Beverley and the LOW WOLDS, SUMPTIOUS art book.

 

My book explaining how I approach PLEIN AIR PAINTING includes a comprehensive guide showing how I work. It also is a memoir, a journal with comments accompanying paintings describing the serendipitous. This is part one, featuring the Low Wolds of Yorkshire, familiar to many from when David Hockney painted here. Part two - soon to be published features the HIGH WOLDS.

Available here, at this time it is on special offer.

Wassand Hall - the magical lake ( print available)

What a beautiful, small pond this is. It is quite long and winds its way, surrounded by tree, near the access road to Wassand Hall. On entry, turning right through a gate which leads to the woodland walk, one passes the pond. At first glance, it looks small. Yet it extends for some distance. In the spring bluebells can be seen, daffodils little later on, and of course, some interesting tree specimens. I like this particular view, with no sky shown, it seems enclosed entirely by trees and is a very pleasing spot to stop and think.

Available here

Beverley Minster ( print available)

 

 I love this print. It shows Beverley Minster across an open field, Hallgate, often used in the summer to graze cattle. A wonderful bucolic scene reminding us of a time past when the Minster was more closely linked to the farming community reinforcing its Market Town associations. This is a pen and ink sketch made at the site, I stood with an A3 piece of Bristol card, very smooth and ideal for pen and ink. Later, I added a watercolour wash. I remember the yellow van passing and quickly added it. Printed on A3 paper which will fit a standard A3 frame or, it looks good in a larger A2 frame with a suitable mount.

Available here

St. Mary’s Church from the Westwood, Beverley ( Print available)

 

Waterclour sketch 22 x 15 inch

I went over to the Westwood, how fortunate we are to have this on our doorstep, to walk George. The ground is drying out a little,  the weak the sun helping. I took the dog biscuits for the variety of corvus and soon had companions on the walk. They fly and land to my side,  I throw them a biscuit. A little routine. Then they will land on the path in front of me, and I repeat the process. Among them are a couple with whitish wings. Perhaps a little smaller than the others and I try to make sure they get a biscuit. I am half expecting them to bark! I saw this view of St. Mary's when returning to the car and thought it was worth getting down. So I returned and did this quick sketch. It is different somehow, slightly more of St. Mary's tower showing perhaps. Of course, now I remember, some very large mature coniferous trees have recently been removed from a house on Westwood Road. I am sure that explains it.  I have coloured the sky quickly and, I hope, dramatically  enhance the church tower. I like the way the old gatehouse seems to emerge from the pasture, seems appropriate in a way, as it is spring now. If you are passing, look into the garden, you may spot something unusual. We appreciate the water bowl which is placed outside, for the benefit of the many dogs who walk past. On the way back to the car I was delighted to observe a cluster of anemones, in flower, my first of the year.

Available here at my online store.

Quiet road near South Dalton a pen and ink wash.

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It was raining when I set off to walk George. Heading for his favourite walk near the alligator pond, a last minute diversion, due to emergency services blocked the way meaning a detour to the quiet lane south of the village. There are two huge trees, one of which has recently lost a major limb, both are adjacent to a parking area. I walked George, in the rain and we returned to the car where I got out my concertina sketchbook. It was still raining, how could I sketch anything. I opened my sketchbook to 4 pages wide, with strong clips I fastened it to my purpose made board. Then, I sat under the tailgate and began to sketch using a drawing pen. The rain intensified and hit the sketchbook. This stopped the pen from working so I tried to retreat further back into the car where the rain could not reach. This worked a little better. The I collected some rainwater from a puddle and began to add colour. It was all a struggle and I have not detailed the sketch as I normally would. Saw two couples, one with a lovely dog out for a walk who had arrived from nearby Cherry Burton. Another couple came, parked nearby and set off, one walking, one cycling. Before they set off we talked about various things including black and white photography.

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My latest book,

An Exploration of Art, Design, 

Plein Air Painting: Beverley and the Low Wolds 

Short video here

is an exquisite blend of memoir, instructional guide, and art book.  Featuring local villages and landscapes. All work featured in the book is painted at the location ( Plein Air ). It is a special, SUMPTIOUS book - limited edition. It comprises part 1 of 2. The second book is being edited and will feature the HIGH WOLDS from Warter to Thixendale.

Available here  On sale at present.

