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} backgrounds[5081177] = new photo(5081177,'417692','','gallery','Ascentcopy.jpg',500,370,'ASCENT Oil on Canvas 800mm x 600mm For Sale £275 plus £25 carriage on U.K. Mainland',0, 0,'Ascent is an original painting in oils on a deep sided box stretcher. The subject is a part of the Coastal section of the Cleveland Way in North Yorkshire, between Runswick bay and Port Mulgrave. ','','','Available at my studio in Northallerton - may be seen by appointment',275.00,'Original oil on canvas painting','',5,'photo_5081177.html');
backgrounds[5082588] = new photo(5082588,'287487','','gallery','4Liliesweb.jpg',310,500,'4 LILIES Oil on Canvas on Board each image 100mm x 200mm SOLD',0, 0,'Four tiny studies of lilies on stark black backgrounds','','','','','','',5,'photo_5082588.html');
backgrounds[5082648] = new photo(5082648,'287487','','gallery','Sweet_Music_copy1.jpg',259,500,'SWEET MUSIC Oil on Canvas 450mm x 800mm SOLD ',0, 0,'An original oil painting featuring a battered leather trombone case with a dark blue velvet lining containing the instrument plus a bouquet of lilies','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_5082648.html');
backgrounds[5085970] = new photo(5085970,'286034','','gallery','Candleinthewindsmaller.jpg',310,450,'CANDLE IN THE WIND Oil on Linen 525mm x 700mm SOLD',0, 0,'This painting features the Huntcliff at Saltburn-by-the-Sea reflected in a Victorian dressing table mirror. In front of it is a candle in a silver candlestick (which is also included in the reflection) and some shells from my collection.','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_5085970.html');
backgrounds[5086033] = new photo(5086033,'287486','','gallery','Grinklewood_drawing_copy1.jpg',376,500,'GRINKLEWOOD DRAWING Graphite on watercolour paper 560mm x 760mm SOLD',0, 0,'Grinklewood is an original pencil drawing of an area close to where I used to live 4 miles inlaid from Staithes on the north east coast of England. it is a woodland shooting area run through by a beck','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_5086033.html');
backgrounds[5091081] = new photo(5091081,'417692','','gallery','BorrowedJEM_copy.jpg',500,413,'BORROWED Oil on Linen 850mm x 700mm For Sale £750 plus £25 carriage on U.K. Mainland',0, 0,'\'Borrowed\' is an original painting in oils on a deep sided stetcher that has been painted on all four edges making framing unnecessary unless particularly preferred, perhaps within a more traditional decor. It is a particular favourite and was painted in 2000, after I completed my Fine Art degree. It is base on a famous compositon featuring a quince, cabbage, melon and cucumber by the seventeenth century Spanish Master Juan Sanchez Cotan. The price is £750 plus £25 carriage
\r\n','','','This painting may be seen by prior appointment at my studio in Northallerton',750.00,'Borrowed - Original Oil Painting','',5,'photo_5091081.html');
backgrounds[5091236] = new photo(5091236,'286034','','gallery','Air_Mail_copy.jpg',500,355,'AIR MAIL Oil on Canvas 750mm x 500mm SOLD ',0, 0,'A slightly surreal painting designed to raise a smile! This painting is in oils on canvas and is fully painted around all four sides making framing completely unnecessary. ','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_5091236.html');
backgrounds[5097538] = new photo(5097538,'287487','','gallery','Maytime_copy.jpg',500,395,'MAYTIME Oil on Canvas 600mm x 500mm SOLD',0, 0,'A straightforward study of some apple blossom from my garden set against a cobalt turquoise sky','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_5097538.html');
backgrounds[5097549] = new photo(5097549,'298151','','gallery','Kitchen_Shelf__copy.jpg',500,276,'KITCHEN SHELF Oil on Canvas 600mm x 1200mm SOLD',0, 0,'\'Kitchen Shelf\' was an original oil on linen painting specially commissioned for a particular area in a customer\'s kitchen and was to include certain particular items to make it personal. I am very happy to consider other similar commissions','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_5097549.html');
backgrounds[5097550] = new photo(5097550,'287487','','gallery','Pink_Propellers_copy.jpg',500,242,'PINK PROPELLERS Oil on Linen 600mm x 300mm SOLD',0, 0,'A study of some cyclamen heads set against a green background reminiscent of the cyclamen leaf colour','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_5097550.html');
backgrounds[5097570] = new photo(5097570,'286034','','gallery','Flying_High_.jpg',500,285,'FLYING HIGH Oil on Canvas 750mm x 500mm SOLD',0, 0,'Two wooden mannequin hands are flying a kite in a summer sky','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_5097570.html');
backgrounds[5097576] = new photo(5097576,'286033','','gallery','Timeworn_copy.jpg',351,500,'TIMEWORN Oil on Canvas 650mm x 800mm SOLD',0, 0,'\'Timeworn\' features Staithes, North Yorkshire, seen through rusting railings on which hang an old-fashioned pair of binoculars, the leather case of which is on a nearby ledge','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_5097576.html');
backgrounds[5121101] = new photo(5121101,'298151','','gallery','Glasses_copy.jpg',273,366,'GLASSES Oil on Canvas 550mm x 700mm SOLD',0, 0,'A still-life circular composition and play on the word \'Glasses\'','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_5121101.html');
backgrounds[5123188] = new photo(5123188,'417692','','gallery','Escapesmaller.jpg',500,407,'ESCAPE Oil on Linen 850mm x 700mm For Sale £300 plus £25 carriage on U.K. Mainland',0, 0,'\'Escape\' was inspired by the wonderful autumn landscape around the Hole of Horcum near Pickering North Yorkshire. This is one of my favorite parts of the North York Moors National Park and the feeling of total freedom here is amazing! With the magic of paint I have \'crushed down\' the wire stock fencing to allow the viewer entry right into the landscape. It is painted in oils on a deep sided box stretcher, fully painted around all sides making framed completely unnecessary.
