Yorkshire Dales Posters and Art Prints

More years back than I care to remember, I took a winter hike (well it was March) up Wild Boar Fell on the Yorkshire / Cumbria border. Walking through the snow across a farm beforehand I came across these hungry sheep (this view just within the Yorkshire Dales national park). Its taken me a few years to get back to the photo and paint this snowy winter scene in oil on a 16x12 inch board.

Lone tree on Twistleton Scar in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire

Lone tree on Twistleton Scar in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire

Swaledale views looking towards Muker in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire

Kisdon Cottage on Kisdon Hill overlooking Muker, Swaledale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire

Twistleton Scar in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire

Twistleton Scar in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire

The premises of the Malham Smithy in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire

Barmpots wear it with pride!

This is a digital painting of a classic hillside view in Swaledale. I have made this from a photograph taken by my husband.

The scenery from Malham in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire.

Malham Cove in the Yorkshire Dales National Park is less than one mile ahead and the clouds were breaking to give us some better light.

The views looking towards Muker from Kisdon Hill in Swaledale, North Yorkshire

The views looking towards Muker from Kisdon Hill in Swaledale, North Yorkshire

The views looking towards Muker from Kisdon Hill in Swaledale, North Yorkshire

The views looking towards Muker from Kisdon Hill in Swaledale, North Yorkshire

Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales area of outstanding natural beauty lies covered in a blanket of snow. To the right of the image stands the impressive Bolton Castle, in the distance the view west takes in the tops of Ingleborough and Whernside

Pen-y-ghent is the lowest of Yorkshire's Three Peaks, and usually the first climbed on the circular Three Peaks Walk. Along with the adjacent Plover Hill, it is seen here from near the Ingleborough footpath above Horton-in-Ribblesdale on an August afternoon.

A cottage with a red door at Muker in Swaledale, Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire

The views looking towards Muker from Kisdon Hill in Swaledale, North Yorkshire

Kisdon Hill at Muker in Swaledale, Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire

Kisdon Cottage on Kisdon Hill, Muker, Swaledale, Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire

The views looking towards Muker from Kisdon Hill in Swaledale, North Yorkshire

The Farmers Arms at Muker in Swaledale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire

Wharfedale

Taken from a charcoal sketch of a Swaledale sheep which came to say Hello! This hardy breed is the symbol of the Yorkshire Dales National Park in the UK

Cottages at Muker in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, Swaledale

Pen-y-ghent is the lowest of Yorkshire's Three Peaks, and is seen here from near the road above the village of Langcliffe, North Yorkshire.

A typical barn on Muker Meadows, Swaledale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire

Cottages at Muker in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, Swaledale

The Church at Muker, Swaledale, Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire

A typical barn on Muker Meadows, Swaledale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire

Cottages at Muker in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, Swaledale

Cottages at Muker in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, Swaledale

Viewed from the path to Brackenbottom on an April afternoon.

This painting is based on a photo I took back in March 1995, on a very snowy trip to the Vale Of Eden, which runs beside the Western escarpment of the Pennines. With the hills behind me I came to the ruins of Pendragon castle, just outside Kirkby Stephen. According to legend Pendragon Castle was built by Uther Pendragon (father of King Arthur), but as far as we know it was built in the 12th Century with later additions. It was made a ruin by an attack in 1541, and rebuilt in 1660, only to fall into disrepair by 1770 to become the ruin we see today. It is accessible to the public for free (or at least it was the last time I visited), and lies within the recently extended Yorkshire Dales National Park in the historic county of Westmorland...