Elderflower at allotment

 I saw this beautiful elderflower bush, H explained that she has trimmed it of lower branches. It looks wonderful, unusual for an elderflower making me ponder the possibilities of giving them more attention. On my allotment I put some sweetcorn in which just about finishes my planting. I will now concentrate on weeding as and when required plus watering. The ‘Sally’ potatoes are breaking through and ‘Picasso’ will not be far behind. I love the idea of planting ‘Picasso’ which seems so appropriate for an artists allotment. Did you notice anyone?

12x10 inch, oil on canvas board, allotment series.

Available here.

Shhhh… if you want to give a special present then check this out..

My latest book,

An Exploration of Art, Design, 

Plein Air Painting: Beverley and the Low Wolds 

Short video here

is an exquisite blend of memoir, instructional guide, and art book.  Featuring local villages and landscapes. All work featured in the book is painted at the location ( Plein Air ). It is a special, SUMPTIOUS book - limited edition. It comprises part 1 of 2. The second book is being edited and will feature the HIGH WOLDS from Warter to Thixendale.

Available here  On sale at present.

Yorkshire Art by John Geekie

Hello everyone here are a couple of my art books available direct from my online store. I hope they make you smile and they bring tears of joy. 

 Available here at my online store

This is a mixture of memoir, guide and journal reflecting my painting adventure using a paint box, painting at the various venues. It is a SUMPTIOUS book nearly 400 pages long and printed in an A5 landscape format. 

Available at the moment on sale,  from my online store

Landscape sketching May fields and cow parsley hedges.

 

Ooh, this was a challenge. It is an eight page wide sketch showing the distant church spire of St. Mary’s at South Dalton. I used a concertina sketchbook and initially sketched four pages wide, then extending it to include the broad hedge , with tumbling cow parsley on the right.

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My latest book,

An Exploration of Art, Design, 

Plein Air Painting: Beverley and the Low Wolds 

Short video here

is an exquisite blend of memoir, instructional guide, and art book.  Featuring local villages and landscapes. All work featured in the book is painted at the location ( Plein Air ). It is a special, SUMPTIOUS book - limited edition. It comprises part 1 of 2. The second book is being edited and will feature the HIGH WOLDS from Warter to Thixendale.

Available here  On sale at present.

Landscape sketching St. Mary’s Church, Dalton Holme.

 

Here is a concertina sketch of St. Mary’s Church at South Dalton. Whilst sketching had a lovely meeting with Giles and his MG. Later another chance encounter with a cyclist from Hull who was fighting a strong wind. Four page wide concertina sketchbook, colour added at the venue. A delightful visit to the Pipe and Glass, where I met a local couple interested in art found me ordering a coffee and soup. A horse rider dismounted, she was known to my new friends who assisted in holding the horse. Later joined by FSD and visiting EG.

Go to full screen to see at its best

My latest book, An Exploration of Art, Design, 

Plein Air Painting: Beverley and the Low Wolds 

Short video here

is an exquisite blend of memoir, instructional guide, and art book.  Featuring local villages and landscapes. All work featured in the book is painted at the location ( Plein Air ). It is a special, SUMPTIOUS book - limited edition. It comprises part 1 of 2. The second book is being edited and will feature the HIGH WOLDS from Warter to Thixendale.

Available here  On sale at present.

David Hockney’s Thixendale sycamores.

 I stopped at Burdale, near the pond with hawthorn blossomed trees cascading down the hillside. In the distance I could see the sycamores my friend David Hockney painted. I remember how a local man took umbrage saying they were Burdale sycamores, not Thixendale sycamores. Here, I wanted to get a sense of the season with the blossom covered hawthorn on the hillside. The pond was barely visible and a small pony has now appeared at the stable after it had been empty for a time. Four page wide concertina sketchbook painting.

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My latest book,

Plein Air Painting: Beverley and the Low Wolds 

Short video here

is an exquisite blend of memoir, instructional guide, and art book.  Featuring local villages and landscapes. All work featured in the book is painted at the location ( Plein Air ). It is a special, SUMPTIOUS book - limited edition. It comprises part 1 of 2. The second book is being edited and will feature the HIGH WOLDS from Warter to Thixendale.

Available here  On sale at present.

An Exploration of 

Art, Design, 

LANDSCAPE PAINTING - Burdale House, Yorkshire Wolds, a concertina sketch.

 Here is a quick pen and ink wash looking towards Burdale House with hawthorn in flower on the hills.

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John Geekie’s 

Plein Air Painting: Beverley and the Low Wolds 

Short video here

is an exquisite blend of memoir, instructional guide, and art book.  Featuring local villages and landscapes. All work featured in the book is painted at the location ( Plein Air ). It is a special, SUMPTIOUS book - limited edition. It comprises part 1 of 2. The second book is being edited and will feature the HIGH WOLDS from Warter to Thixendale.