\r\n','','','Available at my studio in Northallerton - may be seen by appointment',300.00,'Escape','',5,'photo_5123188.html');
backgrounds[5123205] = new photo(5123205,'286034','','gallery','Farndale_Spring_copy.jpg',374,500,'FARNDALE SPRING Oil on Canvas 600mm x 800mm SOLD',0, 0,'I like to combine the genres of still-life & landscape - this painting does just that and celebrates the famous wild daffodils of Farndale in North Yorkshire in a slightly surreal way! It is fully painted around all four sides making framing completely unnecessary, unless preferred.','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_5123205.html');
backgrounds[5123329] = new photo(5123329,'287487','','gallery','Magic-best-photo-copyweb.jpg',285,236,'MAGIC Oil on Canvas 600mm x 500mm SOLD',0, 0,'Magic is a light-hearted still-life original painting in oils suggesting an idea of a magician pulling a rabbit out of a hat - only here it is a bunch of lilies out of an old hat-box held by a pair of mannequin hands!','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_5123329.html');
backgrounds[5123641] = new photo(5123641,'286034','','gallery','Beached_copy.jpg',212,500,'BEACHED Oil on Canvas 1400mm x 600mm SOLD',0, 0,'This original oil painting was inspired by some items in my collection of vintage luggage. I have placed them on a Yorkshire beach with Ness Point at Robin Hoods bay just visible in the distance','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_5123641.html');
backgrounds[5123642] = new photo(5123642,'286034','','gallery','Breakthrough_copy.jpg',500,376,'BREAKTHROUGH Oil on canvas 800mm x 600mm SOLD',0, 0,'This original oil painting is of a parcel wrapped in brown paper.
\r\nThe paper has ripped and reveals a Yorkshire costal landscape, specifically Whitby on the north east coast of England. A surreal twist reveals that the parcel is leaking seawater! This painting was a private commission and encorporates personal references - if you would like something similar but unique to you, please contact me ','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_5123642.html');
backgrounds[5123646] = new photo(5123646,'287491','','gallery','Coastal_ErosionJEMsmaller_B126A1DF-1EC9-DFB6-095B815817AA8519.jpg',311,450,'COASTAL EROSION Giclee Print 370mm x 550mm £95 plus £5 postage on U K Mainland - for other destinations please e-mail me',0, 0,'The original of this image is an oil on linen painting which is now sold. The seascape is of Staithes a very old fishing village on the North Yorkshire coast. Here I am offering an open edition giclee print presented in a textured cream coloured mount ready for framing. It comes complete with a firm backing board and wrapped in cellophane. ','','','Available at my studio in Northallerton','','','',5,'photo_5123646.html');
backgrounds[5123648] = new photo(5123648,'298151','','gallery','Decision_copy_2.jpg',500,347,'DECISION Oil on canvas on board 550mm x 400mm SOLD',0, 0,'An original oil painting of three partly peeled oranges arranged on a shelf recalling the three graces and the decision required of Paris as to which one was the most beautiful','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_5123648.html');
backgrounds[5123661] = new photo(5123661,'298151','','gallery','Draped_copy1.jpg',500,397,'DRAPED Oil on Linen 700mm x 650mm SOLD',0, 0,'Draped is a still-life painting which is essentially a study of a tablecloth draped over what appears to be a landscape painting in a frame - there is endless opportunity for speculation as to what is beneath the cloth!','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_5123661.html');
backgrounds[5123682] = new photo(5123682,'286033','','gallery','Ebb_Tide_copy.jpg',500,301,'EBB-TIDE Oil on Linen 750mm x 500mm SOLD',0, 0,'Ebb-Tide was inspired by the faded glory of the north east coast Victorian seaside town of Saltburn in North Yorkshire','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_5123682.html');
backgrounds[5123689] = new photo(5123689,'286034','','gallery','Eden_copy.jpg',430,500,'EDEN Oil on Linen 450mm x 500mm SOLD',0, 0,'A male and female mannequin hand ahve been dallying in th long grass! The male hand holds a lighted cigarette and the female hand holds a bright red apple that has had a bit taken out of it!','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_5123689.html');
backgrounds[5123715] = new photo(5123715,'286034','','gallery','Ellis_Bell_copy.jpg',500,398,'ELLIS BELL Oil on Canvas 800mm x 600mm SOLD',0, 0,'The landscape image in this painting is of Top Withens, in the moorland of Yorkshire reputed to be the source of inspiration for the novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. The first edition of this was published under the pseudonym of Ellis Bell which I thought a fitting title for the painting.
