Rydal Mount - Where Tipp'd With Gold...

This print is from a painting of Rydal Mount, the home of William Wordsworth in Cumbria from 1813 to his death in 1850. Wordsworth referred to the mountains being tipp'd with gold in his poem 'An Evening Walk'. I make my work from a combination of first hand observational drawings and paintings in the open air, backed up by photos as aide memoirs back in the studio, as well as imagination to produce a final piece on canvas using mixed media, a combination of oil paint, non-recyclable plastics either collaged or ‘soldered’ onto the canvas, and pastel.