“The wind blows off the sea, across the salt marshes, over the sand dunes, following the ancient boundary walls, crafted and sculpted by generations of my family, to reach the valleys, hills and mountains beyond,” said Marjorie Park, three generations of whose family run the businesses at Low Sizergh Farm.

“This unique and diverse landscape and the people who work here are a constant source of inspiration for my work.  Sketching the very essence of the land, breathing in the land worked, the land lived , the land observed allows me when returning to the studio to push and pull the paint around, layering, adding line, scraping back, making marks with graphite ,charcoal, oil sticks, and crayons , evoking a direct and expressive  unpredictable response with strength and immediacy.”

“I have lived and worked on a Cumbrian Farm and this subject is dear to my heart,” said Sharon Cash. “I love to explore different mediums to portray the our life in Cumbria and the activities in the countryside where I live. Every time I pick up my pencil or paint brush it is a journey of memories and love of life here today.”