Studio: 017683 53530
Imagine -
Your Homes . . .
Your Story . . .
Your Story . . .
Imagine when your friends visit and spot the new, finely crafted portraits of your homes.
You can retell your life journey, a vivid and nostalgic story with its ups and downs.
Striking images with gentle drama and full of fantastic detail.
Each portrait captures its unique style, character and charm.
Your home portraits are richly imbued with life, the felt and the seen (not just of what’s visible, unlike a camera), becoming an exceptional keepsake for generations to come.
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“Thank you so much for all the energy, love and work you have put into the drawing - it looks beautiful”
- Rt Hon Rory Stewart OBE, writer, adventurer, politician and diplomat
"Mark and Phil more than fulfilled my dream of an art work that illustrates my last life over 6 decades."
- Dr Speed Andrews, Cumbria
The Colour Makers House,
Appleby in Westmorland
Inspired by Clients
For several years the artist has had his eye on this fascinating old building at the heart of the former County and Market town of Appleby of Westmorland.
Inspired by many the clients who have renovated their own homes and commissioned house portraits. The building has been empty and quietly decaying for over twenty years and amazingly retains many extant period features.
We plan to renovate the house that was rebuilt in 1677 over medieval foundations.
Unique Art Shop
Currently the building houses a traditional art shop that old master artists such as Turner and Rubens would have been familiar with. The shop has rows of magical coloured pigments from around the world.
The Colour Makers Studio
In this part of the building artists make coloured paints and pigments from local rocks and earths using traditional skills and processes.
Finest Home Portrait Studio
And of course the studio that creates among the finest and most detailed home portraits and visual biographies for clients and beyond.
Comments from the Heritage Open Days
"It was very interesting visit and we bought some paint making materials.
" The visit to the colour makers house in Appleby offered the opportunity to discover something new (the creation of foraged pigment) and was time well spent in the company of an interesting maker. We also enjoyed looking around the house and learning about its history.
" Wonderful place to look around and very helpful owners.
" Fascinating process and wonderful building.
