‘Last of the Light’ 12”x 12” oil on board This view may soon be gone . Lost forever. This is because a greedy company is proposing to build a data centre in it. Not just any data centre, but in fact the biggest data centre in Europe. It is a massive development on round about 1000acres of beautiful North Devon countryside . It’s completely ridiculous and a completely the wrong thing on prime farmland . Here’s some of the details - 5 hyper scale data centres which are 40 metres high, each one will fit about 16- 18 Exeter cathedrals inside it. You’ll need over to walk around the outside of them. All of the buildings, cooling stuff, concrete will cover over 600acres. There’s batteries too - about 2 and a half thousand of them, each one the size of an articulated lorry. It’s just massive and only about 1 mile from my home. It’s so awful I’ve been over there and made some paintings, this is one . It’s so peaceful there. It’s full of wildlife and it’s in a UNESCO world biosphere site ??‍♂️ I’m going to invite artists from around to come and paint and raise awareness, there are petitions to sign so the more the better. If anyone wants to come and paint let me know, I’m doing the first day on October 20th . Please share this post, lick on the link in my profile to the CPRE website to sign a petition Please all help raise the word so we can try to stop Xlinks or whatever it is they’re calling themselves #devondatacentre #devon #landscape #oilpainting #artist
‘Last of the Light’ 12”x 12” oil on board This view may soon be gone . Lost forever. This is because a greedy company is proposing to build a data centre in it. Not just any data centre, but in fact the biggest data centre in Europe. It is a massive development on round about 1000acres of beautiful North Devon countryside . It’s completely ridiculous and a completely the wrong thing on prime farmland . Here’s some of the details - 5 hyper scale data centres which are 40 metres high, each one will fit about 16- 18 Exeter cathedrals inside it. You’ll need over to walk around the outside of them. All of the buildings, cooling stuff, concrete will cover over 600acres. There’s batteries too - about 2 and a half thousand of them, each one the size of an articulated lorry. It’s just massive and only about 1 mile from my home. It’s so awful I’ve been over there and made some paintings, this is one . It’s so peaceful there. It’s full of wildlife and it’s in a UNESCO world biosphere site 🤷🏼‍♂️ I’m going to invite artists from around to come and paint and raise awareness, there are petitions to sign so the more the better. If anyone wants to come and paint let me know, I’m doing the first day on October 20th . Please share this post, lick on the link in my profile to the CPRE website to sign a petition Please all help raise the word so we can try to stop Xlinks or whatever it is they’re calling themselves #devondatacentre #devon #landscape #oilpainting #artist
Last night was the “Outside In” preview at Torre Abbey, Torquay. I was so amazed to my work, and all of the other artists hanging in such an amazing place. The whole mood and atmosphere of the gallery is lovely and the pictures have been hung so well. On show are the paintings that were created by artists over the weekend of the Great Torre Abbey Paint Out weekend. One section is the work from the Artist trail on the Saturday, another section is given over to the work painted at Sundays competition and also the by everybody who visited the mass paint out. Thank you to everybody who had a hand in making the event such a fun arty occasion It’s a show that is well worth going to see, it’s on until Christmas time, more or less, but if you get there now, whilst the weather is warm, you can also enjoy the gardens and grounds. #Torreabbey #artizancollective #art #Torquay #pleinairpainting
Last night was the “Outside In” preview at Torre Abbey, Torquay. I was so amazed to my work, and all of the other artists hanging in such an amazing place. The whole mood and atmosphere of the gallery is lovely and the pictures have been hung so well. On show are the paintings that were created by artists over the weekend of the Great Torre Abbey Paint Out weekend. One section is the work from the Artist trail on the Saturday, another section is given over to the work painted at Sundays competition and also the by everybody who visited the mass paint out. Thank you to everybody who had a hand in making the event such a fun arty occasion It’s a show that is well worth going to see, it’s on until Christmas time, more or less, but if you get there now, whilst the weather is warm, you can also enjoy the gardens and grounds. #Torreabbey #artizancollective #art #Torquay #pleinairpainting
Yesterday I had to visit Torquay to deliver my paintings to the Great Torre Abbey Paint-out Exhibition at Torre Abbey. That was a great opportunity to go painting in Torquay for the rest of the day, with some of the Plein Air Devon painters. Sun was out, so we had good day all in all, painting around the old harbour. Wind was our only real worry, but nothing actually blew away!! The exhibition begin on the 3rd inside Torre Abbey itself. It’s amazing building, getting for 900yrs old and there is an amazing collection of art there. Feeling really honoured to be hanging in the space as many great paintings from way back in history. If you’d like to visit, the details for the show are included in this post, so scroll through to find the dates. Torquay is becoming a favourite place to paint. Next time we visit we’ll try around the coast little bit. See what that has to offer #torreabbey #nationalgallery #art #artist #oilpainting
Yesterday I had to visit Torquay to deliver my paintings to the Great Torre Abbey Paint-out Exhibition at Torre Abbey. That was a great opportunity to go painting in Torquay for the rest of the day, with some of the Plein Air Devon painters. Sun was out, so we had good day all in all, painting around the old harbour. Wind was our only real worry, but nothing actually blew away!! The exhibition begin on the 3rd inside Torre Abbey itself. It’s amazing building, getting for 900yrs old and there is an amazing collection of art there. Feeling really honoured to be hanging in the space as many great paintings from way back in history. If you’d like to visit, the details for the show are included in this post, so scroll through to find the dates. Torquay is becoming a favourite place to paint. Next time we visit we’ll try around the coast little bit. See what that has to offer #torreabbey #nationalgallery #art #artist #oilpainting
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