Panoramic sketch showing junction near Loaningdale. The disappearing telegraph poles lead to Farberry. Pencil sketch with watercolour wash.

After many Lake District holidays , looking back at some of my old sketches I thought I would share some of them with you. I will be postin...

Here is a watercolour sketch looking towards a hidden North Bar featuring Bar House . The Catholic Church can just be seen, Peel’s Vets a...

I love this scene. David keeps cattle in this field, Hall Garth, in Beverley. This is in the shadow of Beverley Minster. Surrounded by house...

  Watercolour sketch of North Bar with the Elwell house on the right. I find, when looking at the Elwells paintings in Beverley Art Gallery ...

Hi everyone, this is a sketch from the high-level path to Grange via Castle Craig from Seatoller. I like this view, looking back and seeing ...

I have an animation running at the Beverley Art Gallery . It shows a group of trees at a junction. I call it Loaningdale junction , it is so...

  Watercolour half imperial, 22x15 inch approx. This is loosely done on watercolour paper 300gsm,  so it did not need stretching. This is an...

 Hmmnnn did not plan this but I am fascinated by sunsets . Arriving for dog walking I noticed the sun dropping and did this sketch. The sky ...

  Available here Every day, more or less, I walk my dog George on the Westwood , BEVERLEY . This day I saw Saint Mary’s Church Tower emergi...

After painting some views of the Minster from the Westwood , I thought Black Mill would make a change. Here is an early November view which...

  2026 calendar  -  now available  go  HERE   to order This is a wall hanging calendar comprising original paintings by  John Geekie . Deliv...

 Another of my autumn views of Beverley Minster . This is one of a series of watercolours sketches produced from visits to walk George. Thi...

Make your own moving model of  SCRHEAL   the dragon  Scrheal close up of dragon front   Video link here  Available here from my online store...

  Dog automata to make at home Curly hair and hairy eyelashes . Here are some pictures of a simple rotational lever actuated automata , or s...

I have painted this view to try and capture the recently exposed pale trunks of the silver birch trees on the left. Of course, I also want ...

  After another trip over to paint at Hutton , I decided to walk George and we traveled across to Warter . I turned off the main road onto t...

After many years building up my WARTER COLLECTION of paintings, I am now releasing some of my reserved work. These are specially selected. ...

  Beverley Minster seen from the south west . It had been very cold, snow was covering the fields. I set off with my French easel and clim...

CLICK TO ENTER THE VIRTUAL EXHIBITION. Four more exhibitions can be opened from this one 1 Beverley Minster sketches 2 Howardian Hills paint...

I love this view of BEVERLEY across Swinemoor pasture . Swinemoor is inevitably boggy. It is low lying, in fact lower at times than the Ri...

  Horse Dale from near Huggate. At night looking over this view huge ships in the North Sea have been seen lit up as if blocks of flats.Avai...

Sometimes when sketching a scene a sort of magic happens. Here is a sketch of Lairgate, Beverley looking towards the tower of a distant St....