Vivien Capper

For this month’s magazine I’ve decided to go back in time and show three pieces that I created in January 2019, 2020, 2021. What surprised me most is the fact that I used similar blue/purple tones with a modernistic approach.

I love looking back at past artwork, but also enjoy trying out new things. In the final piece I’ve designed an art-deco-style lady artwork. I’ve been moving in this direction for a while now, and really enjoy creating these pieces.

If you hadnt realised by now I have a “thing” for one particular area of Ullswater, and thats Waterfall Wood Walk in Patterdale.

I love moving water, I love trees and seculeded spots but put them both together and im in nervarna. So I guess its a combination of the area and the people that look after it that draws me back and the fact that I can sit a drink a coffee totally undisturbed by anyone and let my mind focus on the complex beauty of nature and my place within it.

Like most people I have my faults and my personal struggles, thankfully I have a place I can go to help me focus and find my true self, sadly its a 5 hour drive away from home! BUT I have an endless supply of memories and a nice selction of captured moments in the form of my fine art photographs.

I suppose it started with the friendship that I built with the people that maintained the land, sadly one of them has now moved on but I occasionally do keep in contact with them via the magic of WhatsApp. Anyway, that friendship allowed me to appreciate the love and hard work that goes into the care and preservation of areas like this. I remember when I first started spending time here that there were areas that were so overgrown that it was a scramble and fight thro many invasive non-native plants through part of the walk, and then there was the damage caused by some major storms over the recent years including the devastating flooding of Glenridding and Patterdale in 2015, the major land slippage just above the main waterfall that resulted in the reinforcement of the valley wall to prevent the rod from sliding in the beck and more recently the sad loss of a lovely area of Larch trees next to Lantys Tarn that were victims to storm Arwen. Through all this and more the small team of staff and lots of willing volunteers work tirelessly to help mother nature by working

My love of this area is embeded in my fine art photos, they are my memories and my go to “safe place” which I hang on my wall and carry on my phone. They are a key part of me.

Help me share the beauty of this amazing spot in the Lake District. Not everyone will be fortunate enough to be able to sit and enjoy the sights and sounds of Waterfall Wood Walk. But they can get a feel for what its like from seeing my fine art photographs hung on a wall in your home, workplace or even their own homes or in your NFT collection Add to that, whenever I sell l a print or NFT I will donate a percentage of the sale to the estate so they can continue to do the amazing work they do.

Help me help the estate, ether you can buy one or more of my prints, click here, or buy one or more of my NFTs, click here, and I will donate funds to the Estate. Either way you will be helping me spread the love of this small area of Ullswater and will be donating the equivalent cost of planting a tree to the Estate.

James Hurley - Photo Artist / Magazine Editor

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