Langdale Pikes by Rod Coyne

“The next morning I load my gear and head down to the Ambleside quay where we are to boat across to the estate…The weather is calm and mystical cloud drags through the surrounding jagged mountains…Under the constant gaze of cameras and directors our motley crew of fifty artists with mountains of gear dock and troop up the hill to Wray Castle. It’s not a race and I hang back….The craggy mountains attract my painters eye more than the castle so I set up between two ladies facing that direction, only to discover one is Niki Purcell, neighbor and mutual friend from Wicklow. I am in esteemed company when I realise Sky Portrait Artist Catherine Edmunds is on my right. She is also the author of ‘Naked Gardening for the Over-fifties’, but that’s another story” – Excerpt from Rod’s Blog.

Read Coyne’s Sky Landscape Artist photos and journal here.

Rod’s ‘Langdale Pikes’ would make the perfect addition to any home or office for art collectors and Lake District fans alike. It is signed on the front and carries a date and inscription by the artist on the reverse.