It’s 22 years since I first painted this amazing view of Newcastle’s Grey Street. Over the years I’ve captured it in all the seasons. Since writing this blog post, I’ve had to amend it and it’s now 30 years! The vantage point is unusual, taken from the second floor of Emerson Chambers in Newcastle. […]
“My North East by its Famous Sons and Daughters” is a new coffee-table book packed with in-depth interviews with 65 of the best-known people from the North East. It features celebrities from stage and screen, musical heroes and sporting legends of all ages. It also has a page dedicated to yours truly. I’m genuinely humbled […]
My first limited edition print of Newcastle was of Grey Street published almost 20 years ago. It was an immediate hit my customers. I recently discovered that I had a handful of copies left which are currently available from alanreed.com When I first painted this view I felt a little overwhelmed by the amount of […]
Preview Weekend My Christmas Exhibition Preview weekend 9-11th November was very well attended with plenty of sales. Star of the show was “Grey Street, Snow Shower” featuring the Theatre Royal. It received a good number of print orders. Despite the rising cost of stamps, there were still plenty of folk buying my new Christmas Cards […]
I know that the paintings I have done have raised thousands of pounds through being reproduced as Christmas cards.
I’ve been working on several paintings to be reproduced as Christmas cards for the Cyrenians, a charity based in Newcastle who work with vulnerable, disadvantaged and homeless people.
Newcastle upon Tyne is full of architectural treasures, one of which is the Central Arcade, a stunning Edwardian shopping arcade built in 1906 within the Central Exchange, a triangular building built by Richard Grainger in 1836-1838 to the designs of John Wardle and George Walker. I’ve painted the outside of the building on many occasions […]
Earlier this year I was approached by the charity The Cyrenians based in Newcastle. They work with vulnerable, disadvantaged and homeless people. Sian Thomas, their marketing administrator, asked if they could use some of my paintings as Charity Christmas Cards This was to help raise money for the charity which has been going for over 40 years. […]
Exhibition My new Spring Exhibition preview weekend started last Saturday. The star of the show was this new original watercolour painting titled “Grey Street, Snow Shower” It’s a classic view of Grey Street, described as the finest curved street in Europe. Over the years I’ve painted a number of paintings of Grey Street in winter. […]
For those of you who have perhaps stumbled upon my bog and are not on our database, my Spring Exhibition starts on the 10th March at my Studio & Gallery at 17 Cheviot View in Ponteland. If you would like to start receiving postal invitations then please contact me on alan@alanreed.com or telephone 01661 820 626 […]