\r\nIt is fully painted around all four edges, making framing quite unnecessary.
\r\n ','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_5123715.html');
backgrounds[5180917] = new photo(5180917,'286033','','gallery','Grand_Tour_copy.jpg',384,500,'GRAND TOUR Oil on Canvas 600mm x 750mm SOLD',0, 0,'This original still-life oil painting features some of my vintage luggage collection on a railway platform. Shades of brief encounter!!','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_5180917.html');
backgrounds[5190566] = new photo(5190566,'286034','','gallery','En_Vacances_copy.jpg',396,500,'EN VACANCES Oil on Canvas 800mm x 1200mm SOLD',0, 0,'An original oil painting featuring some of my favourite still-life objects, a mannequin and a mannequin stand, binoculars in cases, some vintage luggage, shells etc on a beach','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_5190566.html');
backgrounds[5194884] = new photo(5194884,'287491','','gallery','Lilylicious_copy.jpg',500,220,'LILYLICIOUS Limited Edition Giclee Print on Canvas 900mm x 400mm £125 plus £25 carriage on U.K. Mainland - please e-mail for other destinations',0, 0,'The title says it all! An exuberant display of white longiflorium lilies against a striking dark cadmium red background with a subtle pattern just visible. Not meant to be a tight botanical study - more a celebration of their formal qualities of shape, line and colour.
\r\nThe original paintings is now SOLD but I am offering a limited edition (100) giclee print on canvas mounted on a wooden stretcher, giving a finished appearance very similar to the original artwork.
\r\n
\r\nIt would make a striking statement over a fireplace, or on a large plain wall in a sitting room or dining room. The design follows around all four edges making framing completely unnecessary.
\r\nCarriage is by UPS tracked & insured
\r\n','','','Available at my studio in Northallerton - may be seen by appointment',125.00,'Lilylicious Giclee Print on Canvas','',5,'photo_5194884.html');
backgrounds[5197875] = new photo(5197875,'287491','','gallery','incomingtide_Bills_photo_copy12.jpg',500,386,'INCOMING TIDE limited edition giclee print- mounted 315mm x 205mm For Sale £45 plus £5 postage on U.K. Mainland',0, 0,'This is a giclee print in a limited edition of 100, presented in a polar white mount ready for you to frame and comes with an Archival Quality Certificate from the Fine Art Trade Guild. It is complete with a backing board to ensure that it remains flat and is wrapped in cellophane.
