Stangs Lane runs between Appletreewick and the small hamlet of Howgill in the Yorkshire Dales. Typical of small country roads in this part of the Dales, the scenery is varied. In parts it passes through open fields whilst in other places it descends into wooded valleys.
I am intrigued by the way the landscape changes with the seasons, time of day and weather and how it is affected by human intervention; the road signs and telegraph poles, the patterns formed by the dry-stone walls and fences and the sculptural form of the trees and hedges where they have been cut-back to allow tall farm trailers to pass.
In this painting, the road dips away through a tree tunnel, emerging into the light beyond, before turning sharp right and out of view. The farm trailers have gone for the day and now the long shadows and gold evening light evoke a sense of peace and solitude. The place is left to a solitary pheasant and sheep grazing peacefully in distant fields