Hepple Village from Bickerton - Original Painting geology Vindolanda has been my own

Vindolanda has been my own personal favourite of all the Roman sites along Hadrian's Wall

It is the perfect place for a bracing stroll along the beach

Gesso board has been the favoured material for paintings for millennia

using cross latching to build up a sense of form and shape

Hepple Village from Bickerton - Original Painting geology Vindolanda has been my ownA symphony of warm greens, this painting is of The River Coquet as it meanders its inevitable way down the Coquet Valley. Weaving past small villages Alwinton, Harbottle, Hepple, and Thropton it grows larger and more staid all the way until it reaches Rothbury. Then it continues eastwards, growing ever bigger and bolder all the way, gliding through the larger villages and towns until it reaches Warkworth and Amble, where it loops and flows into the