\r\nThe subject is a brown paper parcel containing a seascape painting of Ness Point at Robin Hoods Bay, North Yorkshire - the parcel has been ripped open and seawater is leaking out of it on to the tiled floor that it stands on','','','Available at my studio in Northallerton - may be seen by appointment',45.00,'Incoming Tide Limited Edition Mounted Giclee Print','',5,'photo_5197875.html');
backgrounds[5217180] = new photo(5217180,'287491','','gallery','Fall_Bills_photo_copy.jpg',374,500,'FALL Limited Edition Giclee Print mounted size 315mm x 205mm For Sale £45 plus £5 postage on U.K. Mainland',0, 0,'A surreal painting making a play on the U.S. word \'Fall\' meaning autumn.','','','Available at my studio in Northallerton - may be seen by appointment',45.00,'Fall - Limited Edition Mounted Giclee Print','',5,'photo_5217180.html');
backgrounds[5232796] = new photo(5232796,'298151','','gallery','Grinkleshelf_best_copy_4.jpg',500,217,'GRINKLESHELF Oil on Linen 1400mm x 600mm SOLD',0, 0,'Grinkleshelf is an original oil painting. It was a commission requested to feature some of my still-life objects and vintage luggage, but also including some objects owned by the purchaser, and a reference made to a painting that these clients had bought previously from me featuring Staithes, North Yorkshire (this can just be made out in the reflections in the glass of the binoculars)','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_5232796.html');
backgrounds[5232836] = new photo(5232836,'286034','','gallery','Fragile_copy.jpg',372,500,'FRAGILE Oil on Canvas 600mm x 800mm SOLD',0, 0,'An original oil painting featuring two parcels containing landscape paintings that have sustained damage in transit! One of them is a seascape and is now leaking seawater onto the tiled floor on which they are resting.','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_5232836.html');
backgrounds[5232864] = new photo(5232864,'286034','','gallery','Hat_Trick_copy.jpg',500,310,'HAT TRICK Oil on Canvas 1200mm x 650mm SOLD',0, 0,'\'Hat Trick\' is one of my favourite surreal paintings. Mannequin hands are removing the lids of three vintage leather hatboxes in a manner reminiscent of a magician pulling a rabbit out of a hat! Other magic props are on the table, playing cards, a small witch ball, dice and some money. A theatrical green cloth on the table refers to the green baize of card tables. Red and green suggest the world of gambling','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_5232864.html');
backgrounds[5232872] = new photo(5232872,'286034','','gallery','Salt_Breeze_copy.jpg',333,500,'SALT BREEZE Oil on canvas on board 600mm x 850mm SOLD',0, 0,'This original oil on canvas on board painting features some favourites from my collection of vintage luggage, together with some holiday hats, shells and a pair of binoculars that have inexplicably landed up on the beach at Saltburn, North Yorkshire! There is a jolly atmosphere and the flags are flying!','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_5232872.html');
backgrounds[5233780] = new photo(5233780,'286034','','gallery','Size_Zero_copy.jpg',164,500,'SIZE ZERO Oil on Linen 300mm x 900mm SOLD',0, 0,'An original oil on linen painting with a surreal touch imagining a beach photoshoot with an impossibly thin model - i.e. a mannequin stand without the body! ','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_5233780.html');
backgrounds[5233815] = new photo(5233815,'286034','','gallery','Strictly_Come_Dancing_copy_2.jpg',500,417,'STRICTLY COME DANCING Oil on Canvas 500mm x 400mm SOLD',0, 0,'An surreal original still life oil painting celebrating dance with two pairs of shoe trees','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_5233815.html');
backgrounds[5250724] = new photo(5250724,'298151','','gallery','Ican_copy_3.jpg',500,377,'ICAN Oil on Canvas 400mm x 300mm SOLD',0, 0,'Ican is an original still-life painting in oils on canvas. The subject is a beautiful old oil can and it has been given the \'icon\' treatment - it is all too much and it has overflowed with excitement','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_5250724.html');
backgrounds[5250726] = new photo(5250726,'298151','','gallery','Judgement_copy.jpg',500,244,'JUDGEMENT Oil on Linen 600mm x 300mm SOLD',0, 0,'Judgement is a slightly surreal original oil on linen painting of three apples in varying degrees of their skin peeling off. It makes art history reference to \'The Judgement of Paris\' by Rubens which shows three goddesses removing their garments for Paris to decide the most beautiful of them! ','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_5250726.html');
backgrounds[5250736] = new photo(5250736,'298151','','gallery','Lemon_Peel_4_jpg_copy.jpg',390,500,'LEMON PEEL 4 Oil on Canvas 20mm x 30mm',0, 0,'An original oil on canvas painting showing a lemon with its peel partly removed - it harks back to the Dutch and Spanish Old Master still life works where a peeling lemon is often included in the composition','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_5250736.html');
backgrounds[5250739] = new photo(5250739,'286034','','gallery','Moving_On_copy.jpg',500,376,'MOVING ON Oil on Canvas 800mm x 600mm SOLD',0, 0,'An original oil on canvas painting with the slightly surreal theme of seasonal change. It features the famous Roseberry Topping in North Yorkshire mainly shown as a snowy winter scene, but the left hand corner is furling back to reveal the same landscape in spring time!','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_5250739.html');
backgrounds[5284663] = new photo(5284663,'287498','','gallery','PurplePatch_copy.jpg',500,248,'PURPLE PATCH Oil on Linen 600mm x 300mm SOLD',0, 0,'An original oil on linen painting of the Hole of Horcum, near Pickering in the North Yorkshire Moors in late summer when the heather is in full bloom','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_5284663.html');
backgrounds[5284664] = new photo(5284664,'286034','','gallery','On_Reflection_copy.jpg',500,367,'On Reflection Oil on canvas 550mm x 425mm SOLD',0, 0,'An original oil on canvas still life painting showing some of my collection of binoculars and leather cases on a shelf','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_5284664.html');
backgrounds[5284680] = new photo(5284680,'286034','','gallery','Overstretched_copy.jpg',500,346,'Overstretched Oil on Canvas 850mm x 700mm SOLD',0, 0,'An original oil on linen painting which explores the idea of a hat stretcher that has exploded by the handle being turned too far, causing the straw hat that was on it to be rent apart sending pieces of its garnish of articial flowers to be showered in all directions','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_5284680.html');
backgrounds[5284704] = new photo(5284704,'286034','','gallery','Menage_a_Trois_copy.jpg',381,500,'Menage a Trois Oil on Canvas 350mm x 600mm SOLD',0, 0,'An original still life oil on canvas painting featuring three unmatched shoe trees dancing on a table top','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_5284704.html');
backgrounds[5288674] = new photo(5288674,'286033','','gallery','Retrospective.jpg',500,412,'RETROSPECTIVE Oil on linen 600mm x 500mm SOLD',0, 0,'An original still-life oil on linen painting featuring a niches containing some of my vintage optical items, a viewer, lorgnette and binoculars and their leather cases. There is a hint of Yorkshire landscape in the cards belonging to the viewer','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_5288674.html');
backgrounds[5288677] = new photo(5288677,'298151','','gallery','Shelved_copy.jpg',500,221,'SHELVED 1400mm x 600mm Oil on Linen SOLD',0, 0,'This original oil on linen painting is virtually a record of my vintage luggage collection while at college studying Fine Art.
