Puffin With Sea Campion seaside As I approached the Lady

As I approached the Lady Bridge- which appears in the painting as a shallow arc on the left hand side- the sun suddenly emerged from behind the grey clouds and the landscape was instantly transformed

I love the contrast between the shifting

The portraits were sometimes painted while the subject was still in the prime of life and hung in the home until the person died

or even as a greetings card

Puffin With Sea Campion seaside As I approached the LadyEvery year, I try to arrange to go and see the puffins on Northumberland's Farne Islands. In 2025 I managed two visits, at different stages of the breeding cycle. The puffins make their nests in burrows, nestled amongst the vegetation sea campion, "Good King Henry" and the occasional thistle or dandelion. After the single egg has been laid by the female puffin, the parent birds take turns incubating the egg, and going out to sea to feed themselves.