The story behind "Winter Fields"

​I'm doing a series of blogs with a little bit of background information about some of the Harris Tweed "paintings" in my exhibition. at the Bakehouse Gallery in Alnwick this summer.
"Winter Fields is an imaginary winter landscape with a hare running across the snow under a full moon. There are lots of legends from around the world linking hares to the full moon. For example  the Celts believed that the goddess Eostre changed into a hare at the full moon. 

This picture is all about blue and blue is my favourite colour, especially teal. Therefore I do love doing winter scenes and pictures that involve sea and sky. The background Harris Tweed in this picture is one of my all time favourites. But sadly I didn't buy very much and I've only got enough left to do a couple more pictures.

Harris Tweed is quite hard to photograph as the yarn its made from is usually blended from several colours. This is a close up of the background tweed I used in "Winter Fields". It is a dark teal made from a yarn that has a small amount of black blended into it.

I have been in contact with the weaver who wove this particular Harris Tweed and asked if they will be making anymore. But sadly they say they haven't seen the yarn again since.  

I have a lot of blue tweeds and I really enjoyed using a mix of patterns and colours to make up the trees in this particular picture. Shown in close-up detail in the photo on the right.

"Winter Fields"  has been professionally framed in a plain wooden frame with an opaque white finish. It measures 18 inches square (inc. frame) and costs £600. It is also available as a greetings card or a giclee print in 2 sizes (£25 & £75) from the Bakehouse Gallery or our online shop.