\r\nIt shows some of my favourite old leather cases','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_5288677.html');
backgrounds[5288678] = new photo(5288678,'286034','','gallery','Stunt_copy.jpg',500,325,'STUNT Oil on Canvas 750mm x 600mm SOLD',0, 0,'An original oil on canvas painting the subject of which is a pair of wooden mannequin hands controlling an unseen stunt kite high in the sky','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_5288678.html');
backgrounds[5288679] = new photo(5288679,'286034','','gallery','Summertime_copy.jpg',494,500,'SUMMERTIME Oil on Linen 500mm x 500mm SOLD',0, 0,'An original still-life oil on linen painting playing with the notion of \'time\'. A wooden mannequin hand consults a large pocket watch witih which is a dandelion meadow','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_5288679.html');
backgrounds[5291521] = new photo(5291521,'417692','','gallery','Moors_Edge_drawing_copy_2.jpg',500,357,'MOORS EDGE DRAWING graphite on watercolour paper 760mm x 560mm FOR SALE £50 plus £5 delivery charge on U.K. Mainland',0, 0,'Large original pencil drawing of a Yorkshire landscape near Scaling Dam in the North Yorks Moors (made in preparation for an oil painting','','','Available at my studio in Northallerton - may be seen by appointment',50.00,'Moors Edge Drawing - Original Pencil Drawing','',5,'photo_5291521.html');
backgrounds[5291540] = new photo(5291540,'287486','','gallery','Roseberry_autumn_copy.jpg',500,361,'ROSEBERRY AUTUMN DRAWING Graphite on watercolour paper 760mm x 560mm SOLD',0, 0,'A large original pencil drawing of a Yorkshire landscape featuring Roseberry Topping in North Yorkshire, made in preparation for an oil painting','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_5291540.html');
backgrounds[5291556] = new photo(5291556,'287486','','gallery','Grand_Tour_drawing_copy_2.jpg',388,500,'GRAND TOUR DRAWING Graphite on watercolour paper 760mm x 560mm SOLD',0, 0,'A large original pencil drawing featuring some vintage luggage poised beside the railway line in a scene that evokes \'Brief Encounter\'. It was done in preparation for an oil painting','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_5291556.html');
backgrounds[5291622] = new photo(5291622,'287486','','gallery','Melendez_Oranges__Walnuts_-_drawing_copy.jpg',500,388,'AFTER MELENDEZ \'STILL LIFE WITH ORANGES AND WALNUTS\' Graphite on watercolour paper 760mm x 560mm SOLD',0, 0,'This drawing is in pencil on rough watercolour paper and was done when I was studying the work entitled \'Still Life with Ornages and Walnuts\' by the eighteenth century Spanish artist Luis Melendez. The module required close study of an actual artwork to discover the way it had been painted. The original is one of my all time favourite paintings and is in the National Gallery in London. We ultimately had to reproduce the artwork, but this drawing was a preparatory tonal work. It is in a large heavy frame behind non-reflective glass ','','','Available at my studio in Northallerton - may be seen by appointment','','','',5,'photo_5291622.html');
backgrounds[5303508] = new photo(5303508,'287486','','gallery','Heavens_Gate_Drawing_copy.jpg',367,500,'HEAVEN\'S GATE DRAWING Graphite on watercolour paper 560mm x 760mm SOLD',0, 0,'A large original preparatory drawing prior to an oil on canvas painting - featuring an old gate from which are dangling a pair of binoculars in a leather case. In the vackground is a yorkshire landscape near Grosmont in the North York Moors','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_5303508.html');
backgrounds[5500832] = new photo(5500832,'287498','','gallery','Scene_Change_copy.jpg',500,378,'SCENE CHANGE Oil on Canvas 800mm x 600mm SOLD',0, 0,'An autumn landscape of Roseberry Topping in North Yorkshire with a surreal twist that allows the viewer to see the same view in the depth of winter and covered in snow!','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_5500832.html');
backgrounds[5514346] = new photo(5514346,'286034','','gallery','RepairedJEM_copy.jpg',370,500,'REPAIRED Oil on Canvas 300mm x 400mm SOLD',0, 0,'I love a play on words and the word \'pear\' lends itself very well to such an exercise! The slightly surreal subject of this original still life oil painting is a large pear that has been peeled but then put back together again with some elaborate mending techniques involving needle, thread and leather patches.','','','','','','',5,'photo_5514346.html');
