Glenn Marshall Blogs

I know lots of people who worry about their art. Now there is nothing wrong with honest self criticism because it helps you to develop. But if you are too critical you can end up losing the joy that prompted you to start painting in the first place. ... 

I soon realised that all artists are brave and presumptuous, brave because we put our work out for all to see and presumptuous because we assume anyone would want to see it anyway. However once the work is on view, either in a gallery or these da... 

There are certain painting that have become iconic. You do not need me to list them as they will be in your mind by now. This is certainly one of them. Well not actually this I hasten to add...not my painting of course but the original - "The Haywa... 

I have been watching the "Landscape Artist of the Year" on Sky. It has certainly provoked lots of comments from artists and friends. Whatever your personal view is there is no doubt that discussion can only be a good thing. So here is my contributi... 

This year I am collaborating with two artist friends to make the 'Three Journeys' Exhibition at Bridlington Spa from 1st August - 2nd September. The idea is to record our development over the years and will feature paintings both old and new to recor... 

This is a painting done in the summer of 2005 not long after I began painting. Forty Acres Farm is situated on a quiet country road between the market town of Easingwold and Strensall in North Yorkshire. This spectacular display of poppies cried out ... 

I am very fortunate indeed to live here on the east coast of Yorkshire. The views are endless and always inspiring. This is a view I see most days as I walk on the beach with Merice and Bonnie, our little dog...a great start to any day! 

Galtres Forest was a huge Royal forest that used to stretch from the River Humber all the way up to Northumberland. It is mostly gone now but there are scattered remnants here and there. Strensall Common just outside York is one such area. It has t... 

Living in the Northern Hemisphere, January is not a good time for me as an artist. The days are too cold so it is not very pleasant getting out walking let alone painting. And because they are also so short, there is less daylight in my studio and ... 

This is an early painting that has stood up quite well. Early in my painting career I spent so much time painting trees that I became known as ‘Treeman’ but I was and still am fascinated by the wonderful shapes and light patterns you find in woods ... 

Sometimes things just happen during a painting. This was originally going to be called “Evening Falls” and was based on a painting by Benjamin Williams Leader RA as part of my ‘Inspiration’ series. A typical late Victorian scene it had all the classi... 

Just down the road from where I used to live near York is a wonderful little Yorkshire nature reserve called Moorlands. Initially part of the grounds of a large house it is a perfectly preserved and well maintained Edwardian garden. Its main attracti... 

I am so fortunate to live where I do. Situated on the Coast I am on the very eastern edge of the Yorkshire Wolds...in fact you can't get any further east without falling off the cliffs! The Wolds are quietly unassuming unlike their more well known ... 

Got to do two watercolour commissions, an iPad painting, and design a character for a children's book....all before the end of October!