Available here  On sale at present.

An Exploration of 

Art, Design, 

and Print Excellence

`LANDSCAPE PAINTING - Yorkshire Wolds, an artists memoir illustrated book.

John Geekie’s 

Plein Air Painting: Beverley and the Low Wolds 

Short video here

is an exquisite blend of memoir, instructional guide, and art book.  Featuring local villages and landscapes. All work featured in the book is painted at the location ( Plein Air ). It is a special, SUMPTIOUS book - limited edition. It comprises part 1 of 2. The second book is being edited and will feature the HIGH WOLDS from Warter to Thixendale.

Available here 

On sale at present.

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An Exploration of 

Art, Design, 

and Print Excellence

LANDSCAPE PAINTING - Warter Road concertina sketch.

Enlarge to full screen and note the six pages with folds.

I popped round towards South Dalton looking for a view to paint, remaining optimistic about finding some hawthorn blossom, though it is now getting late to find looking it’s’ best. I did find some possibilities yet their locations did not work. Then I saw one of my favourite views. It is off the Warter Road near Etton West Wood. I can see the tall spire of St. Mary’s Church at South Dalton. It is framed by Sir John’s Plantation and Sir Charlie’s Clump, looking to my right the cow parsley verges line up in front of the low hawthorn hedges. Almost surreal, the disappearing, long, straight road seems improbably lined with cream ribbons. The trimmed hawthorn is growing spring green fresh with upper tips having a reddish tint. As they were trimmed earlier, the growth is all new with virtually no sign of  blossom. I sketch with a pen and then add tones of black to get values. The sun is hot and dries the paint quickly. I am reluctant to add any colour at this stage. Then I see some cranesbill among the tall grasses and decide to add a suggestion of colour. Before long I am adding colour to most of the sketch being aware of the need to suggest the cow parsley. The four page wide sketch is extended another two pages to include the disappearing road. A pheasant struts over the road. I stop and wonder about visiting the Pipe and Glass at South Dalton and having a coffee deciding that my allotment needs some work, rain is forecast for tomorrow and I am behind in my digging. 

LANDSCAPE PAINTING - K17A Allotment in mid May. Plus book offer

 Here is a quick sketch of my allotment shed. It was too hot to dig today so I stood in the shade with George relaxed at my feet. The painting is loosely done but captures the early May appearance at the moment. Hopefully I will manage some more soil preparation then in will go the plants. More to come.

Oil on canvas board 14x10 inch.

The painting inside the pochade box lid.

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LANDSCAPE PAINTING - Gypsey Race chalk stream reaches West Lutton.

I enjoyed my visit to West Lutton where I met lots of interesting people. Fellow artists in particular were a joy to chat to. I returned to finish the sketch on a day when a plant sale was being held next to the Church. I stopped off at the church to enjoy their modest, yet tasty refreshments. I noticed the stream was running low. It was very clear yet I only saw water shrimps in it. The minnows and sticklebacks I had seen earlier at Kirkby Grindalythe seemed absent.
 

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GREAT REDUCTIONS ON SELECTED ITEMS INCLUDING SUMPTIOUS LIMITED EDITION ART BOOK

• Blackthorn Original oil painting on linen canvas
• Bluebell Wood print by John Geekie
• Burton Bushes bluebells a print by John Geekie
• Working Dog automata by John Geekie
• Gannets at Bempton a very large canvas 150 x100cm by John Geekie
• Great Dug Dale, original oil painting by John Geekie
• Holmedale Farm near South Dalton, ordinal Wolds art by John Geekie.
• Kipling Cotes Derby racecourse, a print by John Geekie
• Lund Church and vanishing marquee, original oil painting by John Geekie.
• PILLAR Mountain, original large acrylic painting by John Geekie.
• Book - Paintings of Beverley and the LOW WOLDS, first edition by John Geekie

LANDSCAPE PAINTING - GYPSEY RACE chalk stream starting point

LANDSCAPE PAINTING - Gypsey Race threads a path through Kirkby Grindalythe

Here is a continuation of my sketching of my mini project - sketching the Gypsey Race as it travels through the Great Wolds Valley. 

iPad sketching, tulips in a small vase.

 

Old Hull scenes - Hull Ships Stores.

Viewed from North Bridge, the iconic Hull Ships Stores building.

Beverley and the Low Wolds - a special ART book.

