David Pott

Looks great and will buy but the link doesn't work for me?

My constituents want me to focus on cost-of-living, jobs, NHS services, tackling crime & providing opportunities for young people.

They're not interested in who is comms director in No 10 or PM's chief of staff.

That's why we need to focus on the country & not look inwards.

PM has my support.

We elected Starmer for five years not two. Anyone who thinks some other candidate will magically fix our problems hasn't been concentrating for the past 15 years.

Snow Across The Valley, Rossendale, Lancashire, painting by Caroline Johnson.

Hiking Quote of the Day

“I'm losing precious days. I am degenerating into a machine for making money. I am learning nothing in this trivial world of men. I must break away and get out into the mountains to learn the news.”

John Muir

'Sunrise in the Lake District.' (1915)
An intriguing picture by James Hamilton Hay. The only painting of his that I can recall combining the influence of Caspar David Friedrich with a love for Japanese printmaking.

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

A coastal scene with the horizon 1/3 of the way up the square canvas. In the lower 2/3 there is a coastal cliff edge with sea visible beyond.

Starting today wit a Fred Cumming painting.

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#seascape #art #fredcumming

Actually it is what was said but the original adds "if gender is unclear". A minor point that seems important in this day and age.

This quote worried me from the article "advising writers to refer to [... subjects...] as a ‘person’ or ‘people’ to avoid assigning gender" annoyed me but it's not actually what the person quoted by the writer said. Naughty. Read the original here: www.nga.gov/visit/access...

Nearly finished this painting of a tree lines lane near Ambleside. It was near twilight and the lane was darkening.

A pair of tall elm trees in winter in a Victorian photo.

Much missed. I just about remember the dutch elm disease from the 1970s. Much to my amazement I saw some big elms at Stanley Park in Blackpool in the early 2000s. Even those are gone I think.

Back to their roots: a brief history of trees – in pictures Over 120 years ago, a monumental work recording more than 500 species of tree in Britain and Ireland was published. A new version focuses on the pioneering images it contained

Fascinating Victorian photos of trees. Elms like this are now completely missing from our landscape.

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A painting of a lane. With autumn trees lining the road. It's an unfinished work in progress.

I always seem to be painting one season behind. It’s winter, yet I’m still absorbed in autumn’s colours. Maybe I just need a whole season to digest all the visual riches it offers.

Fishing Boats by the Beach and the Cliffs of Pourville - 1882
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Rowland Hilder's watercolours are amazing. No one did winter, or elm trees, better.

While I'm not quite at the point of losing my house, the harm ai has done to my animation work income is huge, like 80% gone and it makes me wonder how many freelance artists and animators ARE losing everything while billionaire con men continue to rake it in.

I just came across some photos I took at Buttermere eight years ago and thought I would share a couple😊

A painting of Loughrigg Tarn in the English Lake District. The tarn reflects the distant Langdale fells.

Added the finishing touches to this Lake District landscape tonight. Next week I'm posting it to it's new owner.

#Cumbria #Lakedistrict #art #landscapeart

The Guardian view on art and health: the masterpiece can cure the body as well as the soul | Editorial Editorial: From a Van Gogh self-portrait to Gauguin’s dreamscapes, new studies show that seeing original art can calm stress and boost health

”going to art galleries is good for you – relieving stress and cutting heart disease risk, as well as boosting the immune system.”

Of course! I reckon it's the mindfulness that looking at great art instills.

I should be really healthy...😁

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Borrowdale, Early Spring Size: 24×18 inches Media: Acrylic on panel Unframed Signed on the front Location: Borrowdale, Lake District

Painting of Borrowdale on a bright spring morning.

#art #painting #cumbria

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Glad to hear I'm not the only one that dislikes Prison Band. The clue's in the name, I suppose!

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

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After months of revisiting this landscape, I finally found the balance between too much detail and the energy of paint itself. Here’s how roughening the surface brought the painting back to life.

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I'm stacking up the paintings of Langdale tonight. The one on the bottom is nearly finished. Plenty to do though, just keep painting...

Open Social — overreacted The protocol is the API.

i wrote about atproto and why it matters

Open Social — overreacted The protocol is the API.

I'm not hugely techie, but I managed to hang on with this beautifully written explanation of why the BlueSky way of doing social media is so promising. Fingers crossed. overreacted.io/open-social/

Langdale mountain range in Cumbria in bright sunshine

Blea Tarn with the Langdales behind

Wetherlam in the far distance, Little Langdale tarnw, an oak tree in the foreground.

Holme Fell, autumn trees and nearby fields.

Glorious. Amazing. Superb. Glad I'm a visual artist because words fail me when trying to describe the Lake District on a day like today! #lakedistrict #cumbria

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