Capture Your North Norfolk Connection: Five Landscapes to Bring Home
Updated: 5 days ago
Five new original oil paintings of North Norfolk, all from walks I do again and again. One at Wiveton, one at Cley, one on Blakeney Quay and two at Holkham. Here's the story behind each one.
1. Wiveton Moment
10 x 20 inches (25.4 x 50.8 cm). Oil on cradled gesso board.
The view back towards Blakeney from the path to Wiveton Hall. Walk it and you'll know the spot where the sky opens up above the grazing cows. It's a quiet walk, well away from the summer crowds.
I walk it in every season and the light is never the same twice.
2. Watching the Marsh Harrier
50 x 50 cm (19.7 x 19.7 inches). Oil on cotton stretched canvas.
Early summer on the coastal path from Cley-next-the-Sea, with a marsh harrier hunting low over the reeds.
There's a longer story behind this one in my post about Watching the Marsh Harrier.
3. Sundowner Blakeney Quay
16 x 20 inches (40.6 x 50.8 cm). Oil on gesso primed board.
The buoys bobbing and the boats catching the last of the sun on Blakeney Quay. Once the day visitors go home, the quay turns gold.
4. Exploring Holkham pinewoods
50 x 50 cm (19.7 x 19.7 inches). Oil on cotton stretched canvas.
Walking through the pinewoods from Lady Annes Drive at Holkham. The pines make a sheltered walk on a windy day, and a lovely way to reach the beach.
5. Golden sands at Holkham beach
60 x 75 cm (23.6 x 29.5 inches). Oil on cotton stretched canvas.
Spring, walking out towards Wells-next-the-Sea from Lady Annes Drive. The low sun makes the sand glow.
It's the biggest of the five at 60 x 75 cm, so it needs a good wall.
Come and see them
To see these paintings in person, email thesophiawilliams@gmail.com or call 07800590262 to book a studio visit. If you can't get to Stiffkey, I can send you more photos.
My studio is open for North Norfolk Open Studios on Saturday 22nd May, Friday 28th May, Saturday 29th May, Friday 4th June and Saturday 5th June 2027, from 10am until 5pm.
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