backgrounds[5563521] = new photo(5563521,'417692','','gallery','Bargain_break_copy_2.jpg',500,415,'BARGAIN BREAK Oil on Canvas 600mm x 500mm FOR SALE £195 plus £20 carriage on UK Mainland',0, 0,'A slighly surreal still-life featuring a brown paper parcel that has split open to reveal an old-fashioned seaside bucket and spade along with some sand, seawater and sandcastle flags','','','Available at my studio in Northallerton - may be seen by appointment',195.00,'Bargain Break - Original Oil Painting','',5,'photo_5563521.html');
backgrounds[5639757] = new photo(5639757,'298151','','gallery','Mouvement_GarantiJEM_copy.jpg',500,246,'MOUVEMENT GARANTI Oil on Canvas 1000mm x 500mm SOLD',0, 0,'The title of this original oil painting refers to the writing on the brass badge of the coffee grinder, but essentially it is quite a traditional still-life featuring the five senses. It contains images of some of my favourite quirky items like binoculars and case, leather bowling bag, mannequins figure and hand, coffee grinder, mirror etc.','','','','','','',5,'photo_5639757.html');
backgrounds[5639886] = new photo(5639886,'417692','','gallery','Pear_Drops_copy.jpg',417,500,'PEAR DROPS Oil on Canvas 500mm x 600mm For Sale £150 plus £25 carriage on U.K. Mainland',0, 0,'An original oil on canvas painting of various types of pears tumbling down out of an azure blue sky','','','Fractal Press Gallery Grassington','','','',5,'photo_5639886.html');
backgrounds[5808718] = new photo(5808718,'287486','','gallery','Surprising_Stones_Drawing_copy.jpg',500,370,'SURPRISING STONES Pencil on rough watercolour paper 760mm x 560mm SOLD',0, 0,'I have started to explore the possibilities of building exciting images by photomontage in photoshop and then translating these back into traditionally made drawings and then paintings. This is my first such drawing and combines interesting visual images of beach pebbles, seagull, shoelaces, mirror, etc into a slightly surreal drawing','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_5808718.html');
backgrounds[7070901] = new photo(7070901,'287486','','gallery','Willowherb_drawing_copy.jpg',372,500,'WILLOWHERB (Drawing) SOLD',0, 0,'A large preparatory drawing for an oil painting. It features part of the coastal Cleveland Way in North Yorkshire known as Tellgreen Hill. SOLD','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_7070901.html');
backgrounds[7070903] = new photo(7070903,'287486','','gallery','Escape_Drawing_copy.jpg',500,366,'ESCAPE (Drawing) SOLD',0, 0,'A large preparatory pencil drawing for an oil painting. It features the Hole of Horcum near Pickering in North Yorkshire. SOLD','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_7070903.html');
backgrounds[7070904] = new photo(7070904,'287486','','gallery','Slipway_drawing_copy.jpg',500,360,'SLIPWAY (Drawing) SOLD',0, 0,'A large original pencil drawing in preparation for an oil painting. The view is that overlooking the coastal village of Staithes in North Yorkshire','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_7070904.html');
backgrounds[7071399] = new photo(7071399,'287486','','gallery','Vestigial_Landscape_copy.jpg',500,375,'VESTIGIAL LANDSCAPE (Drawing) SOLD',0, 0,'A large original pencil drawing in preparation for an oil painting. The subject is Kettleness on the coastal Cleveland Way north of Whitby in North Yorkshire.','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_7071399.html');
backgrounds[7072030] = new photo(7072030,'287486','Tangleweed (Drawing) SOLD','gallery','Tangleweed_drawing_copy.jpg',388,500,'TANGLEWEED (Drawing) SOLD',0, 0,'A large original pencil drawing in preparation for an oil painting. The subject is the beach at Sandsend, on the north Yorkshire coast, north of Whitby.','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_7072030.html');
backgrounds[7072174] = new photo(7072174,'287486',' ','gallery','Timeworn_drawing_copy.jpg',358,500,'TIMEWORN (Drawing) SOLD',0, 0,'An original pencil drawing of Staithes, north Yorkshire','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_7072174.html');
backgrounds[7193596] = new photo(7193596,'298151','','gallery','Quintet_copy.jpg',500,169,'QUINTET Oil on Canvas 900mm x 300mm SOLD',0, 0,'In November when citrus fruit seems at its best, our local greengrocer has huge displays particularly of clementines, and these often have some of their glossy green leaves still attached. I find them an irrisistible subject for painting. Here I have combined the fruit with a complementary blue grey fabric for maximum effect.
