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The Bridge in Our Wake (watercolor 15 x 19) Available
This is the beautifully rural Llangollen Canal, near Llangollen, Wales. As you can see from the wake, I took the reference photos for this painting looking back over the stern of our little narrowboat. To be ridiculously specific, this Bridge 36W looking back towards Trevor Basin on the last leg of our journey to Llangollen itself. Its idyllic up there.
Prints are available here.
The Bones of Dinas Bran (watercolor 19 x 23) Available
This is bits and pieces of what’s left of Castell Dinas Bran, sometimes referred to as Crow’s Fortress or Crow Castle. The castle was probably built sometime in the 1260s by Gruffydd II ap Madog, making it the only Welsh Castle we visited to actually have been built by the Welsh. The castle is now an evocative ruin perched on the hilltop above Llangollen.
We walked a mile or so up to see it after having moored within sight of it the night before. It’s a powerful sight whether seen from above or below.
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Moored Garden (watercolor 17 x 23) available
Another painting from our narrowboating trip on the Llangollen. This time there’s actually a narrowboat in the painting, not to mention the canal itself. I took the reference photo for this painting not far from Ellesmere.
Prints are available here.
Late Afternoon Denbighshire (watercolor 17 x 23) available
We are just back from a narrowboating trip on the Llangollen Canal in North Wales. Paradoxically, we spent much of our week’s boat rental walking on dry land both along the canal and into the countryside. This particular walk was along part of the Offa’s Dyke Path just a few miles west of Chirk Marina. The typical slate farmhouse in the mid-ground was visible for most of our late afternoon walk. Prints are available here.
