Melanie Wright

Landscape has been a rich source of inspiration for Melanie since her childhood in the North Yorkshire Dales.  

Her landscapes, painted in watercolour, have an abstract quality and are characterised by their loose fluidity in capturing the quality of light.  The seasons and their impact on landscape bring continual interest to Melanie, and she finds the bare bones of winter landscapes particularly inspiring.  

The Cotswolds Hills that surround her home are now her main source of inspiration, although she enjoys painting other parts of the country.  Galloway, Kent, Somerset and Yorkshire all feature in recent work.

Winter light across the Evenlode Valley (SOLD)

Winters Reach (SOLD)

Late afternoon light through winter cherry trees trees at Batsford

Amber light, late afternoon winter, Cotswolds (SOLD)

Winter Vista through trees. (SOLD)

Early Spring light

Winter Light

Into the blue (SOLD)

Winter trees, Broadway Hill

Tawny Edge

Evening sky from King Stone Farm (SOLD)

Fiery Dusk

Winters Aura (SOLD)

Moody Blues. near Whichford.

July Fields, Chastleton.

Spring light through trees. Towards Stow on the Wold.

Blue horizon, April light. Near Whichford.

Bright hues over the trees.

After the rain. With observation notes.

Dramatic winter light near Whichford.

Rain blowing across the valley.Whichford.

Crystal clear light, with snow. Whichford.

Billowing clouds towards dusk. Near Great Rollright. (SOLD)

Autumnal hues. Towards Hook Norton.

Winter smoke. Near Churchill.

Winters Passage (SOLD)

Sketchbook Pages

Sketchbook page 1: The Cotswolds

Sketchbook page 2: The Cotswolds

Sketchbook page 3: The Cotswolds

Sketchbook page 4: The Cotswolds

Sketchbook page 5: Arkengarthdale, North Yorkshire.