St Mary's Chapel, Lead

​

This is the lovely St Mary's Chapel at Lead in Yorkshire: a well-tended relic of the 14th century still standing strong. This private commission was a very involved and enjoyable painting, with loads of textures to build up and unusual angles to reconcile. Standing alone and solid - if a little tilted by time - in its field near to the site of the Battle of Towton, St Mary's Chapel was saved from dereliction by a local rambling group and is now well-tended by the community. The higgledy-piggledy patterns in the limestone blocks were very satisfying to paint, trying to do justice to the angles and texture that's part of its charm.

​

'St Mary's Chapel, Lead'

Oil on Canvas

30x40cm

NFS (private commission)

​

Limited edition giclee prints of this painting are available by kind permission of the owner: smaller than life prints are available here, while lifesized (circa A3) prints are available exclusively at Gallery 42 in Yorkshire - my old haunt, and just up the road from the Chapel itself!