel on watercolour… Continue reading Mrs Summerhouse’s art : somewhere over the rainbow, a retirement blog
Mrs Summerhouses art
You will see when you read Tuesday’s blog that one of Mrs Summerhouse’s New Year resolutions is to make more art. So in the spirit of starting as you mean to go on, here is her first offering of the new year. It’s a view down the dale from the vineyard / barn on a… Continue reading Mrs Summerhouses art
Mrs Summerhouse’s art : a walk in the woods
Another change of style, is there no limit to this woman’s talent? This is a pastel image on watercolour paper taken from a photo in our local woods. We were walking the dogs but they seem to be off chasing squirrels.
Mrs Summerhouse’s art : Autumn trees
Another complete change of style. After the mainly black and white abstract art work, this time it’s a water-colour celebration of the autumnal trees in our local park.
Mrs Summerhouse’s art : a big doodle
It’s been a good long while since Mrs Summerhouse posted a new piece of art on this retirement blog. A sign of how busy we’ve been perhaps. She said she fancied trying something different and this is the result. It’s a larger than usual canvas, not sure where we’re going to hang it.
Mrs Summerhouse’s art : the vineyard
Hot off the press you might say. Mrs SH finished this piece of vineyard art only the day before we posted it. Strangely it’s one of the few art works that shows the vineyard. You can see the posts and the vines bottom left and the willows (our windbreaks) coming into leaf centre right. It’s… Continue reading Mrs Summerhouse’s art : the vineyard
Mrs Summerhouse’s art – a brief artistic return to Ireland
A quick retirement blog return to one of our favourite views in Kerry, the ‘Sleeping Giant’ one of the Blasket Islands. The view out of the kitchen window. This pastel on canvas taken as the sun sets over the Atlantic Ocean. Although we’ve been back from Ireland for about 4 weeks this beautiful view still… Continue reading Mrs Summerhouse’s art – a brief artistic return to Ireland
Mrs Summerhouse’s art : pastel sketch
It’s been a while since Mrs SH produced a piece of art for this retirement blog, nearly two months in fact. A sign of how busy we’ve been even on holiday. Even now she’s only got as far as this sketch for a proper painting. It’s an image taken when on one of our dog… Continue reading Mrs Summerhouse’s art : pastel sketch
Retirement blog : a walk in the woods
As you will probably know one of our most regular retirement activities is walking the dogs twice a day. Apart from the exercise there are other benefits like the beauty of nature. So, in line with making Friday a pictorial retirement blog rather than a written one, Mrs Summerhouse took these photos on her iPad… Continue reading Retirement blog : a walk in the woods