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\r\nThis artwork is painted on a deep sided canvas stretcher and all four edges are fully painted making framing quite unneccesary. ','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_7193596.html');
backgrounds[7193679] = new photo(7193679,'286033','','gallery','Rough_and_Smooth_copy.jpg',500,369,'ROUGH & SMOOTH Oil on Canvas 800mm x 600mm SOLD',0, 0,'Rough and Smooth was a commission I received to paint a particular view of Sandsend on the north east coast of Yorkshire and the cliffs beyond - as seen from Whitby golf course.
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\r\nAdditionally there was a special request to include a still-life element which I have done in the form of a pair of vintage binoculars hanging casually on the fence post.','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_7193679.html');
backgrounds[7201326] = new photo(7201326,'417692','','gallery','Sheer_Drop_copy.jpg',500,367,'SHEER DROP Oil on Linen 800mm x 600mm FOR SALE £495 plus £25 carriage on U.K. Mainland',0, 0,'Sheer Drop represents an area of the coastal Cleveland Way on the north east coast of England north of Whitby, between Kettleness and Sandsend. It was inspired by old photographs of the area. My late father-in-law retired to Robin Hood\'s Bay and was very keen on photographing all of the surrounding areas.
\r\nThe artwork is fully painted on all four sides making framing unecessary.
\r\nIt is painted in oils on linen which is my favourite surface on which to work, and mounted on a wooden stretcher frame.
\r\n','','','Fractal Press Gallery Grassington ',495.00,'Sheer Drop - Original Oil Painting','',5,'photo_7201326.html');
backgrounds[7305917] = new photo(7305917,'417692','','gallery','Inside_Stories_copy_17-26-49.jpg',500,410,'Inside Stories Oil on Canvas 1000mm x 800mm For Sale £400 plus £25 carriage on U K Mainland - for other destinations please e-mail me.',0, 0,'A collection of four parcelled artworks that have suffered careless handling causing them to split open revealing their subject matter which centres around various seascapes. In a slightly surreal twist, seawater leaks from the torn brown paper onto the wooden floor!','','','Available at my studio in Northallerton - may be seen by appointment',400.00,'Inside Stories - Original Oil Painting','',5,'photo_7305917.html');
backgrounds[7435556] = new photo(7435556,'417692','','gallery','Topping_Stones_copy.jpg',500,398,'TOPPING STONES Oil on Canvas 600mm x 500mm FOR SALE £195 plus £25 carriage on U.K. Mainland',0, 0,'The subject of this painting is a view from the summit of Roseberry Topping in North Yorkshire','','','Available at my studio in Northallerton - may be seen by appointment',195.00,'Topping Stones - Original Oil Painting','',5,'photo_7435556.html');
backgrounds[7471590] = new photo(7471590,'286034','','gallery','Flower_Power_copy.jpg',500,334,'FLOWER POWER Oil on Linen 600mm x 400mm FOR SALE £395 plus £25 carriage on U.K. Mainland ',0, 0,'In painting Flower Power I have decided to treat the whole linen canvas as a parcel which contains a painting of some beautiful freesias (one of my favourite flowers). Fortunately, from a compositional point of view, the brown paper of the parcel has torn open to reveal the \'painting\' within. A surreal twist shows that a couple of the delicate stems have broken off and come away from the \'painting\' and are falling to the ground.','','','Available at my studio in Northallerton - may be seen by appointment',395.00,'Flower Power','',5,'photo_7471590.html');
backgrounds[7717718] = new photo(7717718,'417692','','gallery','Shady_Ladies_-_Drawing_smaller.jpg',500,672,'Shady Ladies (Drawing) 560mm x 760mm Pencil on watercolour paper FOR SALE £50 plus £5 delivery on UK Mainland ',0, 0,'Original Pencil Drawing in preparation for an oil painting','','','Available at my studio in Northallerton - may be seen by appointment',50.00,'Shady Ladies - Original Pencil Drawing','',5,'photo_7717718.html');
