The Dunstanburgh Castle Print “Dunstanburgh Castle, November Afternoon” takes it’s name from a day out for my birthday. In November 2009 my birthday fell on our day off, a Monday. So Susan and I decided to celebrate by driving up the Northumbrian coast.
Dunstanburgh Castle Print
We went to Newton by the Sea to have lunch in The Ship Inn. After feasting on crab sandwiches and some local ale we walked along the beach towards Dunstanburgh Castle. I stopped to do a small sketchbook watercolour (yes even on my birthday) to capture the striking low light.
There was no wind and the sea was like a mill pond. I took some photographs and wasted little time in the studio to set about producing this watercolour which sold last year from a charity exhibition at the CastleGate in Newcastle in 2011. I did reproduce it as a limited edition print and sold another copy this afternoon to a couple purchasing it as a 40th birthday present for their daughter. There are only 25 copies in the edition of this Dunstanburgh Castle which can be seen at my Studio and Gallery in Ponteland.