Come to Salisbury: Get inSpired!

Last week I wrote about the arts scene in Salisbury.
This week I'm focusing on why it's such an inspirational place.

Salisbury is an extraordinary and unique city. It's medieval city centre is build on a grid system during the 1300s. There are some fascinating little buildings all around the city that will delight anyone one who studies them.

The Cathedral is set in a beautiful close, it is such a luxury to be able to stand back from the building and admire it in all its glory. I still get a thrill out of hearing tourists gasp "wow" once they’ve walked through North gate and get their first real view of the Cathedral.

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Inside the Cathedral there's enough inspiration to keep any artist going for an age. The architecture alone takes your breath away.




​If you have a head for heights the tower tour is simply brilliant, the views inside the tower almost as amazing as the views looking outside.

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The Cathedral close itself is an artist's paradise, with it's medieval gates and buildings, everywhere you turn there's something to sketch, paint, photograph or write about.

Louise Luton Art. Oil on Canvas. St Anne's Gate, from inside the close.

Louise Luton Art. Oil on canvas. The poppies and the Cathedral. View from the Old town path.

Head further away from the close and you have the views across the water meadows, made famous by Constable and Turner and still hugely inspirational for local artists like me.

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Old Sarum. The view from my studio.

Out towards the city limits is the site of the original settlement Old Sarum, my studio overlooks the valley over to Old Sarum. Walking around its ancient ramparts offer yet more great views for landscape artists. The light across the Plain is incredible.

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Louise Luton art. Winter solstice at the stones

Head just a few miles from Salisbury and the world famous Stonehenge sits waiting for you. All weathers and lights provide a backdrop for this most beautiful of ancient monuments.

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Louise Luton Art. Sheep. Part of the new collection coming soon.

Most recently, in addition to landscape painting, I've been focusing on what is in the landscape! This rural part of England is home to sheep, pigs, and cattle, an I’ve  been delighting in the faces of these beautiful animals. Inspiration from the landscape and the animals that live there, will form my next, newest collection. All will be revealed soon, on my website, but here's a sneak preview of what I've been up to.

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How can I fail to be inspired when I'm surrounded by beauty?