Charcoal Burners, Coniston - Original Painting by Alfred Heaton Cooper (1863 - 1929)

Charcoal Burners, Coniston - Original Painting by Alfred Heaton Cooper (1863 - 1929)Winter light in the South Lakes has a particular colour and angle to it that allows entire hillsides to be picked out in glowing hues, as seen here with the fading bracken in the middle distance, while the Lakeland tradition of the era are carried out in a cooler, shadier foreground. As with many of Alfreds works, the interest is placed on the day to day lives of those who inhabit the landscape giving recognition to those who tended to the land in

Old Brathay Hall

The Well of Wisdom

Framed - 455 x 368mm / 17

Here is a charming picture illustrating one of several small farms nestled on the fellside below Lingmoor Fell

From Michelangelo to Picasso

Dimensions: 30cm

Alfred's picture shows a battered stand of Scots Pines at the foot of one of the many glens on the Estate

trust your intuition and follow the signs and synchronicities of the natural world

And because the projects don't follow trends but beautifully capture the 'voice' of the owners

Having been a keen runner and cyclist all her life

Coloured glass

by a fair-trade enterprise in Rajasthan