backgrounds[7717798] = new photo(7717798,'417692','','gallery','Sheer_Drop_Drawing_smaller.jpg',500,367,'SHEER DROP (DRAWING) 760mm x 560mm Pencil on watercolour paper FOR SALE £50 plus £5 delivery on UK Mainland',0, 0,'An original pencil drawing in preparation for an oil painting','','','Available at my studio in Northallerton - may be seen by appointment',50.00,'Sheer Drop (Drawing)','',5,'photo_7717798.html');
backgrounds[7717814] = new photo(7717814,'417692','','gallery','Ellis_Bell_drawing_smaller.jpg',500,378,'ELLIS BELL (Drawing) Pencil on watercolour paper 760mm x 560mm FOR SALE £50 plus £5 delivery on UK Mainland',0, 0,'Preparatory pencil drawing for an oil painting','','','available at my studio in Northallerton - may be seen by appointment',50.00,'Ellis Bell (Drawing) - Original Pencil Drawing','',5,'photo_7717814.html');
backgrounds[7717820] = new photo(7717820,'417692','','gallery','Stress_Head_drawing_smaller.jpg',500,355,'STRESS HEAD (DRAWING) 760mm x 560mm pencil on watercolour paper FOR SALE £50 plus £5 delivery on UK Mainland',0, 0,'Original pencil drawing in preparation for an oil painting','','','available at my studio in Northallerton - may be seen by appointment',50.00,'Stress Head (Drawing) Original Pencil Drawing','',5,'photo_7717820.html');
backgrounds[7717855] = new photo(7717855,'417692','','gallery','Ascent_Drawing_smaller.jpg',500,372,'ASCENT (DRAWING) 760mm x 560mm Pencil on watercolour paper FOR SALE £50 plus $£5 delivery on UK Mainland',0, 0,'Original pencil drawing in preparation for an oil painting','','','available at my studio in Northallerton - may be seen by appointment',50.00,'Ascent (Drawing) - Original Pencil Drawing','',5,'photo_7717855.html');
backgrounds[7718611] = new photo(7718611,'417692','','gallery','After_Melendez_smaller.jpg',500,365,'AFTER MELENDEZ \'STILL LIFE WITH ORANGES AND WALNUTS\' 800mm x 600mm Oil on Canvas, framed FOR SALE £650 plus £25 carriage on UK Mainland',0, 0,'Original Oil Painting based on the composition \'Still Life With Oranges and Walnuts\' in the London National Gallery','','','Available at my studio in Northallerton - may be seen by appointment',650.00,'After Melendez - Original Oil Painting','',5,'photo_7718611.html');
backgrounds[7719468] = new photo(7719468,'417692','','gallery','Freesia_studies_set_of_3_framed_smaller.jpg',500,178,'Freesia Trio - Oil on Board (framed set) 500mm x 150mm FOR SALE £100 plus £10 delivery on UK Mainland',0, 0,'Three small studies of freesia sprays in distressed hand waxed pine frames (no glass)','','','Available at my studio in Northallerton - may be seen by appointment',100.00,'Three Freesia Studies framed','',5,'photo_7719468.html');
backgrounds[7720145] = new photo(7720145,'417692','','gallery','Conversation_Piece_smaller_.jpg',500,248,'CONVERSATION PIECE Oil on Canvas 1000mm x 500mm FOR SALE £725 plus £25 carriage on UK Mainland',0, 0,'Slightly surreal original oil on canvas painting that heralds the arrival of spring with flowering tete-a-tete daffodils in contrast with the dormant conditions of winter symbolised by empty terracotta pots on a shelf in the garden shed!','','','Available at my studio in Northallerton - may be seen by appointment',725.00,'Conversation Piece - Original oil on canvas painting','',5,'photo_7720145.html');
backgrounds[7858192] = new photo(7858192,'417692','','gallery','Spring_Roll_smaller.jpg',500,1285,'SPRING ROLL Oil on linen 30cm x 75cm FOR SALE £195 plus £25 carriage on UK Mainland',0, 0,'A slightly surreal image contrasting the dormant winter with the bright new growth of spring by \'rolling back\' the canvas to reveal beautiful new pear blossom and blue sky! ','','','Available at my studio in Northallerton - may be seen by appointment',195.00,'Original oil on linen painting','',5,'photo_7858192.html');
backgrounds[7994072] = new photo(7994072,'286034','','gallery','Careless_Transit_smaller.jpg',500,997,'CARELESS TRANSIT 500mm x 1000mm Oil on canvas SOLD',0, 0,'Another damaged parcel! This one appars to contain a \'painting\' of some beautiful longiflorum lilies on a deep red background.','','','SOLD','','','',5,'photo_7994072.html');