 John Geekie’s Plein Air Painting: Beverley and the Low Wolds is an exquisite blend of memoir, instructional guide, and art book.  Featuring local villages and landscapes. All work featured in the book is painted at the location ( Plein Air ). It is a special, SUMPTIOUS book - limited edition. It comprises part 1 of 2. The second book is being edited and will feature the HIGH WOLDS from Warter to Thixendale.

Available here

An Exploration of Art, Design, and Print Excellence

Plein Air Painting: A Captivating Journey in Art and Print

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LANDSCAPE PAINTING - Hawthorn blossom on the Westwood, Beverley

 Quick walk on the Westwood and noticed the Hawthorne blossom. Tried to get an impression using a concertina sketchbook.Good to see the cattle are out now as well.

EASTER SALE CONTINUED until may 15th

GREAT REDUCTIONS ON SELECTED ITEMS INCLUDING SUMPTIOUS LIMITED EDITION ART BOOK

• Blackthorn Original oil painting on linen canvas
• Bluebell Wood print by John Geekie
• Burton Bushes bluebells a print by John Geekie
• Working Dog automata by John Geekie
• Gannets at Bempton a very large canvas 150 x100cm by John Geekie
• Great Dug Dale, original oil painting by John Geekie
• Holmedale Farm near South Dalton, ordinal Wolds art by John Geekie.
• Kipling Cotes Derby racecourse, a print by John Geekie
• Lund Church and vanishing marquee, original oil painting by John Geekie.
• PILLAR Mountain, original large acrylic painting by John Geekie.
• Book - Paintings of Beverley and the LOW WOLDS, first edition by John Geekie

LANDSCAPE PAINTING - Bracken Road, green junction, English countryside in Spring.

Here is the sketch made on location, below a little video of it.

 EASTER SALE continues until May 15th

GREAT REDUCTIONS ON SELECTED ITEMS INCLUDING SUMPTIOUS LIMITED EDITION ART BOOK

• Blackthorn Original oil painting on linen canvas
• Bluebell Wood print by John Geekie
• Burton Bushes bluebells a print by John Geekie
• Working Dog automata by John Geekie
• Gannets at Bempton a very large canvas 150 x100cm by John Geekie
• Great Dug Dale, original oil painting by John Geekie
• Holmedale Farm near South Dalton, ordinal Wolds art by John Geekie.
• Kipling Cotes Derby racecourse, a print by John Geekie
• Lund Church and vanishing marquee, original oil painting by John Geekie.
• PILLAR Mountain, original large acrylic painting by John Geekie.
• Book - Paintings of Beverley and the LOW WOLDS, first edition by John Geekie

LANDSCAPE PAINTING - Golden fields near Bracken.

Four page wide sketch produced on location.

 EASTER SALE CONTINUED until may 15th

GREAT REDUCTIONS ON SELECTED ITEMS INCLUDING SUMPTIOUS LIMITED EDITION ART BOOK

• Blackthorn Original oil painting on linen canvas
• Bluebell Wood print by John Geekie
• Burton Bushes bluebells a print by John Geekie
• Working Dog automata by John Geekie
• Gannets at Bempton a very large canvas 150 x100cm by John Geekie
• Great Dug Dale, original oil painting by John Geekie
• Holmedale Farm near South Dalton, ordinal Wolds art by John Geekie.
• Kipling Cotes Derby racecourse, a print by John Geekie
• Lund Church and vanishing marquee, original oil painting by John Geekie.
• PILLAR Mountain, original large acrylic painting by John Geekie.
• Book - Paintings of Beverley and the LOW WOLDS, first edition by John Geekie

LANDSCAPE PAINTING - Westwood hawthorn 2nd May 2025.

 

EASTER SALE  continues until may 15th

GREAT REDUCTIONS ON SELECTED ITEMS INCLUDING SUMPTIOUS LIMITED EDITION ART BOOK

• Blackthorn Original oil painting on linen canvas

• Bluebell Wood print by John Geekie

• Burton Bushes bluebells a print by John Geekie

• Working Dog automata by John Geekie

• Gannets at Bempton a very large canvas 150 x100cm by John Geekie

• Great Dug Dale, original oil painting by John Geekie

• Holmedale Farm near South Dalton, ordinal Wolds art by John Geekie.

• Kipling Cotes Derby racecourse, a print by John Geekie

• Lund Church and vanishing marquee, original oil painting by John Geekie.

• PILLAR Mountain, original large acrylic painting by John Geekie.

• Book - Paintings of Beverley and the LOW WOLDS, first edition by John Geekie