Corby Crags with Snow - Original Painting countryside puffins live a solitary life

puffins live a solitary life out in the North Atlantic

carved rock is at Lordenshaws just outside Rothbury on the lower slopes of Simonside

strung with large and smaller pearls

kept the snow crisp and grainy

this reproduction captures all the vivid colors and intricate details of the original painting

Corby Crags with Snow - Original Painting countryside puffins live a solitary lifeMy original painting of snow in the hills of Northumberland. This viewpoint is from Corby Crags, from the pathway that runs high above the road between Rothbury and Alnwick. The bitterly cold wind, kept the snow crisp and grainy, like crunchy, crystallised sugar on the path and frozen vegetation. This was created using acrylic paints on a canvasboard. The image has been protected with two layers of UVA protective acrylic varnish, which guards against